Beth Cleary

Beth graduated from Alaska Pacific University with a Bachelor of Arts in Outdoor Studies. During her time at APU her studies focused on Snow and Avalanche Science. Beth worked for Alaska Mountaineering School for 10 years. She guided over a dozen climbing expeditions on Denali and instructed countless glacier travel and mountaineering courses all over the Alaska Range. During that same time, she began working as a Ski Patroller at Alyeska Resort in Girdwood, Alaska. Over the years, she joined Alyeska’s Gun Program and has since been involved in over 50 missions. Beth transitioned into a role as an Avalanche Tech at Alyeska for the last few years of her time there. In the summer, she works as a Field Superintendent for HDR, overseeing safety on a project on the Kenai Peninsula. Beth joined DHA in 2023 and now works as an Avalanche Consultant for ARS.

Staff

Don Sharaf

Co-owner/Senior Consultant

Avalanche Risk Solutions presents the perfect opportunity for Don to draw on his 35 years as an avalanche professional. Years of glacier mountaineering and backcountry ski guiding led to over 20 years of mechanized ski guiding and operational forecasting. Avalanche… (Read more)

Dave "Grom" Richards

Co-owner/Senior Consultant

Dave has been working in the avalanche and risk mitigation business for 26 years. He has experience working in helicopter skiing, highway mitigation, industrial avalanche forecasting and mitigation, legal risk management, and as the Director of a large ski resort… (Read more)

Kiira Antenucci

Business Manager

Kiira Antenucci is based in Salt Lake City, Utah. She has worked as a professional mountain guide since 2019, with experience as a ski guide and backcountry avalanche forecaster across a variety of snow climates, including the intermountain ranges of… (Read more)

Christal McCrary

Avalanche Consultant

Christal McCrary grew up on the central coast of California, graduating from the University of California, Santa Barbara with a B.A. in Geography. She was drawn to courses in Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Geomorphology, and Climatology. After graduating from college,… (Read more)

Chantel Astorga

Avalanche Consultant

Chantel has over two decades of hands-on experience in snow safety. She started at Snowbird as a Ski Patroller, where she gained a deep understanding of avalanche operations and mountain hazard management. She later spent 15 years forecasting for Idaho… (Read more)

Tim Rogers

Avalanche Consultant

Tim Rogers started his avalanche career as a ski patroller in Alta, Utah. Over 17 seasons he has worked with transportation departments in Washington, Utah, and Alaska. His resume also includes work as a ski patroller in New Zealand and… (Read more)

Dave Hamre

Senior Consultant

Through numerous company name iterations, David Hamre has been an avalanche consultant since his work establishing the Seward Highway Avalanche Program in 1979 under his original company, Alcan Avalanche Services. Avalanche consulting work has ensued in some form since then,… (Read more)