Education

1972-1977                                 Primary school
1978-1981                                 High school
1981-1985                                 Apprenticeship, Business merchant
1987-1989                                 Youth + Sport
1991-1993                                 Swiss Ski- and Snowboard School
1988-1992                                 UIAGM Mountain Guide
1995-1996                                 Swiss Snowboard Instructor
1996                                         Canyoning Guide

Working experience

1981-1985                                 Apprenticeship at Insurance
                                                Company and fiduciary office in
                                                French and German
1985-1988                                 Assistant guides training for the
                                                Swiss Guiding Exams
1991-1996                                 Ski- and Snowboard instructor at
                                                Swiss Ski- and Snowboard School
1992-                                        Professional Mountain Guide
1997-2003                                 Heliski Guide for Selkirk Tangiers
                                                Heliskiing in Revelstoke

Knowledge of foreign languages

German
English
French
Italian

Exams and Education

1972-1977                                Primary school
1978-1981                                High school
1981-1985                                Insurance Company and fiduciary office Werner Abgottspon
                                               Switzerland
                                               Business merchant
1991-1993                                Swiss Ski- and Snowboard School, Fiesch
                                               International and Swiss Ski Instructor, Level III
1988-1993                                Swiss Mountain Guiding Association
                                               Fully certified UIAGM Mountain Guide
1996-                                       Examiner for the Swiss Mountain Guides Exams Summer and Winter
1996                                        Canyoning Guide
1995-1996                                Swiss Snowboard Instructor SSBS
                                               Swiss Snowboard Association of Instruction and Training
2001                                        Avalanche course Level II in Whistler
2004                                        Permanent Resident Card

GUDING EXPERIENCE

Professional guiding since 1992, Canada (Canadian Rockies, Selkirk Mountains, Coast Mountains, Cascades)
all over Europe summer and winter
Fully certified ski and snowboard instructor
Active instructor and examiner for the national Mountain guide courses of the Swiss mountain guide association
Professional member of the International Mountain Guides Association IFMGA,  Swiss Mountain Guides Association  SBV

PALMARES

CANADA

Mount Logan 5959, St. Elias Range, Yukon
Spearhead Traverse (Whistler)
Selkirk Lodge (6 times)
Rogers Pass (day trips)
Heliski Guide for Selkirk Tangiers Heliskiing (Selkirk and Monashee Mountains)

USA

Washington Pass (day trips)
North Cascades
Mount Baker

PAKISTAN

Gasherbrum 2 (8035)

ALPS (Winter)

High alpine ski traverses:
Haute Route Zermatt – Chamonix
Haute Route Chamonix- Zermatt
Haute Route “Tour du Ciel”
Haute Route „Tour Imperiale“
Haute Route Monte Rosa
Haute Route Berner Oberland
Mont Blanc on skis
Gran Paradiso Haute Route
Ortler-Cevedale „Capucino Haute Route“

ALPS (Off pist skiing)

La Grave (France)
Alagna, Monte Rosa (Italy)
Zermatt, Saas Fee, Verbier, Davos, Grindelwald

ALPS (Summer)

Guided trips with clients: I’ve guided all 4000 meter peaks in Switzerland, several in France and Italy

Berner Oberland

Eiger (Mittelegigrat)
Schreckhorn (Normalroute, Pfeiler (privat)
Mönch (Nollen)
Jungfrau (Rotbrättgrat)

Wallis

Matterhorn (Hörnligrat, Zmuttgrat, Liongrat)
Matterhorn Nordwand (privat)
Weisshorn (Normalroute, Schaligrat, Nordgrat)
Dent Blanche (Normalroute, Viereselsgrat)
Zinalrothorn (Rothorngrat, Normalroute, Nordgrat)
Obergabelhorn (Arbengrat, Normalroute)
Täschhorn (Teufelsgrat mit Traversierung zum Dom)

Graubünden

Piz Bernina (Biancograt)
Badile (Cassinroute)

Frankreich

Mont Blanc (Cosmiques Route, Gouterroute, Kuffnergrat)
Dent du Geant
Aiguille Verte (Couturier Couloir)
Aiguille de Bionnassay (Traversierung Mont Blanc)
Aiguille de Rochefort-Dom-Canziobiwak
Grandes Jorasses (Whympersporn)
La Meije (Traversierung)

SPORTS CLIMBING (Privat)

Engelhörner (Silberfinger, Kingspitze)
Wellhorn (Gletschersinfonie, Adlerauge)
Wendenstöcke (Sonnenkönig, Voie de frères, Aureus, Passion)
Hintisberg (verschiedene Routen)

Korsika, Finale, Cassis (Calanques), Teneriffa

Reference

Joerg Wilz, CMH guide in Revelstoke, Canmore, Phone 403-609-2146