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Our Guiding Difference

Adventure this bold demands guides this good.

Ice Axe’s guide team is truly world-class, the kind of crew that doesn’t just lead trips — they lead journeys to the edge of the planet with serious pedigree. Our roster includes guides whose backgrounds span decades of polar travel, high-altitude ski mountaineering, and expedition leadership across the most extreme environments. These are people who’ve skied the highest peaks, pioneered first descents on multiple continents, and logged dozens of voyages to remote polar regions — even the South Pole.

What really sets the team apart is how they combine that technical expertise with a deep commitment to safety, client care, and turning a trip into an unforgettable experience. For all of our expeditions groups are kept small with a maximum guide-to-client ratio of 4:1 — often skiing in groups fewer than eight with two guides. And beyond managing logistics and hazards, these guides share stories, guide with heart, and help guests connect with wild landscapes, wildlife, and personal breakthroughs. In short: they don’t just show you the world — they show you a version of adventure you’ll remember forever.

Our Guides

Meet your guides.

Doug Stoup
Doug Stoup
Ice Axe Founder
Andrew McLean
Andrew McLean
Park City, Utah
Chris Davenport
Aspen, Colorado
MARK SEDON
Mark Sedon
Wanaka, New Zealand
Erin Laine
Ridgway, Colorado
TODD OFFENBACHER
Todd Offenbacher
South Lake Tahoe, California
GLEN POULSEN
Glen Poulsen
Tahoe City, California
ODE SIIVONEN
Ode Siivonen
Chamonix, France
SARAH HALAS
Sarah Halas
Tahoe City, California
  • Andrew Eisenstark
  • Brian Babbitt
  • Rich Meyer
  • Per As
  • Joe St. Onge
  • Bill Barker
  • Miles Clark
  • Kim Havell
  • Jorge Kozulj
  • Chipie Windross
  • Sergio Garcia Gomez
  • Stein Retzlaff
  • Josh Kling
  • Shane Robinson
  • Syndey Paez
  • Paolo Tassi
  • Hans Solmssen
  • Jessica Baker
  • Elias Holt
  • Kai Girard
  • Madeleine Martin-Preney
  • Michael Wachs
  • Dean Staples
  • David Bumgarner
  • Lel Tone
  • Hermann Berie
  • Cameron Spies
  • Jessa Gilbert
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