Our Guides
Aspenglow Adventures · The Crew
The people who’ll be in the boat and on the trail
A small crew of guides who’d rather be out here than anywhere else. They know the water, the weather, and how to make a day on the mountain feel easy.
Meet the Guides
Our guides
Every Aspenglow guide is licensed, first-aid certified, and picked as much for how they treat people as for how they read a river. Here’s who you might spend the day with.
Head Guide · Fly-Fishing
Cole Marsden
Cole grew up tying flies at his kitchen table and never really stopped. He runs our stillwater and float trips and has an uncanny knack for finding the one fish that wants to eat.
Lead Guide · Backcountry
Renee Okeke
Renee has walked more high passes than she can count and still gets giddy at every summit. She leads our multi-day loops and keeps camp coffee strong and morale higher.
Guide · Hikes & Summits
Theo Valdez
A former search-and-rescue volunteer, Theo is the calmest person on any ridge. He guides our peak climbs and day hikes, weather-watching the whole way up.
Guide · Rivers & Conservation
Hannah Brue
Hannah teaches river entomology like it’s a campfire story and is our resident keeper of the catch-and-release ethic. New anglers leave her boat hooked for life.
How we treat the water
We get to do this for a living because the fish and the country are still here. We intend to keep it that way. Conservation isn’t a marketing line for us; it’s the rule we run every trip by.
- Barbless hooks on every rod, every trip
- Wet hands, quick photos, and fish kept in the water whenever we can
- Strict catch-and-release on wild and native trout
- Leave-no-trace camps and packed-out everything in the backcountry
- A share of every trip goes back to local watershed and trail groups