Team Member Profile
J. "Scotty" McGee
PSIA Nordic Team
Training Manager, Jackson Hole Mountain Sports School, Jackson Hole, WY
- PSIA Track, Telemark and Backcountry Examiner and Clinic Leader
- Certified American Avalanche Institute Level III
- American Mountain Guides Association Graduate of Alpine and Ski Guide Courses
- Past president, US Telemark Ski Association
- Career high ranking of 14th at FIS World Cup Telemark GS, Snowbird, 1998
Scott has been deeply involved in skiing and outdoor education since his college days, when he supervised the telemark and cross-country ski programs for the legendary Dartmouth Outing Club. He’s taught and guided throughout the Rocky Mountain West for resorts, colleges, private outfitters, and several renowned Outward Bound Schools. Scott has worked with all sorts of populations from 14 and 15 year olds to groups of classroom teachers to corporate executives on 8 to 28 day river and mountain courses. He is among the most widely certified members of the Nordic Team with certifications in teaching, avalanche, and guiding. A past president of the US Telemark Ski Association, Scott has numerous top-10 finishes in local and national tele competitions to show for it. He has also been widely published in ski newsletters and magazines. Scott isn’t just an academic: Demonstrating he is an all-season mountaineer, in addition to working as chief trainer for Jackson Hole’s celebrated Mountain Sports School, he teaches and guides with Exum Mountain Guides in the Tetons. This is Scott’s second term on the PSIA National Nordic Team.