Patrick Ormond
Patrick grew up climbing and skiing in the Cascades, and has been guiding since 2001. He is an IFMGA Mountain Guide and member of the AMGA Instructor Team. A typical year of guiding sees him working around his home of Ouray, CO in the fall, winter, and spring guiding ice and skiing. There are usually a couple trips to Canada a year guiding ice and rock in Canmore and Squamish, spring alpine climbing in Alaska, skiing in the Alps, and some fall work in the North Cascades. He worked for 10 seasons in the Tetons but lately summers have been spent in the Alps. He and his wife, Dawn, (also a guide) try to coordinate schedules to spend as much time together, usually roped up, as is possible.
Jonathon did a fantastic job of managing a challenging trip. The region had a long period of adverse climbing conditions. Because our team was comprised of two groups (half joining 1 week for Mont Blanc + half extending a second week for Matterhorn), Jonathon ensured flexibility in the attack plan to accommodate both those there with only a small window of opportunity to summit vs those there with more days and who could wait
