Author: thirdedgeheli

This is Miah’s first year with Third Edge Heli and she is stoked to be joining the team! Miah was born in Alaska, but moved to the Philippines when she was 8 and lived there for 10 years. She would visit family in Alaska every couple years, and it was on these trips that she fell in love with her home state all over again. As a result, this is where she decided to call home once she graduated high school in 2020. In the Philippines she enjoyed scuba diving, free diving, and playing in the warm ocean, but moving to Alaska required a slight change of hobbies. She learned to ski and loves it, but she’s still building her confidence on the slopes. She enjoys backpacking, salmon fishing, kayaking, and jumping in lakes. Miah is a potter and finds a way to throw no matter where she lives. She also paints, makes block prints and dabbles in wood burning.

Miah’s dad Zach is a helicopter pilot, who (fun fact) flies for Third Edge, and she loves going on flights with him whenever she gets the chance.

Miah worked at a local coffee shop for almost three years and it is one of her favorite things to create delicious drinks for people to enjoy.

Cassie McCraw

Property Gate Keeper

When you show up and the lodge/properties look great, it’s Cassie and her team’s diligence behind the scenes, blood sweat and tears!!! 

Manages both TEH properties in Alaska! Maintaining the relationship with our resident wildlife keeping the sheets white, the internet streaming, the heated helipad running, the grass green and much more!! 

Cassie enjoys playing in the mountains and the ocean with her family and cooking delicious food!

Carrie found her love for cooking at a young age through baking for friends and family. Her experience broadened after attending Seattle Culinary Academy and moving on to work as a recipe developer for several test kitchens, catering organizations and restaurants in Seattle. After missing the familiarity of snowy mountains she moved on to work as a private chef in Steamboat Springs Colorado, Park City & Alta Utah. In the summer Carrie co-owns and operates a dried meals business with her brother, sourcing and working with local farms around Seattle and exploring the PNW through backpacking, biking and working with farmers.

Bret Gilleland

Cherise Robinson

Mike Welch

Mike Welch started his ski career working as a ski patroller at Hilltop Ski Area in Anchorage, Alaska (294 vertical feet).Working outside and on skis was too much of a draw and Mike took the slippery slide into a lifetime in the ski industry. Mike has patrolled at Arctic Valley Ski Area (1214’) and Alyeska Resort (2500’) in Alaska and Alta Ski Area in Utah (2538’). Bigger mountains called. Mike put in over a decade and a half at Chugach Powder Guides, moving from following guide to lead guide to snow safety director.

Mike now splits time between his own company, Sundog Ski Guides (as many vertical as you can hike) and Third Edge Heli (UNLIMITED vertical feet). Contrary to how it may seem, Mike is not about counting vert, but rather he likes really long runs and big mountains. His ski patrol roots bring a work ethic and grit that shows, Mike is not afraid to get dirty to make sure you have an amazing time out in the mountains.