Kit Deslauriers
Ski Mountaineer
Kit first realized she wanted to ski the big stuff while standing atop a mountain in Sikkim, India, in 1998. Looking around at the majestic Himalayan peaks where so many others had come in search of life-changing moments, Kit had her own epiphany when she couldn’t shake one thought: Why didn’t she bring her skis?
- First person to ski from all Seven Summits and first woman to ski from the summit of Everest, October 2006
- First ski descents of the highest peaks in the US Arctic
- First female solo ski descent of Grand Teton and Gannett Peak, Wyoming
- 2-time Freeskiing World Tour Women’s Champion
- First ski descents in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, AK including Mt. Isto, the highest in the Brooks Range, April 2010
- Polish Glacier, Aconcagua, Argentina (22,834 ft.): first complete descent direct from the summit, December 2005
- Vinson Massif, Antarctica (16,067 ft.): first female ski descent, December 2005
- Mt. Elbrus, Russia (18,540 ft., highest mountain in Europe): first female ski descent down the North Face, June 2005
- Mt. McKinley, Alaska (20,320 ft., highest mountain in North America): first American female ski descent (2nd woman ever), May 2004
- Mt. Aspiring, New Zealand (3,033 m.): first female ski descent and first descent of Therma Glacier, November 2003