Hilaree Nelson

Hilaree Nelson hails from Seattle, Washington but now calls Telluride, Colorado home. Named “Adventurer of the Year” by Nat Geo in 2018, Hilaree has become a world-class athlete known for her ski mountaineering feats, including her recent completion of the first ski descent of the 27,940-foot Lhotse Couloir, the fourth highest mountain in the world. Listen as Hilaree talks about motherhood, avoiding comfortability to find balance, how climate action has become an important part of her life’s work and why she’s able to laugh about that time she broke both of her wrists while raising two little boys. Big thanks to our sponsors Protect Our Winters, OpenSnow, SKI Magazine, the IKON Pass.