Team Alpine is a super-hardcore dedicated group of nature loving - granola munching - snow-pack-crunching mountaineers. Whether they're crossing the Continental Divide in 20 feet of snow or talking "stock options" at the club afterwards, Greg, Sheryl, and Ace are truly"high-on-life". Our mottos include: "Fun is second only to safety", "Isn't this mountain top beautiful at 6:00 in the morning", and "Remember to hydrate, at least 1L per hour of vigorous exercise". We're the kind of people who hike down the sheer side of a 14k ft. mountain, hop in our vintage Porches and drive down to the small resort lodge in 20 feet of snow. Even though that doesn't make sense, we're doing it with an ear to ear smile. That's because Team Alpine always goes the whole way. Go big, or go home. We heard that somewhere, and we LIVE it.

So if you ever find yourself fearing for your safety on a bare mountain-side getting whipped by crystals of ice bearing down on you at 90 mph but are easily overtaken by a small group returning from a 26 mile marathon at 11:00 am, looking like they're out for a Sunday morning stroll with grins that makes you want to slap them stupid, chances are you just had a run in with "Team Alpine"... especially if they slowed down just enough to tell you "what a glorious day" it was!.

Wait... seriously?

Nooo, not really! The name "TeamAlpine" is more of a joke, really (impressed that we actually got the domain names teamalpine.net and teamalpine.org? Us too!). In reality, we're a bit more recreational when it comes to our outdoor activities. Also, we own no Porches... neither vintage nor new. In fact, our real names are Damion, Kathy, and Matt.

"Team Alpine" is simply the product of being out in the cold, out of breath, working hard and thinking we're really finally getting somewhere, only to cross paths with the kind of person (people) mentioned above who have already done what you're trying so hard to do, and it was just their "warm-up" for the day. That can only happen so many times before someone (Damion) gets up and, in a strange mix of frustration, exhaustion, and humor, proceeds to run down along the trail with an L. L. Bean smile, calling himself "Greg", and yelling back to us just how much more picturesque everything would look with 5 more feet of snow cover to trudge through. The rest just kind of falls into place. Sounds cynical? Maybe... but in reality, there is nothing better than joking about your super-hardcore alter-egos to keep you moving forward in the cold!

Originally self-proclaimed "Team Xtreme" (inspired by our dislike of a recent trend in marketing where every product is labeled as as "Xtreme" be it soda or deodorant stick), we decided, and i'm not quite sure how, that Team Alpine would be a better name. So, although we're still Xtreme, and despite the fact that we are about as far away from the Alps as we can possibly be, we're sticking with "Team Alpine".

p.s., we really do enjoy what we do!