John Sykes

John has been working with AMS guiding on Denali since 2011, as well as teaching mountaineering and wilderness courses, skills-intensive workshops, and assisting film productions. He is a great asset to any outdoor adventure; able to comfortably ice climb and guide Denali expeditions with a wide variety of people, from combat wounded soldiers to teens. John started his mountain education with a semester at National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS) in Wyoming and has now become a teacher through Alaska Avalanche School. John has a passion for wilderness and is always on the lookout for the next human-powered adventure: he recently accomplished a month-long ski traverse from Mt. Iliamna in the Chigmit Mountains, across the Neocola range and over Mt. Spurr, finishing with a crossing of the Tordrillo Mountains to Beluga Lake.