Louie Allen, Author at Sierra Mountain Center Guides

About Louie Allen

Louie grew up in the remarkably charming, yet flat city of Cincinnati, Ohio and spent his youth dreaming of bigger terrain. He found his passion for the outdoors through hunting and fishing, and by exploring the Appalachian Mountains during family vacations and scouting trips. Louie studied Outdoor Education and Recreation Management at Ohio University, where he quickly fell in love with climbing and backpacking and worked as a trip leader and climbing program manager for the University Outdoor Pursuits organization. He holds a Wilderness First Responder and AMGA Single Pitch Instructor certification, and is a trained Assitant Rock Guide and Apprentice Alpine Guide through the AMGA, working in rock, alpine, and ice disciplines. He will be beginning a masters degree program at Ohio University in Parks, Recreation, and Leisure Studies this Fall. He has an affinity for any and all baked goods, and swears by the Kia Sorento as the unsung hero of the car-camping world. This is his sixth season guiding with SMC.

My Favorite Climb: The Incredible Hulk

Alright, so it's pretty obvious what this post is going to be about: my little affectionate history with a piece of rock in the mountains. Our guides want to gush about their favorite routes in our backyard this summer in the same vein as our online Adventure Presentation Series Spring 2020. We want to keep you all--our readers and guests--motivated to get back into the hills as soon as it works for you during COVID-Era. There's no rush--we want you all to feel safe, healthy, happy, and go when you're ready. In the meantime, I'll try not to wax poetic about what is ultimately just a geological anomaly. When Sierra Nevada climbing [...]

By Louie Allen|2022-07-26T16:46:56-07:00June 11th, 2020|SMC Blog|

COVID and Summer 2020

Hi all, I just wanted to give a little update on how things have been going for Sierra Mountain Center so far with our new procedures as we have been slowly restarting operations this summer. First of all, please visit our home page for a complete list of our new policies and procedures. If you do book a program, we will send you additional information specific to how we will manage COVID-19 risks during your visit to the Sierra Nevada. Our biggest changes are these: We are requiring the use of masks at any time that we cannot maintain 6 ft. of distance between folks. This means that shared belays, rope [...]

By Louie Allen|2020-06-13T09:42:57-07:00June 9th, 2020|SMC Blog|

Adventure Presentation Series Recordings

Hey everyone, Thank you all so much for your interest in and support for this presentation series. As we've said, our goal with these was pretty simple--keep our friends and guests engaged and excited about future adventures during the uncertain and locked-down times of the COVID-19 pandemic. I think it became a pretty special way for the Sierra Mountain Center community to come together once a week to support each other and escape from our living rooms, and I know our guides got a lot out of digging up some old memories and looking back at our personal and professional progressions over the years. A couple of videos are downloaded [...]

By Louie Allen|2020-06-01T07:01:53-07:00May 19th, 2020|SMC Blog|

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