Louie H.

Company Owner

Hiking and Backpacking Guide

I have been exploring the Grand Canyon and surrounding areas since 2012. Originally from Indiana, I have had the fortune of working in many National Parks from Yosemite to Glacier. The southwest has won me over with its vastness and grandeur of its canyons, plateaus, and mountains. I have called the Colorado Plateau home since becoming a landowner in 2013 and raising a homestead entirely off-grid. It is my passion and purpose in life to share with people the beauty and majesty that is awaiting discovery inside the Grand Canyon. I look forward to showing you the Grand Canyon from a different perspective than most get from the rim. Diving deep into the Abyss adventure awaits as we discover new ecology, flora and fauna, and wildlife, in an ever-changing environment. Lets learn how to hike smart and responsibly, leaving no trace as we go, together protecting the National Parks for future generations!

Charlotte N.

Hiking and Backpacking Guide

Originally from the flatlands of Indiana, Charlotte moved to Arizona to pursue her passion in Adventure Education and guiding. She has a deep connection with the outdoor world and loves to share it with the people around her! She has worked as mountaineering and backpacking guide in Mount Shasta, CA, as an adjunct instructor at Prescott College and as a rock climbing guide in Joshua Tree, CA. When she is not guiding you can find her either rock climbing, biking, skiing, rafting, or getting groovy on the dance floor. Her easy-going and calm temperament makes her a valuable friend and leader in the backcountry.

Sam McCulloch

Radiant Sun Therapy

Hi, my name is Sam McCulloch and I am the owner and primary therapist for Radiant Sun Therapy. I am a licensed mental health counselor in the state of Arizona. I received my bachelors degree from Northern Arizona University in Psychology and hold a Masters degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Prescott College. I have worked for more than 12 years in the field of behavioral health including my time with the Flagstaff Unified School District, Behavioral Consultation Services of Northern Arizona, and most recently Child and Family Support Services. I offer personalized support in treating a wide variety of symptoms and experiences including anxiety, depression, PTSD, ADHD, and Autism. All of my services are rooted in mindfulness, compassion, and accountability. I offer in-person services for anyone in the Northern Arizona area. Tele-health and virtual reality services available throughout Arizona.

Kory L. Kirchner

Hiking and Backpacking Guide

Kory grew up in the Sonoran Desert of Arizona and went on his first of many backpacking trips in the Grand Canyon at 11 years old, nearly crying on the steep hike out. His grandparents sent him off canoeing in the mosquito-infested northwoods of Canada each summer, where he learned the art of wilderness travel, tolerance for discomfort, and eventually guided canoe trips himself. He studied geology with many great professors at Northern Arizona University, The University of Texas at Austin, and The University of New Mexico. His geologizing has taken him all across the Western United States, including Alaska and Hawaii, the Mediterranean Region, South Georgia Island and the Scotia Sea, and of course, the Grand Canyon, thanks to generous support from the National Science Foundation and universities. Beyond his Flagstaff, AZ backyard, he has guided, hiked, paddled, climbed, skied, and cycled in Southern Utah's national parks, Death Valley, Baja California, El Rio Grande, the Gila Wilderness, the Rocky Mountains, the Sierra Nevada Range, the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, the Cascade Range, Canada's Hudson Bay watershed and Rockies, the Alaskan Arctic and Subarctic, Chilean and Argentinian Patagonia, Iceland, the Alps, New Zealand, Colombia, and Madagascar. He has yet to find a place on earth more awe-inspiring than the Grand Canyon and looks forward to blowing your mind with geologic knowledge on a DHC trip!

Chase Reed

Hiking and Backpacking Guide

Chase has been adventuring on and around the Colorado Plateau since he was a Tiger Scout. As a youth he loved rock climbing, eventually representing the USA in 2004 at an international climbing competition. Mountain biking, backpacking, SCUBA diving, and other adventures are how he was raised. Chase has tried many trades such as baking artisan bread, creating glass art, and playing bass guitar in an alternative rock band. In 2021 he began guiding professionally and has since fallen more in Love with the natural world becoming a steward of the Earth. Nowadays he can be found wandering through mountains and desert landscapes, relaxing creekside and rock climbing in Sedona, and walking his dog, Winston, with his partner, Anna. Chase is a conscientious and compassionate leader who brings the stoke to provide you with an immersive experience communing with Nature.

Alex Wood

Hiking and Backpacking Guide

Alex has been a hiking guide in the Grand Canyon for over 10 years. He has spent countless nights below the rim with clients and for his personal time. Alex has a bachelors and masters degree in Geology from Northern Arizona and is a registered professional geologist in Arizona. When he isn’t consulting as a hydrogeologist, he uses his time to help educate people about the unique geological origins and history of Grand Canyon and Colorado Plateau. Aside from rocks, Alex enjoys sharing how the Grand Canyon physiographic region has shaped recent/ancient cultures and how the formation of Grand Canyon caters to ecological diversity of plants and animals.

Kenton Krueger

Hiking and Backpacking Guide

Kenton has spent the better part of the past ten years guiding backpackers, hikers and photographers into the wild places of the American West. He has guided at Grand Canyon, Yellowstone, Yosemite, Death Valley, Olympic, Glacier, Katmai, Zion, Bryce Canyon, Arches & Canyonlands National Parks, as well as coastal Oregon, New Mexico, and internationally in the jungles of Costa Rica. In addition to backpacking and camping, his adventures include rock climbing, exploring slot canyons in southern Utah, mountain biking, and bagging 14ers in Colorado’s San Juan Mountain Range. Kenton is a trail runner and former pilot, and spent roughly five years writing and photographing for the award-winning Omaha World-Herald out of his hometown of Omaha, Nebraska (He is more than happy to help you bring your photography ‘up a notch, or two,’ while on a hike, just ask!). Kenton made his way west to Arizona in autumn of 2011, and the high desert of Flagstaff quickly became home. Life took Kenton to ‘Upper Left, USA,’ where for three years he and his wife Danielle, and pup, Natasha, lived in Bellingham Washington. Sea kayaks and mountaineering filled in nicely for desert stargazing, yet the pull of ‘home’ proved too strong in the summer of 2024 he boomeranged back home to Flagstaff. Kenton believes in the transformative powers of our natural world and has seen its healing capabilities in the field on more occasions than he can count. He looks forward to utilizing his years of trip leading, well-rounded knowledge of the region, and guiding experience to help you to have a memorable and life-changing experience.

Michael Wichman

Hiking and Backpacking Guide

Michael Wichman is a hiking, backpacking, and photography guide based out of Flagstaff, AZ. His first trip below the rim of the Grand Canyon was in October 2004 and he hasn’t looked back since. He’s passionate about all wild and scenic places, with a love of capturing images, hiking, climbing, rafting, and snowboarding. A hiking guide since 2008 and a photography guide since 2020, Michael continues to be dedicated to lifelong learning. He is an avid reader with a wide range of experiences in the Grand Canyon, Yellowstone, Grand Teton, Glacier, Yosemite, Great Smoky Mountain, Alaska, and Costa Rica, and many wilderness areas in the Western U.S. His favorite topics are geology, Native American culture, and Pioneer-era history, in addition to wildlife and landscape photography. Michael loves meeting new people — of all backgrounds, ages, and ethnicities. He finds shared group experiences extremely enriching, especially when that experience has a common theme in the wilderness. Michael earned a B.A. in psychology from UCLA, where he worked with children with autism. He also studied at Northern Arizona University, focusing on uranium mining issues for his Masters degree in Environmental Science & Policy. He looks forward to the opportunity to support transformation experiences while sharing adventures and creating memories with you.