INGRID BACKSTROM

 

Ingrid Backstrom has skied first descents in Greenland, Baffin Island and China and has starred in more than 20 ski films in her 20+ year ski career, including her own short film, Lineage, that documented traveling to the top 25 lift-accessed ski runs in North America with her husband and then 10-month-old daughter in a minivan. As a co-founder of SAFE AS (Skiers Advocating and Fostering Avalanche and Snow Safety), Ingrid helps lead women’s avalanche clinics around the West.  She is a mother of 2, certified AIARE Level 1 & 2 instructor, has coached freeskiing camps and clinics in North and South America for 20 years, and skied 101 days in a row in 2023.