Telemark DECL Team

The Telemark DECL (Division Education and Clinic Leader) team is a group of highly trained instructors who are responsible for running the various Telemark clinics and assessments that the Division offers.

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Nate Carey

Telemark Discipline Manager

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Biography

Originally from Connecticut, Nate grew up skiing at Ski Sundown and Mount Snow before his family moved to Santiago, Chile. The Andes mountains are where he caught the ski bug! While attending Syracuse University, Nate started instructing at Labrador Mtn in 1999. Soon after graduating, he went south again to work at Valle Nevado, Chile as an instructor and ski tech. Adaptive ski instruction became the primary purpose. Getting the wind back in someones face after an injury is always a unique and fascinating endeavor. Also, he has guided extended inbounds and backcountry tours in Chile and Argentina. Since 2007, Nate has called Victor, ID home. Travel, great food, friendships and skiing go hand in hand.

Originally from: Tarffville, CT

Started Ski instructing: 1999 Labrador Mountain, Truxton, NY.

Favorite Skiers: Mikaela Shiffrin, Shane McConkey, Sage Cattabriga-Alosa

Why do you work in the ski industry? Sharing the experience of moving on snow is almost as fun as doing it myself!

What else do you do besides skiing? Riding anything on two wheels, working on my non-profit Valley Adaptive Sports to benefit adaptive sports in Teton Valley, ID, walking my two dogs.

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Scotty McGee

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Originally From: Nashville, TN

Years Instructing: 35

Favorite Skier or Snowboarder: Fritjof Nansen

Why do you work in the ski industry? Sharing passion for winter sports

What else do you do besides skiing/snowboarding? Mtn Bike, River SUP, Epic hikes, Mountaineering

If you could have dinner with anyone, dead or alive, who would it be and why? Mahatma Gandhi,…there’s so much to learn!

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Alpine L3 / Tele L3 / Track L3 / Backcountry L3

Home Area: Snow King, WY

Stephen Neiner

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I started cross country skiing as a fifth grader just outside Syracuse, New York. I graduated from Cortland State in 1990 with a Bachelor’s in Physical Education, and moved to Pocatello, Idaho in 1992. I began my ski teaching career with the Pocatello Parks and Recreation Program, and have taught cross country, telemark, and alpine skiing at the Mink Creek Nordic Center, Pebble Creek, Grand Targhee, and Jackson Hole. I have also coached junior cross country ski racing, and worked in ski retail. My other pursuits include almost anything outdoors and active, along with reading/writing, music, and spending time with family/friends.

Samuel Palmatier

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Sam resolved the mistake of his birthplace in 1972 and moved to Utah. After a brief stint with the Military as a Ski Patrolman in Garmisch, Germany, he began instructing with the Garmisch Ski School in 1977.

He started Cross Country Skiing when he realized it was faster to ski to work this way than driving. He returned to Sundance for the Winter Season of 77-78 and has remained since (minus a 3 year diversion with the Snowbird Ski Patrol)

Sam started the Sundance Nordic Center in 1989. It continues to be a work in progress….

Origin– California
Year started – 1977
Favorite skier – You!…Dario Cologna is a distant second.
Why Ski Industry? No two days are ever the same, and of course… people!

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Home resort: Sundance, UT

Ann Schorling

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Originally from Pittsburgh, PA, Ann grew up as the child of parents who are ski bums at heart. When she was five years old, her father took a six-week sabbatical from practicing law to teach skiing at Keystone Resort in Colorado. That year, and every year afterwards, while her parents both taught skiing, she and her two siblings attended the Keystone ski school.

A ski instructor since 2003, Ann likes to say that she was raised with an unusual expectation for the number of days on snow each year. That number has increased to well over 200, as she currently spends her winters in Jackson Hole, and her “summers” working in Ski Portillo, Chile. Ann works for the intermountain division as the current Nordic Discipline manager, a Nordic DECL, and an Alpine DECL.

Originally From: Pittsburgh, PA

Started Ski Instructing: 2003-2004 at Copper Mountain in Colorado

Favorite Skiers: Nina Oqvist, Marcus Caston

Why do you work in the ski industry? It’s a never ending project–both as a skier and as a coach.

What else do you do besides skiing? (hobbies, work) Run, ride bikes, travel. Instructor for the National Outdoor Leadership School.