Chris Welch

Chris started working with AMS in 2015, guiding Denali expeditions and teaching our custom youth programs as well as mountaineering and wilderness courses. Chris began his outdoor pursuits with whitewater kayaking and racing mountain bikes. When he moved to Tahoe in 2006, the cliffs of solid granite that abound in the Sierra Nevada took over his life. When not guiding, Chris most often climbs ice to pursue more technical ski mountaineering objectives, traveling across the western US, Alaska, Canada, Turkey, Croatia, Slovenia, Mexico, and Austria to do so. Chris’s favorite part about expeditions (besides dinner) is the chance to socialize and get to know each member of the team. He lives in Bozeman, Montana, with his partner, Sarah.