Allison Armitage is originally from Vermont, where she grew up hiking, biking, and canoeing around New England. After graduating from college, she biked across the country, and decided that she wanted to live in the mountain west. She moved to Big Sky, MT, where she met her now husband while ski patrolling. A nursing degree and moves to Seattle, Salt Lake City, and Bozeman, MT followed, as well as two children. They now live inside Grand Teton National Park, where they work, ski, hike, bike, climb, and parent, hoping their kids will develop the same appreciation for the outdoors as they have.