Emily Sotomayor AMGA
AMGA Single Pitch Instructor
City: Olympic Valley
Province: CA
Bio: Emily began exploring mountains while growing up in West Virginia. She started backcountry skiing and climbing on weekends while working as the Director of Technology for a medical device company in Boston. In 2020, she climbed full-time in West Virginia before relocating to Palisades Tahoe to instruct skiing and climbing. She has worked as a ski instructor and a ski patroller and is on the path to becoming an AMGA ski guide. Emily loves teaching clients how to thrive in the mountains. She has experienced firsthand how the mountains can change your outlook in life and wants to give that experience to others. She guides on Mount Shasta during the summer and is an avalanche instructor during the winter. Emily is an AMGA Single Pitch Instructor, AMGA Apprentice Alpine Guide, and an AIARE Instructor.
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AMGA: American Mountain Guides Association
The American Mountain Guides Association (AMGA) is a 501(c)(3) educational non‐profit that is dedicated to supporting the American mountain guiding community. Their mission is to be the leader in education, standards, and advocacy for professional guides and climbing instructors.
As the leading organization of America’s most vibrant, inspiring community of climbers and skiers, the AMGA offers you cutting edge knowledge and hundreds of years of collective experience that you won’t get from any other climbing organization.