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Mild to Wild Team

Professional Guides & Adventure Experts

Owners

Alex Mickel

President

Hometown: Bedford, MI

Nickname: Al

Favorite Trip: All of them! That’s why I do what I do!

Molly Mickel

Vice President

Hometown: Woodbury, MN

Nickname: Mama

Favorite Trip: Castle Valley through Fischer Towers – I like flat water!

River Guides

Anna Folks

Multi-Day Operations Manager / River Guide

Hometown: Santa Fe, New Mexico

Nickname: Supreme Leader

Favorite Trip: Salt River

Marcus Vanata

River Guide & Risk Management

Hometown: Geneva, Illinois

Nickname: Marky Mark

Favorite Trip: Piedra River

Sam Cook

River Guide

Hometown: Austin, TX

Nickname: Cookie

Favorite Trip: Lower Animas in Durango for its great whitewater.

Richard Fredricksen

River Guide

Hometown: Laramie, WY

Nickname: Stretch

Favorite Trip: Multi-Day trips on the San Miguel River in Telluride are my favorite.

Nickol Moran

River Guide

Hometown: San Clemente, CA

Nickname: 1/2 Paso

Favorite Trip: Upper Animas River

Trey Roberts

River Guide

Hometown: Grapevine, TX

Nickname: Ed Sheeran

Favorite Trip: Gates of Lodore on the Green River

Hayden Kilgore

River Guide

Hometown: Nairobi, Kenya

Nickname: Lion King

Favorite Trip: Lower Animas River

Dillon Reed

River Guide

Hometown: Alligator Town, Florida

Nickname: Dilly Bar

Favorite trip: Piedra River

Benji Mickel

River Guide

Hometown: Durango, CO

Nickname: Magic Beans

Favorite Trip: Upper Piedra River

Bryn Christensen

River Guide

Hometown: Hellfire

Nickname: Truth or Consequences, NM

Michael Gamboni

River Guide

Hometown: Wenatchee, WA

Nickname: #5

Favorite Trip: Cataract Canyon

Seth Frenzel

River Guide

Nickname: Mini James

Hometown: Katy, Texas

Favorite Trip: Yampa River

Nathan Schilly

River Guide

Nickname: Chilly Boy

Hometown: Salt Lake City, Utah

Favorite Trip: Dolores River

Gavin Clements

River Guide

Nickname: G-man

Hometown: Houston, Texas

Favorite Trip: Cataract Canyon

Ellen Atkinson

River Guide

Hometown: Katy, Texas

Nickname: Mini James

Favorite Trip: Yampa River

Abigail Colloway

River Guide

Hometown: Albuquerque, NM

Nickname: Abs

Favorite trip: Desolation Canyon

 

Jesse Goldstein

River Guide

Hometown: El Dorado Hills, California

Nickname: Clydesdale

Favorite Trip: Upper Animas

Annie Farrugia

River Guide

Nickname: Annie F
Hometown: Chicago, Illinois
Favorite River: Gates of Lodore

Max Thornhill

River Guide

Hometown: Mooresville, NC

Nickname: Cabana Man

Favorite Trip: Cataract Canyon

Adana Martinez

River Guide

Hometown: The Great State of Texas

 

Favorite trip: Yampa River

Land Tour Crew

Jerry McGeorge

Land Tours Manager

Hometown: Durango, CO

Nickname: Pickle

Favorite Trip: Red Mountain on a Silverton Jeep Tour

Jay Blacksher

Jeep Guide

Hometown: Aztec, CO

Nickname: Jaybird

Favorite Trip: Minnie Gulch

Jared Avery

Jeep Guide

Hometown: Carbondale, CO

Nickname: Wrench

Favorite Trip: Browns Gulch, Silverton Jeep

Miles Newby

Jeep Guide

Hometown: Durango, CO

Nickname: Cadillac

Favorite Trip: Stony Pass, Silverton Jeep

Tosh Black

Jeep Guide

Hometown: Springville, Utah

Nickname: Running Deer Medicine Wolf

Favorite Trip: Mesa Verde

Don Kolilis

Jeep Guide

Bella Young

Jeep Guide

Hometown: Mile High City

Nickname: Bella

Favorite Trip: La Plata Canyon

Kenny Ridlon

Driver

Office Staff

James Tockstein

Moab Operations Manager

Hometown: All of Wisconsin.

