Meet the Staff at Killington & Okemo Backcountry Tours
Jason | Guide
Home Town: Bridgewater, VT
Years of Snowmobiling: 36
Likes: Snowmobiling, fishing, and hunting
Dislikes: The rain
River | Guide
Home Town: Windsor, VT
Years of Snowmobiling: 21
Likes: Jeeping with my son, hunting, and snowboarding
Dislikes: Mondays
Emily | Guide
Home Town: Plymouth, VT
Years of Snowmobiling: 22
Likes: big trucks, being a mom, and hunting
Dislikes: long car rides
Kailyn | Guide
Home Town: Bellport, NY
Years of Snowmobiling: 20
Likes: Chubbs (my dog), Ford trucks, and Snowmobiling
Dislikes: Chevy and summer
Kat | Guide
Home Town: Chubbuck, ID
Years of Snowmobiling: 3
Likes: boarding, driving, art, and animals
Dislikes: Cities and phones
Jay| Guide
Home Town: Concord, NH
Years of Snowmobiling: 1.12
Likes: nature/wildlife photography, and canoeing
Dislikes: Bears in my campsite and rocks in boots
Mat| Guide
Home Town: Boxford, MA
Years of Snowmobiling: 5
Likes: Winter sports, drawing, and eating
Dislikes: The heat!
Tito | Guide
Home town: Avon, CT
Years Snowmobiling: 30
Likes: hunting whitetail and black bear
Dislikes: Coyotes
Meet the Staff at Stowe
Steve | Guide
Years with Snowmobile Vermont: 2
Who do you admire the most: My Grandma
What odd talent do you have: Nunchucks
Vehicle of Choice: My snowboard
Random Fact: The moon has moonquakes.
Dad Chad | Guide
Years with Snowmobile Vermont: 4
Who do you admire the most: Jimmy Page
What odd talent do you have: I can shoot most things well
Vehicle of Choice: Sled
Random Fact: If a tree falls in the forest it emits the same amount of heat over time as burning it (law of thermal dynamics).
Ben | Guide
Years with Snowmobile Vermont: 1
Who do you admire the most: Leslie Nelson
What odd talent do you have: I get along with everybody
Vehicle of Choice: Formula 1 Race Car
Random Fact: Humans and bananas share 60% of the same DNA. That’s Bananas!!!
Benny | Guide
Years with Snowmobile Vermont: 2
Who do you admire the most: Jim Carrey
What odd talent do you have: Artistic
Vehicle of Choice: Rock crawler
Random Fact: I have scuba dived and descended 111 ft
Danyon | Guide
Years with Snowmobile Vermont: 4
Who do you admire the most: Da Bears
What odd talent do you have: I always know true north.
Vehicle of Choice: Subaru forester
Random Fact: Snowmobiles exert less pressure on the ground than a person walking, as modern designs allow them to “float” on the snowpack.
Cali | Guide
Years with Snowmobile Vermont: 14
Who do you admire the most: My Son
What odd talent do you have: I have a lot of unsubstantiated confidence.
Vehicle of Choice: Anything that runs on hay, gas or both.
Random Fact: It actually does take more muscles to smile.
Cody | Guide
Years with Snowmobile Vermont: 4
Who do you admire the most: My Mother
What odd talent do you have: I’m very good under high stress
Vehicle of Choice: Toyota
Random Fact: Octopus have 3 hearts
Luke | Guide
Years with Snowmobile Vermont: 6
Who do you admire the most: My Dad
What odd talent do you have: I can tie a cherry stem in a knot with my tongue
Vehicle of Choice: 87 Chevy Suburban
Random Fact: A group of flamingos is called a flamboyance
Dacota | Guide
Years with Snowmobile Vermont: 4
Who do you admire the most: 4
What odd talent do you have: I’m a horticulturist
Vehicle of Choice: Rally WRX
Random Fact: There is more research on space than our oceans
Emily | Office
Years with Snowmobile Vermont: 2
Who do you admire the most: My Nana
What odd talent do you have: I can find a four leaf clover in any clover patch
Vehicle of Choice: 16 ft oar rig
Random Fact: I can take you rafting in Alaska
Evan | Guide
Years with Snowmobile Vermont: 2
Who do you admire the most: My beautiful girlfriend Jennifer
What odd talent do you have: I can build anything out of wood
Vehicle of Choice: Tacoma
Random Fact: Green paint smells like blue paint
Tristian | Guide
Years with Snowmobile Vermont: 6
Who do you admire the most: My kids
What odd talent do you have: I am good at teaching people dangerous things
Vehicle of Choice: Subaru WRX
Random Fact: Pandas are just painted dogs
THE Chad | Guide
Years with Snowmobile Vermont: 8
Who do you admire the most: George Washington, he’s on that dollah bill
What odd talent do you have: Makin’ it happen
Vehicle of Choice: 2023 road guide special
Random Fact: I was raised in the trees, born with a chainsaw
Melissa | Guide
Years with Snowmobile Vermont: 1
Who do you admire the most: My godmother Aunt Chris! Matriarch of the family.
What odd talent do you have: I can put my feet over my head.
Vehicle of Choice: Snowboard
Random Fact: Poison ivy will often partner grow with jewel weed in nature and the jewel weed will naturally counteract the oils of poison ivy on your skin.
Steve | Operations Manager
Years with Snowmobile Vermont: 18
Who do you admire the most: My Dad
What odd talent do you have: I can recite the presidents in order in under a minute
Vehicle of Choice: Pisten Bully
Random Fact: 3% of the ice in Antarctica is penguin urine
Pete | General Manager
Years with Snowmobile Vermont: 8
Who do you admire the most: My Lovely wife, Sandra
What odd talent do you have: I can make anything
Vehicle of Choice: My Tacoma
Random Fact: I crossed India in a Rickshaw