Peter was first introduced to the San Juan mountains on a 30-day ski mountaineering course with Colorado Outward Bound School (COBS) back in January of 1974 — so, just a few short years ago. Ever since, the transformational power of the outdoors has been a driving force in Peter's life.
Over the past 30+ years, Peter has had many great successes, from graduating Stanford with an MBA to leading several different companies and nonprofit organizations to new heights. After almost 8 years as the Executive Director at COBS, and 11 years as field staff, Peter and his partner Kim moved back down to the San Juans, and joined our team at the Ouray Ice Park in 2020.
Like COBS, the Ouray Ice Park represents a wonderful opportunity to continue to change lives through challenge and discovery, as climbers discover that there is more in them than they know. At COBS he was committed to serving a broad cross-section of students and making the transformational power of the outdoors inclusive, and accessible to all — an aspiration he has for the Ice Park as well.