Suzanna Lourie

Guide

Portrait of Suzanna Lourie, guide with Skyward Mountaineering.

Suzanna Lourie is an AMGA Assistant Alpine Guide and Apprentice Rock Guide with 7 years of experience leading trips in the outdoor industry. She is a driven climber whose main motivation as a guide is to empower others to discover their greatest potential in the mountains. As an instructor, Suzanna is passionate about facilitating memorable experiences and providing customized instruction to bring climbers closer to their unique mountain goals.

Suzanna lives in Ouray, CO and spends her winters doing the thing she love most — climbing frozen waterfalls. The rest of the year you can find her working and playing across CO, UT, AK and the North Cascades. Skyward Mountaineering is proud to have Suzanna on our team, she is a talented climber who is working towards her IFMGA certification and is lots of fun to hang out with in the mountains.

When she’s not climbing, Suzanna enjoys scrambling above treeline in obscure corners of the San Juans and hanging out with her dog, Oso. Learn more about Suzanna on Instagram!

Suzanna Lourie is climbing a mixed route during a snow storm. She is wearing a light blue jacket and swinging her ice tools high above her into a section of ice.

Climbing and Guiding Highlights

  • Climbing all 98 peaks above 13,000’ within a 10-mile radius of Silverton, CO over a 5-month period during COVID

  • Multiple ascents of alpine rock climbs and high peaks in the North Cascades

  • Multiple ascents in the Alaska Range, including Ham & Eggs and Shaken Not Stirred on the Moose’s Tooth and the North Couloir of the Mini Moonflower

  • Ice climbs in the Canadian Rockies

  • Guiding Bridalveil Falls in Telluride, CO