Steep skiing, first descents,

and a genuine love of all things mountains.

Erin has been a passionate mountain human for the majority of her life. Growing up in the our backyard, and America’s Alps, the North Cascades.

In the show we go over a handful of Erin’s first descents in the Cascades, here are some links to some great historical resources for not only her descents but all things PNW ski mountaineering history. If you haven’t already seen this immense resource, you. are. welcome.

Alpenglow Ski Mountaineering History Project

Scroll down to March 2013 to catch Erin’s C1 Decent and head into the PNW sick ski lines black hole, you.are.welcome! Also Searching for “Smart” in the people tab will get you a more focused section on Erin.

In addition to guiding in La Grave, France, Erin also spends a good amount of time at the infamous Northern Alpine Guides, to see what life up way North looks like, watch below

A Day in a life, Lofoten style,

Erin’s published writing is showcased in Alpinist Magazine and Backcountry Magazine. If you’d like to check out her most recent Alpinist article we discussed in the Episode or, if you’re looking to get the two issue complete coverage of La Meije, head over to ErinSmart.com and click on over to her page on published writing or click the link here.

it’s worth mentioning that not only does Erin Ski, Climb and just generally crush it. She also will be Mountain bike guiding in La Grave through bikelagrave.com.

Lastly we spoke quite a bit about her massive 415 km ski traverse and upcoming film, Learn more about the Arctic 12 film here, slated to be released this fall.