Josh Milligan: Guide Manager and Lead Guide

Josh is an ACMG Ski Guide and he's been working at Chatter Creek since 2004. Over the past 12 years he's guided cat skiing, heli skiing and ski touring throughout western Canada and in Europe. He's actively involved with both HeliCat Canada and the Canadian Avalanche Association as a member of the Standards Committee and the InfoEx Advisory Group. Josh lives in Nelson BC where he spends the summer months exploring the Kootenays on two wheels. "Nothing beats deep powder snow and a backcountry lodge."

Paddy Jerome: Lead Guide

Paddy is an ACMG Mountain Guide with 11 years of guiding experience in Canada, the US and Europe. Paddy also works as a rescue technician on remote job sites from Pennsylvania to Dubai. "Taking people skiing and climbing is the best job in the world considering it's something I love doing and I can make a living at it."

Guides

Ian Kirschner

Ian is an ACMG Ski Guide and began working at Chatter Creek in 2006. When not guiding at Chatter Creek Ian spends his time thinking about skiing and working as a Carpenter in Golden, BC. In the off season you'll find him in a kayak on the Kicking Horse River.

Don Steedman

Don has been guiding in the Canadian Rockies since the beginning of time and now spends his winters at Chatter Creek. Don is a certified member of the Canadian Ski Guide Association (CSGA) and the Association of Canadian Mountain Guides (ACMG) as an Apprentice Ski Guide. Specializing in glacier travel, mountaineering skills, backcountry ski touring, crevasse rescue and teaching avalanche courses, Don finds himself at one with the mountains. His passion for skiing is second to none.

Ken MacDiarmid

Ken MacDiarmid is an ACMG Apprentice Ski Guide from Golden BC. New to Chatter this season, Ken can also be found working on the Mountain Safety team at Kicking Horse Resort where he has worked for 7 years. During the summer he works in reforestation and as a guide on expedition canoe trips in the Canadian Arctic.

Steve Konik

Steve is a certified ACMG Apprentice Ski Guide and has been working in the ski industry for more than fifteen years. He began his guiding work as a ski patroller and has spent many years guiding in the backcountry, cat skiing and heli skiing. Steve started working for Chatter Creek in 2009. In the summer months Steve can be found paddling around the Queen Charlotte Islands leading expedition kayak trips. When Steve is not guiding in the mountains or on the ocean, he can be found at home in Canmore, Alberta with his family.

Peter Willott

Mr. Willott is Chatter Creek's good time's ambassador. Pete recently achieved certification as an ACMG Apprentice Ski Guide and will now be steering from the front of the group. In the summer Pete works for Parks Canada fixing up the hiking trails in Banff and Yoho National Parks. When not working Pete likes to play outside and dance as often as possible. "Hopefully we will do both your next trip. See you out there!"

Tail Guides

Sarah Wells

After completing university, Sarah hopped in a small car with her favourite ski buddy and made a pilgrimage across Canada to spend a winter in the Rockies "livin' the dream." Many winters later she calls Lake Louise home and is still fuelling her passion for skiing. Sarah has been tail guiding at Chatter Creek since 2007. Before Chatter Creek she worked at the Lake Louise Ski Area on the ski patrol. When not playing in the mountains she can be found in the sky working for an airline and indulging her other passion, traveling.

Bryce Campbell

Bryce has worked at Chatter Creek since 2008 as a cat driver and tail guide. Before coming to Chatter Bryce worked for Parks Canada cleaning up the hiking trails with Pete and guiding snowmobile tours. He currently spends his summers flying helicopters around the Columbia Icefields.

Rachel Brown

Downtown Rachel Brown, all the way from Labrador via St John's Newfoundland. Before Chatter Creek Rachel spent 17 years in Lake Louise where she worked as an avalanche forecaster and ski patroller. Deep and soft snow lured her to the west side of the Rockies in 2006 and she hasn't looked back. Rachel now lives in Nelson BC where she spends her summers working on the garden and enjoying the West Kootenays.

Matthew Garner

Matt is going into his sixth winter working at Chatter. Matt is a Gemini and encompasses the traits of said astrological sign, including a double personality. One is a skier, while the other is a knuckle dragging snowboarder. During the summer Matt spends much of his time praying for forest fires to engulf the province, learning just enough Spanish to get by down south and making skin donations to local area skateboard parks.

Marie Blouin

Marie Blouin came out west from the Eastern Townships in Quebec ten years ago in search of big mountains and epic snowfalls. She found just that in the heart of British Colombia. While travelling, Marie is always on the prowl for a good balance between snow and culture. In the off season you will find Marie giving her time to humanity projects in Bolivia, organic farming in Nepal or exploring new mountain ranges on her skis -- just long enough to get back to the deep pow in her favourite part of the world.