JEREMY HAAS

2021 STARTUP ADK PARTICIPANT

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As Jeremy Haas attended weekly StartUp ADK classes in Fall 2021, he built Skylight Mountain Guides LLC a step at a time.

“Each of those weeks, it was easy for me to clue into what I needed to do next or to be considering, ‘How important is this for me?’,” said Haas, who opened the year-round back-country skiing and hiking guide service after more than 20 years of guiding. “It’s pretty easy to start a business officially, but it’s another thing to develop a business, and that’s really what StartUp ADK helped me through.”

Haas skied and hiked most of his life. But a few years living in Colorado led him to discovering the beauty of going off trail.

“Living there, where the back country is very extensive, it really opened my eyes to how all the ski skills I developed in the Northeast could be applied to this alpine environment I was exploring,” he said. “You can ski off the side of a ski area or go snowcat skiing and get hooked. However, it’s something else to ski actual backcountry, in a quiet environment. The pace of the day is different than when you’re riding lifts.”

Haas teaches environmental science