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Andrew McLean

Andrew McLean was born in Salt Lake City and started skiing when he was
four. After moving to the Seattle area, he spent 15 years skiing in the
Cascade Mountains and surrounding areas. He graduated from the Rhode Island
School of Design 1985 and worked as a Hardware Designer for Black Diamond
Equipment in Salt Lake City for thirteen years, where he became interested
in backcountry skiing. During that time, he has traveled to Tibet, Alaska,
Antarctica, Baffin Island and Europe on numerous skiing expeditions. He is
the author of “The Chuting Gallery – A Guide to Steep Skiing in the Wasatch
Mountains” as well as frequent contributor to Couloir, Powder and Skiing
Magazine.

	The Forest Service Utah Avalanche Center Staff

*Bruce Tremper* Bruce has been the Director of the Forest Service Utah Avalanche Center since 1986. Bruce grew up in the mountains of western Montana where his father taught him the basics of avalanches at the age of 10. After being sidetracked by a successful 15-year ski racing career, he did avalanche control at Bridger Bowl Ski Area in Montana, earned a Masters Degree in Geology from Montana State University, studying under the well-known avalanche scientists Dr. John Montagne and Dr. Bob Brown. He then took over as the Director of Avalanche Control at Big Sky Ski Area in Montana and worked as a backcountry avalanche forecaster for the Alaska Avalanche Center. Bruce has been featured in a number of national and international television documentaries about avalanches including those produced by National Geographic, Discovery Channel and PBS as well as appearing on a number of national network news programs. Bruce recently wrote the book "Staying Alive in Avalanche Terrain," published by Mountaineers Books.

*Evelyn Lees* Evelyn Lees has been a forecaster with the UAC since 1989. Before that, she worked as a meteorology field technician for a cloud seeding project in Utah. Evelyn spends her summers as a senior guide for Exum Mountain Guides in the Grand Teton National Park. She has been on mountaineering expeditions in Tibet (Mount Everest), Pakistan, Alaska and South America. She has degrees in both Geology and Soils.

*Drew Hardesty* Drew Hardesty has worked for the Utah Avalanche Center since 1999, first for the Logan branch and now in Salt Lake City. Drew graduated from the Univsity of Colorado and served as an officer in the U.S. Navy Intelligence during the Persian Gulf War. He has climbed on five continents and worked since 1992 as a National Outdoor Leadership School and Outward Bound instructor with many courses in remote areas of Alaska. He spends his summers as a lead Climbing Ranger for Mt. Rainier National Park.


*Andrew McLean* Andrew McLean was born in Salt Lake City and started skiing when he was four. After moving to the Seattle area, he spent 15 years skiing in the Cascade Mountains and surrounding areas. He graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design 1985 and worked as a Hardware Designer for Black Diamond Equipment in Salt Lake City for thirteen years, where he became interested in backcountry skiing. During that time, he has traveled to Tibet, Alaska, Antarctica, Baffin Island and Europe on numerous skiing expeditions. He is the author of “The Chuting Gallery – A Guide to Steep Skiing in the Wasatch Mountains” as well as frequent contributor to Couloir, Powder and Skiing Magazine.
*Craig Gordon* Craig is the avalanche forecaster for the western Uinta Mountains and also handles much of the avalanche education for snowmobile groups. Craig has done avalanche control for Brighton Ski Area in Utah since the mid 1980's and then worked as a helicopter ski guide. He has worked for the UAC since 2000.