Hot Takes and Friendtorship with Moxie Mountain Guides
From The Avalanche Hour Podcast by The Avalanche Hour
February 7, 2026 · 1h 33m · Season 10 · Episode 15
About this episode
The episode features a discussion on avalanche education and mentorship with Moxie Mountain Guides, focusing on inclusion and decision-making in the snow and avalanche industry.
Be More Selective, Not More Careful: Hot Takes from the Avalanche Industry Interview Highlights: - A terrain-first avalanche education reset : clear language, fewer false certainties, better decision framing. - Real-world mentorship you can actually build : “friendtorship” structures, debrief prompts, and partner feedback that scales from rec to pro. - Inclusion that’s operational, not performative : how All In Ice Fest trains guides and changes who feels welcome (and safer) in mountain spaces. Jason Antin sits down with Kristin Arnold and Sheldon Kerr of Moxie for a candid, wide-ranging conversation that starts at All In Ice Fest at the Ouray Ice Park—and quickly moves into some very real hot takes on the snow and avalanche industry. Tune in to hear Kristin and Sheldon pull no punches as they share experience-backed perspectives on avalanche education, decision-making, and the systems we’ve built around them. Along the way, they unpack how All In has grown into a major gathering designed for BIPOC, adaptive, LGBTQ2SIA+, and neurodivergent communities—and how centering training and leadership development within those communities reshapes what access, authority, and representation…
People in this episode
Host: Jason Antin
Guests: Kristin Arnold, Sheldon Kerr
Topics covered
- avalanche education
- mentorship
- inclusion in sports
- decision-making
- terrain management
Keywords
- avalanche
- education
- mentorship
- inclusion
- decision-making
- terrain management
- BIPOC
- LGBTQ2SIA+
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Moxie Mountain Guides, All In Ice Fest
Places: Ouray Ice Park
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