Nancy Bockino grew up in the mountains of Idaho, Montana and Washington.  She began climbing, backcountry skiing and working as a field ecologist in the early 1990’s.  Nancy moved from the Cascades to Jackson Hole in 2000 and fell in love with the mountains, whitebark pine trees and the local community.  Nancy keeps quite busy working as a part time guide for Exum, an ecologist caring for whitebark pine in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, an avalanche course leader, an instructor for Jackson Hole Outdoor Leadership Institute, an EMT and Wilderness First Responder, a member of Teton County Search and Rescue and as a member of the Ortovox USA ambassador team. Nancy has climbed and skied in the Tetons and Wind Rivers for 15 years.  She has climbed in Mexico, Argentina, Chile, Alberta, British Columbia, Yosemite, Red Rocks, Indian Creek, Joshua Tree and beyond.  Nancy also loves to ski in Canada and the many amazing mountain ranges surrounding the Tetons including the Gros Ventre, Salt, Wyoming, Snake River, and Absaroka Ranges. Nancy also has a teaching certificate and a graduate degree in Ecology and Botany.  Gratefully so, Nancy spends nearly every single day in the mountains.  She has a passion for sharing the experience of the blissful freedom, happiness and empowerment that comes with knowing how to respectfully travel through and play in the mountains.