About Your Guide and Instructor
AMGA Certified Ski Guide Nick D'Alessio is based in Girdwood, Alaska. He owns Remarkable Adventures LLC and co-owns Alaska Guide Collective LLC. His mission is to lead and educate backcountry enthusiasts on proper mountain travel techniques, skills, and ethics, all while reducing risk and creating an enjoyable experience.
Originally from New Hampshire, Nick has been passionate about skiing and the outdoors since childhood. He holds degrees in Outdoor Recreation Leadership from Colorado Mountain College and Outdoor Studies from Alaska Pacific University. Having called Alaska home since 2007, Nick has been guiding and teaching in the mountains of Alaska and beyond since 2008. He is also a Brand Ambassador for Voile Manufacturing.
When he’s not skiing, Nick enjoys hiking, mountain biking, packrafting, photography, and advocating for public lands. He is always eager to learn and looks forward to sharing his love for the mountains with you.
Nick's Qualifications:
AMGA Certified Ski Guide
Wilderness First Responder & CPR
American Avalanche Association Professional Level 2
American Avalanche Association Professional Course Instructor and Examiner
Leave No Trace Master Educator
Rigging for Rescue course completion
Annual continuing professional development
Over two decades of backcountry experience
Why hire Nick? His reputation, experience, knowledge, a humble attitude and good company.
The importance of hiring trained and certified guides
Did you know that in the United States, surprisingly, it is not required to have any formal training or go through a certification process to work as a guide in the mountains? Hiring a guide who has become certified through an IFMGA member organization (the AMGA in the US) means that your guide's qualifications are upheld to international standards in the terrain they are navigating.
The path to certification involves several years of building experience and knowledge before a guide can be accepted into the program. Once admitted, it typically takes most guides around five years or more to complete and become certified. Nick has been an AMGA Certified Ski Guide since 2014, bringing extensive expertise to backcountry ski trips.
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