Heather is the oil for our operation, she keeps things moving and people smiling. She grew up with a team of brothers that taught her that there are no limits. She believes that we are given a long life, so that we can continue to learn as much as we can.

Her formal education has taken her years to accomplish and continues to this day. She first studied Business Marketing, which gives her skills to operate a business. She then went into Biological Sciences, Renewable Resources at NAIT and then transferred to the University of Alberta to finish her degree in Environmental and Conservation Sciences, specializing in land reclamation. She is currently completing her Masters of Science with the University of Lethbridge in Biology studying effects of recreational trails on vegetation in Waterton.

Her formal education does not stop with business and science. Heather has been through a lot of life-changing and traumatic events that has led her to seek healing in the outdoors. She loves helping others find their passion to be outside, which is why she became a professional guide. Heather is certified with the Association of Canadian Mountain Guides (ACMG) as a Hiking and Winter Hiking Guide. She is also one of the only guides who is a Professional Interpreter for all mountain National Parks in the Canadian Rockies, including Waterton. Heather loves to learn and is always signing up for a new course to teach her new skills, from avalanche safety to mountaineering to learning SEO to taking a dance class.

Heather's work life has also revolved around being outdoors. She worked as an environmental consultant in northern Alberta and British Columbia, and then moved to Crowsnest Pass to manage a section of a disaster relief program after the 2013 floods along the eastern slopes. This is where her love for the South Canadian Rockies started. She knew this area previously because she used to pass through Crowsnest Pass when she tourguided for a ski and snowboard company that took large tours to mountain resorts, and even went into Montana. She also enjoyed racing and participated in Sinister 7 before moving to Crowsnest Pass. Her work with the disaster relief program was with the provincial government and restored riparian areas, backcountry trails, and built a lot of infrastructure for recreation in the Castle Parks, Livingstone and Porcupine Hills Public Land Use Zones, and a few other very remote areas in the backcountry.

Heather now works for ACMG instructing and evaluating new hiking guides and for the College of the Rockies in Fernie as their Natural History Professor for the Mountain Adventures Skills Training Program. She continues to grow Uplift Adventures and ultimately wants to build conservation tourism where she will take tourism on multi-week vacations exploring the Rockies, but also working on a project to give back to the places they explore.