Our Team - Flathead Avalanche

Our Team

FAC STAFF

Blase Reardon

Chris Prew

Flathead National Forest Recreation Program Manager

Mark Dundas

Lead Forecaster

Cameron Johnson

Cameron Johnson

Avalanche Specialist

Rob Millspaugh

Avalanche Specialist

Guy Zoellner

Avalanche Specialist

FOFAC STAFF

Meg Killen

Education Director

Jenny Cloutier

Executive Director

Clare George

Education Specialist

FOFAC Board OF DIRECTORS

Board of Directors
Zak Anderson (President), Ed Visnovske (Vice President), Mikaela Bourret (Secretary), Caroline Hill (Treasurer), Lloyd Morsett, James Heckman,Josh Nielsen, Tim Shaw, Nolwenn Denis, Chris Prew (ex officio)

Executive Committee
Ed Visnovske, Zak Anderson, Caroline Hill, Mikaela Bourret, Jenny Cloutier

NRSAW Committee
Lloyd Morsett, Blase Reardon, Mark Dundas, Meg Killen, Jenny Cloutier, Jackson George, Cheri DuBeau, Jeff Carlson, Jeremy Hauser, Cam Johnson

Education Committee
Cat Berro, Ed Visnovske, Meg Killen, Jenny Cloutier

Development Committee
Zak Anderson, James Heckman, Nolwenn Denis, Jenny Cloutier

Thank you to Austin Seback and Andrew Chad for site photography, and Trace K Productions and Bodznick Media for the promotional videos

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Blase Reardon

FAC Director

Blase Reardon has explored snowpacks across the world, from golf courses in Ohio to remote peaks in Kyrgyzstan. Early in his career, Blase researched climate change and glaciers for the USGS and worked as a forecaster on the Going-to-the-Sun Road in Glacier National Park. He got firsthand experience with depth hoar snowpacks forecasting for the Sawtooth Avalanche Center (2008-13) and the Colorado Avalanche Information Center (2013-18). He served on the faculty of Colorado Mountain College’s innovative Avalanche Science Program, shaped The Avalanche Review as Editor (1999-2007), edited or co-authored the most recent two volumes of The Snowy Torrents, and sat in lots of meetings as Publications Trustee for the American Avalanche Association. He joined the FAC team as Lead Forecaster for the 2018-19 winter, then stepped up as Director in 2020.

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Chris Prew

Flathead National Forest Recreation Program Manager

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Mark Dundas

Lead Forecaster

Mark has been forecasting for the Flathead Avalanche Center since 2015. Before this, he enjoyed a lengthy stint of snow and avalanche work in Colorado, including atop the Continental Divide at Berthoud Pass. The permanent closure of this iconic ski area prompted Mark’s move to the Flathead Valley in 2002. He then worked as a forecaster for the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad in Essex, MT, and with the Going-to-the-Sun Road avalanche program in Glacier National Park. Despite Mark’s preference to avoid summer heat, he still enjoys working as a trail crew supervisor for the National Park Service, which he has done since 1988.

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Cameron Johnson

Avalanche Specialist

Cam started forecasting at the Flathead Avalanche Center in 2019. Before that, he resided in Utah where he ski patrolled and began learning about avalanche forecasting at Solitude Mountain Resort. He’s taught both professional and recreational avalanche courses for the American Avalanche Institute and The Patrol Fund. Although Cam loves the mountains and forecasting, his greatest joy in life is spending time with his family.

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Rob Millspaugh

Avalanche Specialist

Returning for his fourth season with FAC, Rob brings a diverse body of work to the organization. Rob left a storied career in Montana’s beer and pizza industries to pursue his interest in snow machining. He worked as a snowmobile guide, state forester, rare carnivore tracker, and served as FAC’s intern. Rob has a bachelor’s degree in environmental engineering from the University of Colorado and an Avalanche Operations Level 1 from the Canadian Avalanche Association.

In the off-season, Rob works for Whitewater Rescue Institute as an instructor and environmental response technician. Between jobs, he fills his time with dog wrestling, quiche-adjacent cooking, and watching Below Deck.

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Guy Zoellner

Avalanche Specialist

Guy Zoellner has supported the FAC forecasters as a professional observer, snowmobile wrangler, and general do-it-all since 2014. He has Pro 1 and has been traveling in the backcountry for almost 20 years, specifically in northwest Montana, where he was born and raised. Guy works as the Trails Manager out of the historic Big Prairie Ranger Station in the Bob Marshall Wilderness for the Flathead National Forest in the summer. When not strapping into the snowboard for Flathead Avalanche he can be found marching around the woods with his family, horses, mules, and a rescued donkey.

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Meg Killen

Education Director

Meg has called Northwest Montana home for over 25 years, but she originally hails from the midwest states of Wisconsin and Ohio. She joined the team at Flathead Avalanche in 2019 as the youth educator, and has since taken on the role of Education Director beginning in 2021. Her passion for avalanche education stems from her own love of backcountry skiing, and wanting to share that knowledge with others. When she’s not teaching courses to the public or local youth, she enjoys long slow days in the mountains with her husband Tim, good friends, and plentiful snack breaks. Meg’s favorite way to end the day is snuggling by the fire with her two doggos Rosco and Peekay, and her pet tarantula Cheryl.

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Jenny Cloutier

Executive Director

Jenny is in her fifteenth year with the Friends of the Flathead Avalanche Center and is as stoked about weather stations, snowmobiles, and low-barrier educational opportunities as ever. Hailing from the Flathead Valley, she enjoys hiking, gardening, paddling, and working for the Kalispell Education Foundation in her free time.

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Clare George

Education Specialist