Meet the Staff at Killington & Okemo Backcountry Tours♦♦♦
Michelle
“The Bo$$”
Home town: Bridgewater, Vermont
Years Snowmobiling: 16
Likes: Animals, peace, and quiet
Dislikes: Hot and cold weather
Megan
Front Desk
Home town: Pittsford, New York
Years Snowmobiling: 100
Likes: Mudding/Fishing
Dislikes: Disorganization
Rob
Guide
Home town: New Port, R.I.
Years Snowmobiling: 25
Likes: Fishing, skiing, hunting
Dislikes: When snowmobiling season ends
Tito
Guide
Home town: Avon, CT
Years Snowmobiling: 17
Likes: Anything that is fun, with friends and family
Dislikes: Coyotes
Nick
Guide
Home town: Keene, NH
Years Snowmobiling: 15
Likes: Guns and Harleys
Dislikes: Hot weather
Brandon
Guide
Home town: Sharon, VT
Years Snowmobiling: 11
Likes: Fresh snow and going fast!
Dislikes: Party crashers
Jake
Guide
Home town: Fair Haven, Vermont
Years Snowmobiling: 11
Likes: Guns and “Hey watch this” moments
Dislikes: Being “PC”
Meet the Staff at Mount Snow♦♦♦
Mark
GM
Favorite Activity: Going to Football games
Favorite Foods: Oysters
Favorite Band/Song: Frank Sinatra/ Summerwind
Vehicle of Choice: Harley Davidson
Random Fact: I’m a Parrothead!!
Matt
Guide
Favorite Activity: Boating
Favorite Foods: Lobster & Pizza
Favorite Band/Song: Red Hot Chili Peppers
Vehicle of Choice: Ford Raptor
Random Fact: I grew up on Block Island, RI
Gina
Reservation Specialist
Favorite Activity: Vacation
Favorite Foods: Anything Italian, with a bottle of Red!
Favorite Band/Song: Bruce Springsteen – I’m a Jersey Girl
Vehicle of Choice: Jeep or Harley
Random Fact: I was a Black Jack dealer in Atlantic City for 5 years
Lars
Guide
Favorite Activity: Watching Beaver videos
Favorite Foods: Chicken Bacon Ranch Pizza
Favorite Band/Song: Post Malone
Vehicle of Choice: Jeep Wrangler of course!
Random Fact: I enjoy looking at Maps
Shawn
Guide
Favorite Activity: Snowboarding
Favorite Foods: Tacos
Favorite Band/Song: Billy Joel, Only the Good Die Young
Vehicle of Choice: GMC Sierra
Random Fact: Unicorns are not real (Editors Note: Debatable)
Geoff
Guide
Favorite Activity: Being on the Lake in the summer, and shooting guns
Favorite Foods: A perfectly cooked steak
Favorite Band/Song: Molly Hatchet, Flirtin’ with Disaster
Vehicle of Choice: Toyota Tundra TRD Pro
Random Fact: Mascot Griffin, is my pup
JKnox
Guide
Favorite Activity: Downhill Mountain Biking in Vermont
Favorite Foods: NY Pizza
Favorite Band/Song: AC/DC, Thunderstruck
Vehicle of Choice: Subaru WRX
Random Fact: I have a Titanium Clavicle
Jeff
Guide
Favorite Activity: Destroying powder either on skis or a sled
Favorite Foods: Bacon wrapped scallops with thyme & pepper
Favorite Band/Song: Led Zeppelin, Immigrant Song
Vehicle of Choice: On the water a Yamaha just won’t die; on the snow a Polaris will always start; on the road Mopar will go far
Random Fact: I can not whistle
Alyssa
Guide
Favorite Activity: Snowsports with pals!
Favorite Foods: Stuffed artichokes/seafood
Favorite Band/Song: Anything fast (my Subie Eileen)
Vehicle of Choice: Subaru WRX
Random Fact: I stab people with permanent art (I can’t whistle either)
Nate
Guide
Favorite Activity: Snowmobiling
Favorite Foods: Sushi/Shepherds Pie
Favorite Band/Song: Sturgill Simpson/Turtles All The Way Down
Vehicle of Choice: 6.7L Dodge Cummins 2500
Random Fact: I’m a certified EMT
Griffin
Mascot
Favorite Activity: Playing catch & swimming
Favorite Foods: Anything
Favorite Band/Song: Iron Maiden
Vehicle of Choice: Motorcycle with a side car
Random Fact: I learned to roll over at 6 months old!
Stormy
Mascot
Favorite Activity: Swimming
Favorite Foods: Steak Bones
Favorite Band/Song: Sammy Hager/ I can’t drive SS
Vehicle of Choice: Daddy’s Escalade
Random Fact: She plays by herself, by tossing her own toys, then fetches them!
