Andy Jacobsen grew up in the shadow of the Wasatch mountains and was drawn into those mountains at an early age. Andy began alpine skiing as a small child and started rock climbing at age 13. At age 15, he left the comforts of his alpine skis and began what was to become a lifelong exploration of the sport of telemark skiing. It has always been easy and Andy definitely has the scars to show, but the challenge kept him coming back for more.

Andy has been lucky enough to hone his skills skiing and climbing all over the planet. He has skied and climbed in the Cordillera Blanca range of Peru, Patagonia region of Argentina, the Alaska and Chugach ranges in AK, the Tetons and extensively throughout the Wasatch. Part ski mountaineer, part jibber, part big mountain charger, Andy is a true "all-arounder", he is equally at home skiing down an icy 60 degree slope as he is throwing front flips off of 50 foot cliffs.

While he enjoys all aspects of skiing, Andy's passion lies in "big-mountain freeskiing", skiing big, steep lines fast and fluidly. Andy pushes big mountain freeheel skiing to a new level year in an year out. Appearing in 10 ski films and Skiing, Backcountry and Telemark Skier magazines, Andy is a veteran at throwing down big lines in front of the camera. With many goals and objectives ranging from steep spines in Alaska to unskied faces in the Himalayas, Andy is bound to stay busy in the coming years!

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