Rich Manterfield

As an IFMGA Mountain Guide I'm extremely fortunate to spend a lot of time in the mountains, doing what I love. Skiing is my real passion - whether it's hunting for untracked snow around the resort, or setting a track into a wild ski-mountaineering objective, I enjoy being on snow.

I started skiing in the Dolomites, where I spent several years working as a rep in ski resorts, showing groups of skiers around the extensive resort network. I soon started exploring off-piste, exploring some of the areas' many famous couloirs.

A stroke of good fortune intervened in my late 20's and I found myself working in Greenland, where I spent years exploring some of the wildest, most remote mountain ranges on earth, both in summer, and on skis through the winter and spring seasons. It's a serious and exacting place to work, requiring a pretty unique skill set in addition to mountain guiding, to deal with huge storms, sea-ice, and polar bears. I learnt from the local Greenlandic hunters, and the place definitely got under my skin - it's a paradise for adventurous ski-mountaineers.

In the process of qualifying as a Guide I moved back to the Alps to be closer to family, but still spend a lot of time exploring other mountain ranges, with recent ski trips to Norway and Georgia.

I'm excited for the upcoming season and look forward to skiing with you.