Doug C.

Doug is a native New Mexican and grew up in the Land of Enchantment and Oklahoma.  His first overnight backpacking trip was when he was 10 years old.  Wilderness adventuring became the passion of his life!  A Grand Canyon Guide since 2008 (with Wildland since 2009) he has led over 250 treks into “the Canyon.”  He is a graduate of the Canadian Outward Bound Wilderness School, the National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS) and earned a history degree from Penn State.  He is former NOLS Field Instructor and was Wildland’s Field Staff Hiring Director (2015-16) and Philanthropy Director (2017-2026). He LOVES sharing the unique natural and human history of the Colorado Plateau and Rocky Mountain regions with others. Doug resides in Santa Fe.