Jasper, AB

Photo credit: C.roy

Jasper Live Event Schedule

At The Legion aka The Stand Easy 7:00PM-9:00PM

Meet the Jasper Team

Chapter Coordinator/Parks Canada
Kevin has been a heritage interpreter and professional interpretive guide since 2002. As a member of the Jasper National Park Communications team, Kevin specializes in community engagement and outreach education efforts that help to foster deeper understanding of winter safety and recreation themes. He is excited to join with his colleagues in the mountain community of Jasper to bring state of the snow pack to this incredibly resilient mountain town in Alberta! https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-g-a4932428/

ACMG Mountain Guide
Max completed a BSc in Environmental Biology in 2001 and has worked in the mountains ever since, joining the ranks of IFMGA recognized mountain guides in 2014. The majority of his career to date has been with the Canadian Parks Service: fire management, law enforcement, and mountain rescue. Max has been guiding in Jasper since 2007, launching the first Rockaboo missions out of his garage in 2010. He recently stepped away from the government and completed a postgraduate business diploma in Innovation and Design Thinking.
Max founded Rockaboo in 2010 and is committed to providing exceptional value to the guides and guests that explore mountains in this part of the world.

Snowpack Presenter
Courtnall Durrant has been with Marmot since 2014. Courtnall has a passion for mentoring other, for learning and for the back country skiing. Courtnall spent four years skiing at least one day per month every month for those three years. Courtnall has help so many folks prepare for different professional courses. Courtnall is quiet and unassuming and has skied more large lines around the Rocky Mountains than most folks have thought about.

ACMG Ski Guide/Guest Speaker
Rupert’s mountaineering passion started in the mid 1980’s while working in Antarctica for the British Antarctic Survey. He joined the Warden Service in the early 1990’s in Banff where he started to specialize in Public Safety. Over a career which spanned 30 years he worked in several of the mountain national parks as one of the search and rescue team. He became a professional member of the Canadian Avalanche Association in 1997 and qualified as a ACMG Mountain Guide a few years after that. Retiring from Parks Canada in 2022 Rupert continues to guide in the mountains and instructs avalanche rescue courses for the Canadian Avalanche Association. He lives in Jasper with his wife Nicole. During the winter months he enjoys skiing and skating on lake ice with Nicole, or ascending frozen waterfalls.

SOTS Jasper MC/Host
Thayne learned to ski on a landfill in Saskatchewan. He credits growing up in the prairies for his signature “trash style” in the hills. Thayne has been living in Jasper since 2020 and tries to get more comfortable backcountry skiing each year. He is grateful to be part of a community that is looking to keep each other safe while shredding the mountains.”

Snowpack Presenter
Noah Bangle grew up in Jasper and ski at Marmot. Noah joined Marmot Basin Safety Operations just after his 18th Birthday as a Snow Farmer. Noah has a huge passion for skiing and skiing fun and interesting lines. Noah has traveled to work as an avalanche Forecaster in New Zealand and has traveled to South America to ski in the summer. His passion leads him to be one of the first on skis every year and one of the last to hang the boot up for the season.

ACMG Mountain Guide/CAA Pro/Parks Canada
Darren comes from Calgary where he grew up cross country skiing. He's now a Mountain Guide but is still trying to figure out the downhill ski part. Darren has been working for Parks Canada on the Jasper Visitor Safety team for the last year. Before that he spent his winters heli-ski guiding in BC and summers working at a drug rehab centre. Darren just bought a snowboard, which is probably the sign of a mid life crisis, or a cry for help.

CAA Level 2 / ACMG Apprentice Ski Guide
Roz is a mountain safety technician based in Jasper, Alberta, working with Parks Canada in avalanche forecasting, control, and mountain rescue. Her background also includes ski patrolling and ski guiding. She is passionate about backcountry travel, mentorship, and promoting safe decision-making in avalanche terrain and in the mountains.

ACMG/IFMGA Mountain Guide
Matt Reynolds is a Jasper based ACMG/IFMGA Mountain Guide. Matt began his professional career at Marmot Basing working in ski patrol and avalanche control. From there Matt had opportunities to work at Island Lake Lodge in Fernie, and Ptarmigan Tours in Kimberley. In the early 2000’s Matt started working for Cariboo Snowcat Skiing where he helped manage the guiding team and develop the area’s road system and runs for 15+ years. In 2009 Matt finished his last guide’s exam to become a fully certified mountain guide and has since focused a lot of his guiding towards instruction. Matt continues to work regularly for Thompson Rivers University, the ACMG training and assessment program, the Canadian Armed Forces Search and Rescue Technicians, as well as CAA ITP courses. Matt has called Jasper home throughout his entire career and continues to volunteer in his community as chair of both the Association of Jasper Climbers and the Jasper/Hinton section of the Alpine Club of Canada.

Snowpack Presenter
Kerry MacDonald is a long standing member of the Marmot Basin team, has worked/volunteered in several sectors of the avalanche industry and volunteers with the Canadian Avalanche Association. Kerry has a passion for interesting snowpacks and avalanche risk management. Kerry loves the feel of a turn under his toes and the look in some ones eyes when they understand a concept about snow or risk that they have been trying hard to understand. Kerry's favourite snow crystal is depth hoar, especially if it is properly hexagonal with striations.