About
Hi, I’m Tim.
Skiing buddy, snow geek, educator and researcher living in Tromsø, 69° north.
How it started
“It wasn’t just the snow I needed to understand better. It was how we make sense of the backcountry, and how we make decisions there.”
A few years ago, I was nearly swept away by a remotely triggered avalanche — on a trip I had planned carefully and believed was completely safe. That day, and a few other close calls in the mountains, forced me to confront an uncomfortable truth: it wasn’t just the snow I needed to understand better. It was how we make sense of the backcountry, and how we make decisions there. What started as a wake-up call became a passion.
Teaching
Certified avalanche instructor (NF)
Since the best way for me to learn is to teach.
Research
PhD, CARE at UiT The Arctic University of Norway
On teaching sense-making and decision-making in avalanche terrain.
Guiding
Wild Snow Education and Guiding · Tromsø Powder Guides
Owner of the first, co-founder of the second.
Learn with me
I own the Tromsø-based company Wild Snow Education and Guiding, and I’m a co-founder of Tromsø Powder Guides, where we offer avalanche courses, safety training, coaching, and mentoring for backcountry travellers of all levels.
Home, 69° north
Originally from Germany, I fell in love with northern Norway — its nature and its people — when I arrived more than 20 years ago. Today I live in beautiful Tromsø, 69° north, with my partner and our two wonderful kids.
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