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Empower. Educate. 

Babes Outside was founded by Mia and Caroline, best friends, guides, and outdoor educators. They met in 2018 as rookie raft guides on Idaho’s Salmon river. In the years since, they accumulated experience and knowledge in their careers as professional outdoor guides.

Between the two of them, they have almost 20,000 commercial river miles, ranging from the Grand Canyon to New Zealand’s Karamea river. Caroline’s background as a ski guide and avalanche educator is complimented by Mia’s years as a professional ski patroller. More importantly, they are both driven to support and encourage anyone woman-identifying to grow in the outdoors.

Babes Outside was founded so that women could have a space to learn and grow their skills in the outdoors. Our trips offer a strong educational emphasis, so that babes will feel more confident in their own skillset. We create a space for women to push themselves safely in the outdoors and meet other babes who love skiing and rafting.

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  • Co-Founder

    Mia has spent her entire professional career in the outdoors, from guiding to ski patrolling. She has guided in places as far flung as Costa Rica and New Zealand, and found that working outside was always a little more fun when women were around. She co-founded Babes Outside with the hope to bring more badass women into the industry, whether as recreationalists or someday-professionals.

    Some highlights of Mia’s career include:

    Guiding on world class rivers such as the Grand Canyon, Middle Fork of the Salmon, and Gauley. Ski patrolling at the renowned Big Sky Resort. Mentoring young women in skiing and other outdoor adventure sports. Writing stories about her experiences as a guide and educator in publications such as NRS’s Duct Tape Diaries, BombSnow, and Outside Bozeman.

    Favorite things: dirtbiking, glitter, reading (especially fantasy), trying new things

  • Co-Founder

    Caroline has spent her life out west. Originally from Santa Fe, New Mexico, she attended college in Gunnison, Colorado, and  has lived in many small mountain towns in between. Her love for recreating in the outdoors was sparked by a freshmen orientation trip backpacking through the Ansel Adams Wilderness. Over the past decade she has worked in a variety of different environments building her career as a professional guide. Idaho’s Salmon river has been her summertime home for the last seven years where she guides multi day white water wilderness adventures and teaches Swiftwater education courses.  In the winter, she teaches avalanche education courses and backcountry ski guides in Idaho and Colorado.

    Favorite things: sleeping under the stars, a good cup of coffee, cheetah print, dancing