Creative nonfiction writer, poet, translator, and photographer. Exploring the meanings humans attach to wild environments over time—from local ridges to destination alpine peaks.
Talking Mountain Summit
I am a Pacific Northwest based creative nonfiction writer, poet, translator, and photographer whose work focuses on the relationship between people, landscape, and the social and physical systems that shape them. My work often examines the ways people inhabit environments and the meanings they attach to them over time.
My connection to this story comes from decades spent exploring the mountains, including two years working as a professional ski patroller at Cypress Mountain across both winter and summer operations. I currently work as a ski patroller and avalanche technician at Whistler Blackcomb.
Having experienced both a local mountain and a destination resort from inside patrol, I have a perspective shaped by the people, histories, and communities that exist behind these landscapes.
"My work has been published in literary journals, exhibited in photography shows, and includes a chapbook of poetry and photography and a full-length literary translation from Spanish."
Fire Season (Cameron Lake, BC)
An exploration of coastal mountain ecology, wildfire dynamics, and community ties in the Pacific Northwest backcountry.
By Yanko González • Ugly Duckling Presse
Full-length English translation of *Alto Volta* by Chilean poet and anthropologist Yanko González. Finalist for the 2021 Big Other Book Award for Translation.
Poetry & Photography Chapbook
A combined collection of street photography and poetry examining urban rhythm, human solitude, and temporal landscapes. Nominated for Fine Art Photo Awards.
Photographs from the mountain ranges of the Pacific Northwest, Antarctic expeditions, and urban shoreline borders.
Work Where You Play
Cypress Mountain Patrol
Training Operations
Avalanche Fieldwork
Thunder Thursday
Atmospheric Ridge
Kirkwood Mountain
Alpine Summit
Signy Island
Antarctic Expedition
Middle Harbor Shoreline
Coastal InterfaceOperating across both community-rooted local mountains and large destination resorts provides a unique vantage point on how safety infrastructure, snow science, and human culture interact.
"Behind every ski boundary and avalanche closure lies a network of historic trail work, early morning snow safety routes, and tight-knit communities who watch over the peaks year-round."
Stephen Rosenshein
Avalanche Safety & Narrative Research
For writing commissions, translation requests, photography print inquiries, or avalanche safety dialogue.