Team Profiles

Meet the team behind the retreat

Get to know the local guides, hosts, and climbing support team shaping the experience in Chile.

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Portrait of Matías Silva.

Program Design & Operations

Founder, Andes Explora

Matías Silva

Founder of Andes Explora and an interdisciplinary outdoor professional who has spent fifteen years building original adventure programs across Chile.

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Araucanía & Patagonia

IFMGA/UIAGM Mountain Guide

Andrés Bozzolo

A Pucón-based mountain and ski guide with more than three decades of experience across the rock, alpine, and ski-touring terrain of southern Chile.

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James Baragwanath wearing a climbing helmet in the Andes.

Alpinism & High-Altitude Guiding

IFMGA/UIAGM Mountain Guide

James Baragwanath

An internationally certified Chilean mountain guide whose safety-focused approach spans first experiences on snow through complex technical expeditions.

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Martín Contreras Ried guiding a roped team on a glacier.

High Altitude, Rock & Ski Touring

IFMGA/UIAGM Mountain Guide

Martín Contreras Ried

An internationally certified Chilean mountain guide and instructor specializing in high-altitude mountaineering, technical rock climbing, glacier travel, and ski touring.

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Jaime Acevedo Riquelme smiling while guiding on a rock climb in the Andes.

Nature Interpretation & Rock Climbing

Mountain Guide & Rock Climbing Instructor

Jaime Acevedo Riquelme

An ecotourism professional, mountain guide, and rock climbing instructor with more than nineteen years of experience, including over a decade in Torres del Paine.

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