Known as the 'Godfather Of Freeskiing', Mike Douglas is consistently listed by media outlets as one of the most influential skiers of all time. He began his career as a mogul skier on the Canadian Freestyle Ski Team in the early 1990s. In 1997, he developed the first high- performance twin-tip ski, the Salomon Teneighty, and his freesking career was launched. Dubbed the New Canadian Air Force, Mike and his crew of Canadians revolutionized the sport with their tricks at ski resorts across the globe. He even has a signature tick - the D Spin. Mike has appeared in more than 50 ski films, was named Powder Magazine's 'Male Skier Of The Year' in 2003, and was the voice of skiing at the X Games for 14 years. In 2004, Mike founded Switchback Entertainment - a video production company specializing in outdoor adventure films and commercials. He launched the groundbreaking web series, Salomon TV, in 2007 and has produced/directed more than a dozen award-winning films including The Freedom Chair, Tempting Fear, Eclipse, Snowman, and Sam and Me. Mike has been named 'Favourite Whistlerite' 8 times by the readers of Whistler's local newspaper, Pique Newsmagazine and was inducted into the Canadian Ski Hall of Fame in 2025. He sits on the board of directors for the Whistler Blackcomb Foundation and is a cofounder of Protect Our Winters Canada, an outdoor industry environmental advocacy group. He served as Board Chair at POW Canada from 2018-2023 and now acts as president of the organization.

Matt Gunn is a community planner in Squamish who has passion for spending time in the alpine. He has written several guidebooks including Spearhead Backcountry Atlas, Spearhead Traverse Field Guide, Scrambles in Southwest British Columbia, and Hikes Around Invermere. He is currently working on a guidebook to ski touring in the Duffey and an update to his scrambles book.