Dawn Glanc was born and raised in Brunswick Ohio. After high school, Dawn realized Ohio was not the place for her. In 1996, she moved to the Black Hills of South Dakota to pursue an Outdoor Education degree from Black Hills State University and to experience the outdoors. It was in the Black Hills that Dawn started to climb both rock and ice. After spending 8 years in the hills, Dawn craved bigger mountains. In 2004, Dawn moved to Bellingham WA and began a full time guiding position with the American Alpine Institute.
Dawn has averaged more than 200 days of climbing and guiding each year, for the past five years. Climbing and guiding has taken her to mountains in the Norway, Northern Cascades, Eastern Sierras, The French Alps, The Fairweather Range and the Alaska Range, as well as Squamish and Bugaboos Provincial park in Canada. Dawn has also been pursuing the American Mountain Guide Association certifications. She completed both her Rock Guide certification and the Alpine Guide certification. Dawn’s latest accomplishments include the cover of Alpinist 27 and winning first place at the 2009 Ouray ice festival.
Dawn will be speaking and showing slides of her climbing adventures on Saturday night of the Ice Festival. Check the Events Page for more information
Big thanks to the Days Inn Hinckley for providing the accommodations for this year's Sandstone Ice Festival guest speaker, Dawn Glanc.
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