Nickname: Dad

Favorite Trip: Gosh darn it… I love every. Single. One of them.

Meghan Noland

Durango Office Manager

Hometown: Hamilton, OH

Nickname: Megatron

Favorite Trip: Gates of Lodore

Codi Coghlan

Sales Supervisor

Hometown: Steamboat Springs, CO

Nickname: Chili C

Favorite Trip: Cataract Canyon

Maddie McManus

Front Desk

Hometown: Durango, CO

Nickname: Madawggg

Favorite Trip: Desolation Canyon

Susan Srock

Adventure Consultant

Hometown: West Milford, NJ

Nickname: SusieQ

Favorite Trip: Women’s Wellness Retreat

Paige Deglow

Front Desk & Photographer

Hometown: Covington, KY

Nickname: Paigey Poo

Favorite Trip: Middle Fork of the Flathead River

Britt Allen

Photographer & Front Desk

Hometown: Bayfield, Colorado

Nickname: Sharp Shooter

Favorite Trip: Lower Animas

Freddy Mickel

Front Desk

Hometown: Durango, Colorado

Nickname: Fredward

Favorite Trip: Gates of Lodore

Joshua Burns

Front Desk

Hometown: Durango

Nickname: Josh

Favorite Trip: Cataract Canyon

Alyssa Griswold

Front Desk & Sales

Hometown: Durango, CO

Nickname: Lyss

Favorite Trip: San Juan River

Sydney Nagy

Adventure Consultant

Hometown: Jackson, Michigan

Nickname: Syd

Favorite trip? Rafting in Costa Rica

Elizabeth Jameson

Adventure Consultant

Hometown: Mission Viejo, California

Nickname: Ellie

Favorite trip? We will find out this year!

Ethan Noonan

Adventure Consultant

Hometown: Northbrook, Illinois

Nickname: Noonan

Favorite trip? Mesa verde

Amanda Clifton

Adventure Consultant

Hometown:Lusby, MD

Nickname: Manna

Favorite trip? Cataract Canyon

Gracen Verheyden

Adventure Consultant

Hometown: Belton, Texas

Nickname: Garçon

Favorite trip? Salt River

Jake Beekman

Durango Operations Manager

Hometown: Durango, Colorado – A LOCAL!

Nickname: Beetle

Favorite Trip: Cataract Canyon

Dorindi Blocher

Human Resources

Hometown: Porterville, California

Nickname: D

Favorite Trip: Wyoming – Grand Teton & Yellowstone National Parks

Marketing

Kimberly Cassels

Copywriter

Hometown: Farmington, NM

Nickname: Kim

Favorite Trip: Yampa River

Lucy Grande

Digital Advertising & River Guide

Hometown: St. Paul, MN

Nickname: Lucy Goosey

Favorite Trip: Castle Valley overnight

Wayde Hall

Content Coordinator

Hometown: Stillwater, MN

Nickname: Mangoes

Favorite Trip: Castle Valley

Pets of Mild to Wild

Louie

Manager

Office Job: Morale Manager

Favorite Trip: I’m up for anything!

D.O.G.

Retired

Office Job: Assistant Guide when he feels like it

Favorite Trip: Upper Salt River, AZ

Maggie

Office Dog

Office Job: Assistant Office Manager on the Salt River

Favorite Trip: After work boating on the Salt River

Jasper

Security

Office Job: Assistant Boatman

Favorite Trip: San Miguel River in Telluride!

Peaches

Fun Enforcer

Office Job: Making sure the party is always going!

Favorite Trip: Wherever there’s treats.

Sparky

Adventure therapist

Office Job: Listening to problems.

Favorite Trip: Any trip that involves food!

Carly

CEO

Hometown: Baja Mexico

Nickname: Gypsy Cat

Favorite Trip: Whatever she feels like

Raven

Guest Herder

Office Job: Getting butts on the bus!

Favorite Trip: Moab daily!

Hank

Moab Staff

Office Job: Bus Driver

Nickname: Hanky Spanky

Favorite Trip: Any one where I can stick my head out the window.