{"id":76147,"date":"2021-01-07T12:13:22","date_gmt":"2021-01-07T20:13:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/?page_id=76147"},"modified":"2025-03-31T14:25:00","modified_gmt":"2025-03-31T21:25:00","slug":"victor-mcneil","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/outdoor-adventure-leadership\/alumni\/victor-mcneil\/","title":{"rendered":"Victor McNeil"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-2y9ojfq-c69c07993c66130e0536e0be97957802\">\n.avia-section.av-2y9ojfq-c69c07993c66130e0536e0be97957802{\nbackground-color:#f3f3f3;\nbackground-image:unset;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div id='av_section_1'  class='avia-section av-2y9ojfq-c69c07993c66130e0536e0be97957802 main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_submenu  avia-builder-el-first  avia-bg-style-scroll container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><main  role=\"main\" 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.av-special-heading.av-2djh83-0f617f04eb7220ec17913fa2f3c3169c .av-special-heading-tag{\nfont-size:0.8em;\n}\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-2djh83-0f617f04eb7220ec17913fa2f3c3169c av-special-heading-h2 blockquote modern-quote  avia-builder-el-7  el_after_av_image  el_before_av_textblock  av-inherit-size'><h2 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Victor McNeil<\/h2><div class='av-subheading av-subheading_below'><p><em>Graduated 2008 &#8211; Pre-OAL Degree Program<br \/>\nExecutive Director &amp; Lead Forecaster, Wallowa Avalanche Center<br \/>\nSenior Guide, Alpine Ascents International<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-kisfwqsi-e082d3e788fa3318b47f4faca7c9b91e '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>I&#8217;m in charge of collecting field observations for bi-weekly avalanche forecasts, writing avalanche forecasts, teaching avalanche awareness classes, as well as AIARE courses, maintaining weather stations, and fundraising. For AAI, I work in the Washington Cascades and Alaska, guiding on Denali and peaks in the North Cascades.<\/p>\n<p>I value providing information to help people make safe decisions in the backcountry. As a mountain guide, I enjoy exposing climbers to mountainous locations they would not likely ever see without a guide.<\/p>\n<p>I graduated before the Outdoor Adventure Leadership degree was instituted but spent a lot of time in the field with Erik Sol and the Â鶹´«Ã½ Outdoor Program. I was part of the winter mountaineering classes and the whitewater rafting program. In particular, the winter mountaineering class really got me headed in the direction of becoming a mountain guide.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m a fully certified American Mountain Guide Association (AMGA) guide and wouldn&#8217;t have gone down this path without the direction provided by Sol and the Outdoor Program.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-kisjp0hc-5415c9d80254b04e3bac45d660efe500\">\n.avia-image-container.av-kisjp0hc-5415c9d80254b04e3bac45d660efe500 img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-kisjp0hc-5415c9d80254b04e3bac45d660efe500 .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-kisjp0hc-5415c9d80254b04e3bac45d660efe500 av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-9  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_image  top-30'   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div 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