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Aaron Rice

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Another classic story of a New Englander who goes West… Growing up in small-town Massachusetts, Aaron developed a love for hiking and biking in the forests around his home and camping and skiing in the mountains of Vermont and Maine. A pursuit of higher elevations led him first to Boulder, CO, where he cultivated his passion for backcountry skiing while earning a degree in snow hydrology and climate science. While in school, Aaron continued to work as an assistant buyer for his hometown ski shop. After graduation he moved to Jackson, WY, to further a proper mountain education. After a four-year stint of skiing and climbing in the Tetons, he moved into working full-time in outdoor education, where met his wife while co-leading a trip in Alaska. A shared love of high-mountain deserts then carried them to northern New Mexico. Now living and raising a young family in Santa Fe, Aaron fulfills his enthusiasm for the outdoors as a writer, guide, and educator. A snow-nerd at heart, he is a faculty instructor for the Silverton Avalanche School, an AMGA apprentice ski guide, a pro-patroller at Ski Santa Fe, a pro-observer for the Taos Avalanche Center, and a regular contributor to Backcountry Magazine.

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