A little about us
We are on a mission to create more places for people to come together through a shared love of the outdoors in an inclusive and judgement free environment.
We host women's snowboard camps, international trips, and off season adventures.
Some of the crew
Stephanie, owner & coach
Stephanie grew up Northern Wyoming and claims Red Lodge, MT as her original “home mountain”. Snowy mountains have had their hold on her ever since her first time on a snowboard when she was 13. She slowly found her way to full time living in the mountains of CA where she taught out of Mammoth Mountain and June Mountain from 2010-2020. Steph is currently based out of Niseko Japan.
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Steph specializes in women’s specific training and events. She has a passion to grow the number of women involved in snowboarding, and to make the snowboarding world more accessible to everyone that wants to be a part of it. In 2020 Stephanie started Altitude Attitude LLC.
In the off seasons, you can find Steph snowboarding in South America, traveling the world, backpacking through the Eastern Sierra mountains, and exploring the US in her self converted box truck with her rescue mouse named Fival.
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Credentials: 2021-2024 PSIA-AASI Snowboard National Team, AASI L3, Children’s Specialist L2, Freestyle Specialist L2, Western Regional Trainer Accredited, Western Regional Snowboard Examiner, USASA Certified Coach
Emily Conrad
Hi my name is Emily Conrad, I coach snowboarding and specialize in managing emotions. I became familiar with many of the techniques I use by going to therapy after realizing I had been struggling with depression for many years. This is one of my favorite stories of my friend Kate, and how I adapted breathing techniques to match her adrenaline.
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I met Kate in a group lesson that was far below her skill set. I asked her "How come she did not want to join the group above ours?" and she shared that she was in that group yesterday, and went on a run she had ridden before she had a panic attack. Since that incident she was unable to make turns down that run. I took her to that run after a warmup, and sure enough half way down she started to panic.
We sat down taking her emotions one at a time. First I had her focus on breathing in and out. Then I began pointing out the different colors of other peoples equipment. This grounded Kate and brought her out of the panic attack. I asked her what her fear was. This is called ‘thought labeling’ and helps take the power away from our emotions.
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She stood up and attempted to make a turn, but she would not leave her heel edge. Her body looked tense and her breath was shallow. So we sat back down, and I told her to yell. She looked at me with bemused embarrassment and made a small “ah”. I laughed and said, “nobody cares about what we are doing” and let out a loud, “WHOOIE!!!” We did this several times until she was shouting and laughing. When we stood up to ride I told her to yell before each turn. She stood up and gave a yell then turned onto her toe edge. She continued hooting and turning all the way to the bottom, and we went back up two more times shouting the whole way down.
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What yelling did for her is what I call the roller coaster effect. When riding a roller coaster, those who are yelling and screaming are more relaxed and moving with the ride than those holding their breath, which can result in whiplash or motion sickness. In Kate’s case she was unable to move her body because her body was so tense she wasn’t breathing deeply. By shouting, she was forced to take deep breaths relax her abdomen and calm her brain with the exhale.
The more we learn about our brains the more we can control them, hijack our fight or flight reflexes, and take ourselves to new and amazing places that once seemed impossible.
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Credentials: AASI Level 3, PSIA-AASI Reginal Trainer Accrediation, Coach For The Competitive Snowboard Team At Mammoth Mountain, CA
Allie Ace
Originally from northeastern Pennsylvania, Allie was lucky to learn to ski at the age of three. At 12, she joined the Elk Mountain junior race team and continued competing in ski racing throughout her college years at Penn State where she also earned her B.S. in Finance. After college, her love for the mountains brought her to Lake Tahoe, CA where she pursued steeper lines, deeper snow and a full time career in the industry. Since then, Allie has coached, taught and guided skiing all over the country and the world.
Allie currently works for Sugar Bowl Resort, Alpenglow Expeditions, NASTC in Lake Tahoe and Portillo Resort in Chile. She specializes in coaching women and racing, guiding heli and backcountry skiing and teaching advanced skiing. Allie enjoys sharing her passion for snowsports with others through her work. She aims to create space for women in the industry and remove barriers at the trailhead, helping to make the sport more accessible and inclusive for all.
When not skiing, you can find Allie white water kayaking & raft guiding, rock climbing, teaching yoga, and snowboarding.
Credentials: PSIA Level 3, Children's Specialist Level 2, Freestyle Specialist Level 1, AASI Level 1, US Ski & Snowboard Level 400 Alpine Coach, AMGA Apprentice Ski Guide, American Avalanche Associate Pro 2, AIARE Course Leader
Adi Smith
Adi has come up as an athlete, snowboard instructor, and competitive coach in able-bodied and adaptive snowboarding. She began her career as a snowboard instructor in 2002, instructing at Park City Resort, the Burton Academy at Northstar, and Snow Park in New Zealand, earning her American Association of Snowboard Instructors (AASI) Western Trainers Accreditation in 2012, eventually becoming an examiner and trainer in 2023. She began her coaching career in 2011, first coaching the Northstar competitive snowboard team, and after moving back to Utah in 2013, began coaching with Team Utah Snowboarding. Adi earned her USSA Level 300 coaching certification in June 2023.
Growing up participating in several different types of sports throughout her youth (swimming, soccer, gymnastics, equestrian, dance), Adi became aware
performance was not only about the physical skills, but that there was a very important mental side as well. As a snowboarder herself, she experienced
challenges with her mental state, which interfered at times with her physical performance. As a competitive snowboard coach, she also witnessed her athletes struggle with the same type of mental hangups. This intrigued her to understand the mental aspect of sports at a deeper level.
In 2018, Adi began her Masters program in Sport Psychology, combining her background in psychology and love for coaching. Sport Psychology was the perfect combination that gave her the missing piece to understanding the mental piece of performance. Graduated with her Masters degree in 2021, she has a rich understanding and knowledge to empower athletes to overcome their fears and limitations to unlock new levels of their performance. She has a private practice where she works with individual athletes in private sessions as well as facilitating workshops for teams.
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