Meet Apex’s Talented Rock Climbing Guides!

Jacob

Rock climbing has opened my world up to wonderful people and beautiful places. I truly enjoy sharing these formative experiences with every client we bring out, and hope to see you out at the lake!

Garrett moved to Wisconsin to rock climb (weird choice). He’s working through higher levels of guide certification and, with a background in education, he’s able to apply his love of climbing and love of teaching here as a guide. If you want to know about local ecology or hard rock climbs here at Devils Lake, he’s your guy. His friends call him a chronic over-stoker, but we call him, Apex’s #1 Hardman.

Kenz is in their third season guiding with Apex and their fifth year climbing at Devils Lake. With ambitions of taking their climbing to tall summits, they have an affinity for introducing friends into the art of trad and crack climbing. The climber in Kenz has been showing since birth, and their parallel love in life is photography.

Audrie

Audrie is Apex’s newest lead guides, but is quickly becoming a shining star of the team. Her hard work and dedication to pursue excellent group and technical skills is only surpassed by her kindness to her clients.

Ana

Ana Is a fantastic addition to the 2024 guide crew. She shows up early and is attentive to the needs of her clients as well as supporting her fellow guides.

Mark

Mark has been guiding for Apex since 2018, and his favorite place to climb is Devils Lake of course! And also Eldorado Canyon State Park in Colorado. For Mark, the best part of guiding is enjoying the outdoors with others and overcoming obstacles and fears. A fun fact about Mark is he’s related to Frank Lloyd Wright!

 

Johnny

Johnny’s in his third season guiding with Apex. Johnny brings plenty of stoke to any day out climbing. Can always be found training hard on the bouldering wall, he has a special talent connecting with individuals, even in large group settings. Ask Johnny about the Native history to Devils Lake State Park.

 

Ross started his outdoor adventures with Guided climbing outings with Apex in the form of Private sessions, Open Group bookings, and anchors training. He is now a long time contributor to our team and working towards a retirement out in the Rockies. His enthusiasm for the sport and love of conversation will certainly provide some excellent stories as he continues his journey.