Colorado Mountain School
Toni Leskela is a seasoned R&D and product management professional with extensive experience across various roles in the outdoor and product development industries. Currently serving as Senior Engineering Manager at Elevate Outdoor Collective since August 2023, Toni has also held positions as a Guide and Snow Safety Educator at Colorado Mountain School since December 2016. Previous roles include Independent Consultant at Vuori Consulting and Product Manager at Great Trango Holdings, Inc. Toni has a strong background with Backcountry Access, Inc. as Category Director, and earlier experience with Suunto Oy as a Product Manager in diving and Team Manager for Testing. Toni's career began at TAI-Institute as a Research Assistant, following the completion of a Master of Science degree in Product Development from Teknillinen korkeakoulu-Tekniska högskolan.
Colorado Mountain School
The mountains have a profound ability to make us feel alive. Colorado Mountain School exists to share the power of the mountains with adventurers who want to learn and explore. Our family of climbing and skiing professionals is dedicated to mountain experiences that are educational, fun, challenging, and life-changing at times. We believe that what you accomplish is less important than how you accomplish it. As a result, we are industry leaders in: *Stewardship, treasuring and caring for our world’s magnificent landscapes *Professionalism, hiring only the most qualified staff, guides, educators, and mentors *Quality of Life, generously supporting and caring for our staff, guides, and customers Colorado Mountain School was founded in Estes Park, Colorado in 1981. Since then we’ve built a reputation on tens of thousands of days skiing, climbing, mountaineering, and teaching in our backyard—the spectacular Colorado Rockies—and across the globe in other world-class mountain ranges. Our team is highly trained and curates internationally respected courses and trips. CMS is Colorado’s largest mountain guide company, an accredited guide service of the American Mountain Guides Association, and the country’s #1 AIARE avalanche course provider.