Jessica Sobolowski-Quinn is a lifer in the ski industry. She’s skied more powder than almost anyone on the planet over the past 20 years, which is what you’d expect from the owner of one of Alaska’s premiere heli operations, Points North. But Jess didn’t grow up chasing powder in helicopters; she was a D1 ski racer who made her way to Palisades after college. From there, she met famous friends, started skiing rowdy lines, lined up sponsors, and traveled the world to film for a decade and eventually reeled it all in to manage the family business she runs with her husband, Kevin Quinn. Ingrid Backstrom asks the Inappropriate Questions.
Jessica Sobolowski-Quinn Show Notes:
3:00: Growing up in CT, sports, long days, ski racing, staying on the groomers, and who was she in HS?
12:00: College Hall of Famer, moving to Palisades, Kreitler and Boyle, and snow
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24:15: McConkey, the culture of Tahoe, lessons learned, ski cross, big mountain comps, and K2
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42:00: Peter Glenn Ski and Sports: Over 60 years of getting you out there.
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44:00: Alaska, gender in the mountains, Points North, trips, stepping away from guiding to running the business, the cost of heli-skiing, covid, and the heli wars
73:00: Inappropriate Questions with Ingrid Backstrom