Hugh Barnard

“Kiwi” Hugh has been rattling around mountains for as long as he can remember. A misspent youth passed in New Zealand’s Southern Alps, Jackson Hole, and Chamonix left him with few career options so he became a mountain guide, qualifying as an IFMGA guide in 1998. He has been heli skiing since 1993 and has been Chief Guide and General Manager of Harris Mountains Heliski in his home town of Wanaka, New Zealand, since 1998. Hugh has spent time as the Chief Guide of Himachal Heliski in the Indian Himalaya and running heli ski trips to Western Greenland and Siberia’s Kamchatka Peninsula, exploring new terrain and sharing this experience with guests from all over the globe. Hugh has spent further stints heli guiding in British Columbia and Valdez, Alaska, and ski toured extensively from his family’s European base in Chamonix. Having accompanied guests to TML in the past, Hugh claims to have found his spiritual home in the Tordrillos and joins the guiding team on a full-time basis as Director of Heliski Operations.