Ashley is a Footprints mentor (‘22 Colorado) and has helped us design the camp educational curricula.
While Ashley calls Durango her home, your best bet in finding her these days is to listen for her classic “yeeooop” call as she summons a group of high school students on yet another “Carruthless” sufferfest through the San Juan Mountains or Colorado Plateau. A former 12th grade humanities teacher, Ashley co-directs San Juan Mountain SOLES, an outdoor education and leadership development organization for high school female-identifying youth. For the past eight years, Ashley has focused on connecting her students to wild spaces and providing them with experiential education opportunities that foster a stronger sense of justice, environmental ethic, and connection to place and community..
