Professional Guiding Experience: 21 years

Born and raised in St. Louis, Scott developed an appreciation for the outdoors in the Ozarks of Missouri and Arkansas. Here he spent many days swatting flies while canoeing down the beautiful waters of the Ozark National Scenic Riverways and hiking the beautiful mountains in the surrounding area. Scott moved to Flagstaff in 1996 to attend Northern Arizona University. The magnificent landscape of northern Arizona only deepened his interest in the outdoors. When he wasn’t attending classes, he spent all of his free time traveling and exploring the west, especially the Four Corners region. By now, Scott has hiked and traveled throughout the Southwest more than most of us will do in our entire lives.

Scott joined FSG in 2003 and has been guiding full-time with us ever since. He is intimately familiar with Grand Canyon, southern Utah and Yosemite National Park and knows every trip we offer inside and out. You would be hard-pressed to find another guide with more experience. Racking up an average of 175 days per year guiding in the backcountry, he is just as much at home in the outdoors as anywhere else. His years of experience, calm demeanor and extensive knowledge of all things ‘Southwest’ has earned him a loyal base of regularly returning guests. When Scott is not in the Southwest carrying a 90 pound backpack, he gets his fix from mountain biking, bouldering and traveling, with a particular interest in Latin and South America.