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Meet the Team

Big Red Cats, like most mechanized ski operations in B.C., operates on Crown Land and therefore is obligated to carry liability insurance. As part of this, you can be assured that Big Red Cats always has qualified guides, as determined by WorkSafeBC, the CAA, and their guiding organisation. Supervisors have either ACMG ski guide, CSGA3, or foreign equivalent. Guides leading cats are at least CSGA2 or ACMG assistant guides, and tail guides typically have at least their CSGA1 designation, or at minimum, their CAA1, 80-hour first aid, and are training for their CSGA1. On any given day, many of the guides will actually be overqualified for the position which they are guiding. All guides have current first aid qualifications and many are also ski instructors.

	Kieren Gaul - Owner - Lead Guide CSGA 3, CAA 2, CSIA 2, 80-hour first aid, Professional Member of the CAA Kieren created this job so that he could powder ski every day with people like you. He truly has a passion for sharing some of the best skiing in the world with our guests, so in 2004 he left a finance job in Sydney in order to start Big Red Cats. Every summer since then, he's been roaming his mountains wielding a chainsaw, creating more ski runs and optimizing the cat road network, and every winter, he's been guiding, so he knows those 8 mountains better than anyone else on the planet.
	Paula Skinner Gaul As co-owner of BRC, she mans the headquarters, and does most of the administration. Paula is a graduate of the Royal Military College of Canada, has an MBA from the Ivey School of Business, and was a consultant for Boston Consulting Group in Sydney when she and Kieren decided to start their own business. Sammie was born in 2001, Gaby in 2003, Big Red Cats in 2004, and Freesia in 2005 - now all of them have completed their formative years, and she is determined to get out of the office more often to ski with you. Paula is also a realtor with Century 21, so if you decide to buy any condos at Red, make sure to talk to her about it, because her real estate clients get a free day of cat skiing!
	Julian Anfossi - Lead Guide CSGA 3, CAA 2, CSIA 2 Julian lives in Rossland with family, this will be his second year with Big Red Cats, after many years of heli-guiding up north, and we're thrilled to have him back.
	Kauri Howell, Guide & Driver CSGA 2, CAA 1, CSIA 2 Kauri's been with us from the beginning in 2005, when he started as a snowcat driver, but was really keen to get out on his skis. Since then he has completed his CSGA 2 guiding level, and this year is completing his CAA 2.
	Matt Edwards - Guide & Driver ACMG Assistant Guide, CAA 2, CSIA 1, 120-hour first aid Matt joined our team in 2008 after completing the Thompson Rivers University Adventure Guide program. His love for the outdoors sees him taking part in as many ski touring trips as possible and spending his summers sea kayak guiding, as a level 3 kayak guide.
	Ari Gore, Tail Guide CSGA 1, CAA 1, CSIA 1 Ari is a local guide who has spent years as a ski patroller, and is spending more time now guiding. He owns and operates a Bed and Breakfast at Renata, on Arrow Lake, with his partner Shari.
	Richard Streadwick, VP (Mechanical) Operations Richard works 12 months a year, keeping our 5 snowcats, 2 buses, and several snowmobiles running. Besides being a master mechanic, Richard was previously a member of the Canadian national cycling team, and he races his yacht on Arrow Lake. Richard lives in Rossland with his massage therapist wife Kathy (you have to book that in advance!) and their huge collection of children.
	Dana Luck, Snowcat Driver Dana lives in Rossland and this will be his 3rd season with Big Red Cats. An excellent cat driver, Dana is also a certified educator dog trainer, and has his own business, Pawsitive Pack Dog Training.
	Keith Robine - Guide and CAA Avalanche Course specialist CSGA2, CAA2, Professional Member of the CAA Keith is a counsellor, and a really good guy to talk to...he is also a climbing teacher, and has built his own climbing wall in his straw-bale home in Rossland, where he lives with his wife Anne and his two school-age daughters. He has been an avalanche educator for over 20 years, and is our preferred guide guide for teaching the CAA AST courses at Big Red Cats, because of his outstanding communication skills.