Staff

Alyson McFarlane
Back of House Foreman
Origin: Ontario
How long have you worked here? 5 years.
Favorite location on the trail? Anywhere along the Bow River.
Favorite 4-legged employee? Baldy.
Standout moment you will never forget? Scaring away curious bears from 3 Mile.

Tyler Ritchie
Tentside Foreman
Origin: Turner Valley, Alberta
How long have you worked here? Over 5 years.
Favorite location on the trail? Cuthead hills on the day ride out of Flints Park.
Favorite 4-legged employee? Maureen the Mule.
Standout moment you will never forget? Floods in 2013.

Ron Baxter
Head Farrier
Origin: Central Alberta
How long have you worked here? 1+ year
Favorite location on the trail? Lookout on the way to Sundance Lodge.
Favorite 4-legged employee? Butch.
Standout moment you will never forget? Bison project at Scotch Cabin.

Katie Garner
Corrals Foreman
Origin: Ottawa, Ontario
How long have you worked here? 3 years.
Favorite location on the trail? Rock slide on the Sulphur Mountain Ride.
Favorite 4-legged employee? Browning.
Standout moment you will never forget? Cutting my thumb first day at corrals.

James Gaudry
General Manager
Origin: Calgary, Alberta
How long have you worked here? Over 10 years.
Favorite location on the trail? Luellen lake up Johnson Creek trail.
Favorite 4-legged employee? Spike.
Standout moment you will never forget? Rounding up our horses from winter pastures.

Julie Canning
Cowgirl and Operating Partner
Origin: Canada
How long have you worked here? Lived and worked in Banff for over 15 years.
Favorite location on the trail? Route on the way to Flints Camp.
Favorite 4-legged employee? Norquay.
Standout moment you will never forget? Watching the shooting stars from the porch at Halfway Lodge.

Jonathan Welsh
Operating Partner & Cowboy in training
Origin: UK
How long have you worked here? Lived and worked in Banff for over 23 years.
Favorite location on the trail? Halfway Lodge front deck.
Favorite 4-legged employee? Wilson.
Standout moment you will never forget? First ride into Flints camp.

Jolene Brewster
Host
Origin: Bowden, AB
How long have you worked here? 3 years.
Favorite location on the trail? Crossing the river just before you arrive at Sundance Lodge.
Favorite 4-legged employee? Hollywood.
Standout moment you will never forget? Cooking steaks over a campfire for William Shatner.

Mike Beerwald
Trail Guide
Origin: Ardrossan, Alberta
How long have you worked here? 7 years.
Position(s): Barn Foreman.
Favorite location on the trail? Cutthead Lake.
Favorite 4-legged employee?  Rocky.
Standout moment you will never forget? The cougar that trotted past me at Healy Creek when I was packing up for a run to Sundance.

Katie Irwin
Backcountry Guide, Sleigh Driver
Origin: Phelpston, Ontario
How long have you worked here? 2+ years.
Favorite location on the trail? The lookout on the summit of Mystic Pass.
Favorite 4-legged employee? Duke.
Standout moment you will never forget? Seeing a grizzly sow with her 2 cubs eating a deer carcass across the creek on the way in to Stoney Camp.

Amanda Markey
Office Manager/Store Manager
Origin: Woodstock, NB
How long have you worked here? Since April 2008.
Favorite location on the trail? 40 Mile Summit.
Favorite 4-legged employees? Tucker.
Standout moment you will never forget? Riding in the Cascade Valley in the most spectacular thunderstorm.