What is this life, unless it is fully lived? Having the privilege to see all corners of this beautiful earth, having the freedom to travel and use my body to the fullest. Rich beyond belief to do these things in my lifetime.
Greenland, a place I’ve dreamt of adventuring to my entire life, a place I learnt about in school as a little northern BC girl, the land of ice. I am now here, guiding in the most unique, textured, rugged, wholesome, barren land.
It isn’t luck to get here, it’s hard work and determination, it’s dreaming big, setting the bar high and going after what you truly want. What is lucky though is to have health to do these crazy things. I might not die rich, but my god will I ever have a life full of “life money,” when I do go.
Lessons from Alaska;
Be open minded to change
Be patient
Have daily check ins
Be very open with communication / expectations
Let the ego go
Let go of expectations of what you hoped for
Try not to be objective minded
Bring spray in hair conditioner
Be kind, everyone is trying their best
Absorb the beauty in the wait
Cherish the damn weather windows.
Based in Revelstoke, BC, Kate Ediger is a Snowboard guide, Avalanche Forecaster and Advanced Educator. She is a part of the Jones Snowboards Pro Guide Team. With over 14 years of guiding experience in the mountains, she’s built her life around deep snow, complex terrain, and helping people move through it safely.
Kate owns and operates Pit + Peak Avalanche Training, where she teaches everything from AST 1 + AST 2, to advanced decision-making courses. Known for her hands-on, no-BS teaching style, she focuses on real skills, reading terrain, understanding the snowpack, and making solid decisions to enjoy the mountains to the fullest.
Whether she’s guiding or coaching students in the field, Kate brings a mix of experience, grit, and passion to everything she does. At the core of it all is a simple goal: help people ride more, learn more, and come home safe.
When she’s not guiding, Kate’s biggest passion is raising her son Timber into an adventurous soul, and enjoying the simple things in life with her family.
Welcome to the team @shrediger
Photos 1 & 2: @andrew_miller
Photos 3 & 4: @allanmcvicar
Photo 5: @noelllekathleen
Still shocked where this mountain pursuit has taken me. Not a day goes by that I’m not grateful to see these remote places and walk gently among giants. I always think while on these trips how lucky my feet and eyes are for being able to see all the things I’ve seen and walk to all the places I have. This trip and place are one to remember, we part to meet again.
From seaweed to summits, guiding for the first time in this rugged Arctic place, Nusvag Norway. Privileged to work alongside side the legendary splitboard guide @fred_buttard
Amazing week discovering that infact every weather pattern does exist, that group dynamics are the glue, that anything is accessible just off the road or off a boat, that you get to enjoy the sunset for 7 magical hours not just 15 mins, and that people and landscape really make this place special!
Thank you @klattermusen.experiences for allowing me the chance to discover this place. We part to meet again 🙏🏽
Ski in ski out from our tents in AK last year. Found this line with @shrediger on my phone 🖤 missing the domo, missing my underfrogs, not missing the downdays. ⛺️ @theunderdogsfilm
Over here crushing my biggest dream and accomplishing my goals, but it doesn’t come without a cost. Losing time with my two soul mates is tough. I hope that I am raising a strong and independent boy who sees that anything is possible in this life, but as a momma and a spouse it’s hard not to feel the guilt of being away! It’s tough when you want to live your life to the fullest, but the greatest parts of your life is who you spend it with 🥹
📸 @allanmcvicar
After years of dedication, grit, and determination, I can finally say I’ve achieved one of my biggest goals: becoming a Snowboarding Guide.
The feeling is unreal, not just because I made it, but because of everything it took to get here.
Twelve days ago, I caught myself feeling something I didn’t expect to ever feel: gratitude for failing this exam the first time. It took years to rebuild my confidence and push past fear to fully dive deep into this crazy career choice. But that struggle shaped me in ways success alone never could.
We naturally lean toward comfort, but it’s in the hard moments, the setbacks, the doubt, the rebuilding where the magic happens, where the real growth begins. That experience gave me a deeper sense of grit, a stronger belief in myself, and the ability to keep moving forward even when fear nearly crippled me.
I feel more like myself now than I ever have in years and I know I’m a better guide because of it to. All I can say is it’s not failure until you give up, and I never gave up!
Learning so much about grit these days and pushing forward even if you don’t think you can. It’s a wild feeling when you pop out on the other side and see all your hard work paying off.
@jonessnowboards@andrew_miller
Failure isn’t because you failed at doing something, failure is staying down. Failure is hiding, giving up, failure is self abandonment…. You cannot fail at something if you’ve never given up
Some may never know the tenacity and grit it takes to pick yourself back up off the floor when you fail at something you wanted most. To go after it anyway, even though you are petrified, even when it hurt so bad you didn’t know you could continue. You just keep going. Even if your ego hurts, your mind feels heavy with doubt, you feel judged, insecure, stupid, and not good enough. Because success only comes from those that keep pushing, keep grinding and deep down believing in themselves that they have what it takes. Most won’t know how hard it is to walk through those doors again for a second time. But I sure will and what I’ve learnt about myself over these last few years is it takes a lot of balls and grit to do so.
📸 @allanmcvicar@captainmoephoto
