Christal McCrary
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, she found her way to the mountains of Utah and Idaho, gaining backcountry and risk management experience through ski touring and whitewater kayaking. Christal has been ski patrolling at Alta Ski Area since 2015. Throughout her career, she has actively pursued more knowledge in snow science, both on the mountain and in the classroom. Christal combines field experience in ski area avalanche mitigation and forecasting with a love of terrain analysis and cartography.
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 25 years. He has experience working in helicopter skiing, highway mitigation, legal risk management, and as the Director of a large ski resort avalanche program at Alta Ski… (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)
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)
Beth Cleary
Avalanche Consultant
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… (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)