Mark Allen

Mark Allen

IFMGA/AMGA

AMGA
Association
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The Mountain Bureau LLC

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IFMGA/AMGA

Mark Allen

Mark Allen is an licensed American Mountain Guide (IFMGA) and owns the Mountain Bureau LLC. Born in Northwestern Washington, US, Mark cut his teeth climbing and skiing in the North Cascades of Washington . His schedule has him guiding alpine, ice, rock and ski touring trips in Washington, Alaska, and the Southwest and runs annual programs in Western Canada, Western Europe, and Lofoten, Norway. Mark has guided for several reputable companies and had guided over 200 summits of Cascade Volcanoes, 100’s of classic American and European alpine summits, a wide spectrum of ice ascents in the Canadian Rockies, and has spent a lifetime on backcountry touring skis. Additionally, Mark has led successful high altitude alpine expeditions to the Himalaya, Eastern Tibet, the Andes, Patagonia, Antarctica and Alaska's Wrangell, St Elias, and Alaska Ranges. Mark’s personal interests are exploratory alpinism and ski mountaineering descents in remote area of the globe. His academic background is in geology with an emphasis on mountain building processes and is a Level I & II AIARE avalanche instructor. He is presently a standing member of the Certified Guides Cooperative Board of Directors and is an ambassador athlete for Outdoor Research, Petzl, Black Crows, and Julbo. Mark was nominated for the Piolet d’ Or in 2013 for his exploration of the Lacuna Glacier and ascent on the Mastodon Face of Mount Laurens of Denali National Park

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