Meet the Staff at Stowe♦♦♦
Pete
GM
Who do you admire the most? My lovely wife, Sandra
What odd talent do you have? I can make anything into an Action Movie
Vehicle of Choice: My Tacoma
Random Fact: I crossed India in a Rickshaw
Embo
Front Desk
Who do you admire the most? Calvin, hardest working man I know
What odd talent do you have? Sass, and it’s NOT odd
Vehicle of Choice: My ’05 Honda Pilot
Random Fact: Waylon is just as sassy as I am
Calvin
Guide
Who do you admire the most? Mother Nature
Favorite Food: Baked Ziti
Vehicle of Choice: Scooter
Random Fact: In 2015 more people were killed in selfie related accidents than in shark attacks
Chad
Lead Guide
Who do you admire the most? Mr. Freeze
What odd talent do you have? I watch trees grow!
Vehicle of Choice: Faster than you! (Editors note: Not 100% sure what this means either)
Random Fact: Fire is Hot!
Steve: “Ring Master”
Site/Operations Manager
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: Piston Bully
Random Fact: 30% of the ice in Antarctica is penguin urine
Daniel
Desk Staff
Who do you admire the most? Folks who are working to make the world a better place for everyone
What odd talent do you have? I can juggle
Vehicle of Choice: Big fan of my 14 speed bicycle
Random Fact: I’ve been to Mongolia
Jason “Snowman”
Guide
Who do you admire the most? Our Lord and Savior
What odd talent do you have? To remain in control even in high stress situations
Vehicle of Choice: Two skis and track…. I will make it go
Random Fact: It takes about 50 gallons of sap to make 1 gallon of maple syrup
Mariah
Guide
Who do you admire the most? My Mother
What odd talent do you have? I am pretty much a comedian
Vehicle of Choice: Snowmobile
Random Fact: I’ve been sledding in the Alps
Kee
Guide
Who do you admire the most? Steve or Pete
What odd talent do you have? That’s personal, isn’t it?
Vehicle of Choice: The one thing that is running and inspected
Random Fact: Snowmobilers and cross country skiers CAN be friends
Cortney
Guide
Who do you admire the most? Embo, for making the world go round
What odd talent do you have? I can lick my elbow
Vehicle of Choice: 4×4 that gets me from A to B
Random Fact: 10th in New York State girls Stihl competition
Clayton
Guide
Who do you admire the most? Bartenders
What odd talent do you have? I am an artificial precipitation engineer (APE)
Vehicle of Choice: Anything 2 Stroke
Random Fact: I still run a family farm
Ben
Guide
Who do you admire the most? You, for reading this
What odd talent do you have? Juggling chainsaws
Vehicle of Choice: Snowmobiles, duh
Random Fact: Abraham Lincoln invented log cabin syrup
Derek
Guide
Who do you admire the most? Charles Wilber
What odd talent do you have? Talking about bowel movements at odd times
Vehicle of Choice: Super Moto
Random Fact: I can fix anything
Sandra
Guide
Who do you admire the most? My dog Lucy, she lives the best life!
What odd talent do you have? I can speak Swedish, totally random…
Vehicle of Choice: My future van I am planning on living in
Random Fact: I have been to the Grand Canyon over 100 times
Elijah
Guide
Who do you admire the most? My friends
What odd talent do you have? I can stand on one leg with the other behind my head
Vehicle of Choice: Snowmobile, duh
Random Fact: A female fox is also known as a Vixen
Daylon “Junior”
Guide
Who do you admire the most? My father
What odd talent do you have? Great at sharpening chainsaws
Vehicle of Choice: Ford F-150
Random Fact: A group of rhinos is called a crash
Adrian
Guide
Who do you admire the most? Bronson… my dog
What odd talent do you have? I can move my eyelids sideways
Vehicle of Choice: A raft on a river out west
Random Fact: I was once tickled by Gary Busey/Voted “Best Guide for Your Bachelorette Party” by Stowe Magazine
Andy
Guide
Who do you admire the most? People that live their lives doing what they love
What odd talent do you have? I’m good at 80’s hair band trivia
Vehicle of Choice: Ford F-150 Super Duty
Random Fact: I have tattoos over ⅓ of my body
Lucy
Mascot
Who do you admire the most? The most adventurous people I know, Pete and Sandra
What odd talent do you have? I can run 12 miles along a Snowmobile, sometimes out run
Vehicle of Choice: My 4 legs or Moms snowmobile
Random Fact: My bark has a southern twang
Waylon
Mascot
Who do you admire the most? My human parents
What odd talent do you have? Sleeping is my gift. Running is my chore
Vehicle of Choice: Dad’s backseat of his F-250
Random Fact: I have 14 sisters (13 hens and 1 cat)
Lil Bit
Mascot
Who do you admire the most? Joe Henry of Umiak
What odd talent do you have? Being the cutest, duh!
Vehicle of Choice: The Snowmobile Shuttle
Random Fact: I basically run Stowe…
Kota (left) and June (right)
