Angela Martz
Backcountry Ski Guide
Taos, NM, Silverton, CO, Juneau, AK“Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. Security does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than exposure.” ― Helen Keller
Angela grew up in the mountains of Northern New Mexico, learning to ski in jeans in the 70’s on a rope tow. She has chased powder ever since, working her way through the AMGA Ski Guide program as an aspirant guide. She earned her Instructor Training Certificate with AIARE the winter of 2023, and has been a junior guide and Avalanche Instructor with San Juan Expeditions since 2021 and also serves as a tail guide with Alaska Powder Descents in Juneau, Alaska. She is a Physician Assistant at the University of New Mexico, specializing in Pediatric Orthopedics, Emergency Medicine and Trauma Surgery. She has served as Faculty with the Diploma in Mountain Medicine with UNM since 2017. She has been a technician in Winter, Rock and Ice as well as an operational member with Albuquerque Mountain Rescue Council since 2013. She thinks there is nothing sweeter than powder skiing, mountain climbing, hiking or mountain biking with her husband Bill and her dogs Boss and Sue.
Discipline: Ski
Specialty: Telemark
AMGA Apprentice Ski Guide AIARE Instructor Physician Assistant
Angela Martz's Expert Gear Recommendations
Ski Touring
Here is my go to Ski Touring Kit
- Women's Dawn Patrol Pants by Black Diamond — Sweet light touring pant with padded leash thigh pocket for the transceiver. Removable suspenders, adjustable waistband and stout internal gaiters. These pants are the bomb!
- Expedition Ski Poles by Black Diamond — Sweet, lightweight, adjustable with extended grip for on the fly grabbing.
- Pomoca Tour Pro Climbing Skins - 140 mm Blue XS by Pomoca — Had my ski guide course this spring on Mt. Baker and while most of my fellow students had their skins fail at some point in the slop, these held true and worked! Can't ask for much more
- 22 Designs Lynx Telemark Bindings S by 22 Designs — If you are silly enough to tele, these sweet bindings will have you happily lapping with the tech toe. I recommend the super soft plates to help a smaller skier drop the knee sufficiently and not fight the binding.
- DPS Skis Pagoda Tour CFL 112 Skis Yellow 178 Cm
