Mild to Wild Team

Professional Guides & Adventure Experts

River Guides
Land Tour Crew
Durango Office Staff
Marketing

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

Elena Donharl

Operations Manager & River Guide

Hometown: Pagosa Springs, CO

Nickname: The Operator

Favorite Trip: San Miguel!

Anna Folks

Multi-Day Operations Manager / River Guide

Hometown: Santa Fe, New Mexico

Nickname: Supreme Leader

Favorite Trip: Salt River

Don Ness

River Guide

Hometown: Silver City, NM

Nickname: Don.com

Favorite Trip: I really enjoy the Upper Animas Silverton Section

Nickol Moran

River Guide

Hometown: San Clemente, CA

Nickname: 1/2 Paso

Favorite Trip: Upper Animas River

Emma Donharl

River Guide

Hometown: Pagosa Springs, CO

Nickname: Em-Um

Favorite Trip: I have to say the Salt River is my favorite! Any length trip.

Richard Fredricksen

River Guide

Hometown: Laramie, WY

Nickname: Stretch

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

Lauren Chapple

River Guide

Hometown: Littleton, CO

Nickname: Chapel

Favorite Trip: The Lower Animas!

Sam Cook

River Guide

Hometown: Austin, TX

Nickname: Cookie

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

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

Benji Mickel

River Guide

Hometown: Durango, CO

Nickname: Magic Beans

Favorite Trip: Upper Piedra River

Miles Hunter

River Guide

Hometown: Durango, CO

Nickname: Sassy, the Unicorn

Favorite Trip: 2-day on the Upper Animas

Joe Lawton

River Guide

Hometown: Durango, CO

Nickname: Hula Hoop

Favorite Trip: Colorado River 3-day in Moab

Hadyn Collard

River Guide

Hometown: Dallas, TX

Nickname: River Ranger

Favorite Trip: Lower Animas River

Ash Hershey

River Guide

Avery Patterson

River Guide

Hometown: Pueblo, Colorado

Nickname: Patt Patt

Bryn Christensen

River Guide

Hometown: Hellfire

Nickname: Truth or Consequences, NM

Mason Anable

River Guide

Hometown: Placentia, CA

Nickname: Anable the Cannibal

Michael Gamboni

River Guide

Hometown: Cut and Shoot, Texas

Nickname: Ice Cleaner

Rachel Haber

River Guide

Hometown: Colon, Michigan

Nickname: Light Saber

Allie Williams

River Guide

Hometown: Popejoy, Iowa

Nickname: Mini Ted

Tom Serikov

River Guide

Hometown: Almalyk, Uzbekistan

Nickname: TTR

Favorite Trip: Desolation Canyon

Seth Frenzel

River Guide

Nickname: Mini James

Hometown: Katy, Texas

Favorite Trip: Yampa River

Samuel Frenzel

River Guide

Nickname: Green Eggs

Hometown: Fort Worth, Texas

Favorite Trip: Cataract Canyon

Nathan Schilly

River Guide

Nickname: Chilly Boy

Hometown: Salt Lake City, Utah

Favorite Trip: Dolores River

Allie Donnell

River Guide

Nickname: Dirt Bike Allie

Hometown: Ozark, MI

Favorite Trip: Cataract Canyon

Gavin Clements

River Guide

Nickname: G-man

Hometown: Houston, Texas

Favorite Trip: Cataract Canyon

Emma Garcia

River Guide

Hometown: Salt Lake

Nickname: Gema

Favorite Trip: Desolation Canyon

Ellen Atkinson

River Guide

Hometown: Katy, Texas

Nickname: Mini James

Favorite Trip: Yampa River

Abigail Calloway

River Guide

Hometown: Albuquerque, NM

Nickname: Abs

Favorite Trip: Desolation Canyon

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

Marty Dowling

Jeep Guide

Hometown: Boulder, CO

Nickname: Brindle

Favorite Trip: Silverton Jeep

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

Meghan Imel

Jeep Guide

Don Kolilis

Jeep Guide

Kenny Ridlon

Jeep Guide

Riley Douglas

Detailer & Rentals

Durango Office Staff

Sage Kooi

Durango Office & Sales Manager

Hometown: Loveland, CO

Nickname: Sager Danger

Favorite Trip: I’m stuck between the Salt River and Gates of Lodore!

Will Lammons

Adventure Consultant

Hometown: Durango, CO

Nickname: Peach

Favorite Trip: The Lower Animas River through Smelter Rapid

Elizabeth Jeffries

Adventure Consultant

Hometown: Carrollton, KY

Nickname: Liz

Favorite Trip: Lower Animas at HIGH water

Sam Starkey

Adventure Consultant

Hometown: Boylston, MA

Nickname: Fishstick/Sambo

Favorite Trip: Any trip where I get to camp!

Meghan Noland

Adventure Consultant

Hometown: Hamilton, OH

Nickname: Megatron

Favorite Trip: Cataract Canyon

Codi Coghlan

Adventure Consultant

Hometown: Steamboat Springs, CO

Nickname: Chili C

Favorite Trip: All of the above

Loren Hamby

Adventure Consultant

Hometown: Farmington, NM

Nickname: Lencho

Favorite Trip: Salt River

Maddie McManus

Front Desk

Hometown: Durango, CO

Nickname: Madawggg

Favorite Trip: Desolation Canyon

Anna Folk

Front Desk

Hometown: Durango, CO

Nickname: Banana

Favorite Trip: Lower Animas

Alyssa Griswold

Front Desk

Hometown: Durango, CO

Nickname: Lyss

Favorite Trip: San Juan River

Bailey Williamson

Front Desk

Hometown: Durango, CO

Nickname: Bumblebee

Favorite Trip: Lower Animas

Moab Office Staff

Sheryl Kolilis

Moab Front Desk

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

Dogs of Mild to Wild

Louie

Office Dog

Office Job: Morale Manager

Favorite Trip: I’m up for anything!

D.O.G.

Office Dog

Office Job: Assistant Guide

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

Office Dog

Office Job: Assistant Boatman

Favorite Trip: San Miguel River in Telluride!

South

Office Dog

Office Job: Guide Supervisor

Favorite Trip: Lower Animas!

Hiker

Office Dog

Office Job: Sales Extraordinaire

Favorite Trip: SUPing at Lemon Reservoir!

Moose

Office Dog