Alma Johnson

Born and raised in southwestern Colorado, Alma grew up skiing, climbing, and playing in the San Juan backcountry. Support from a vibrant mountain community inspired her enthusiasm for pursuing the outdoors however she could. A jack-of-all-trades and thrift shop enthusiast, “ultralight” is not a word in her vocabulary. Alma was introduced to ski mountaineering and winter alpine climbing in the rugged southwestern United States, whose landscapes provided a great training ground for climbing in the larger ranges of the world. She spent significant time in the higher grounds of the Weminuche Wilderness, Cordillera Blanca, Peru, Torres del Paine, Patagonia, and the Alaska Range. Alma’s love of winter sports and sharing the outdoors led her to begin ski instructing for Telluride Ski School at the age of 16. Alma graduated with a degree in Recreation and Outdoor Education from Western State Colorado University, where she was a student ice climbing and backcountry skiing instructor. Fueled by big-mountain dreams, she came to Alaska in 2015. Alma currently lives in Ouray, Colorado and began working with AMS in 2018.