Photo: Carson Meyer (@carsonmeyerphoto)


DAN GISH

Retired Software Engineer

Photo: Carson Meyer (@carsonmeyerphoto)

I grew up in the cold, flat Midwest.

But you see, we didn't know that it sucked. We thought that skiing with your buddies after school on a 200 foot ice hill was the coolest thing ever. We were known as the Rat Pack, and our passion for skiing has taken each of us to amazing places (including a Fila jacket-wearing Matt Sterbenz).

I steadily made my way to bigger mountains, first to Colorado for college, and then upon selling a software business, retiring to Verbier Switzerland.

Skiing has been a constant presence in my life, endowing me with confidence as a kid, and providing meaning and camaraderie as an adult. No matter how big the mountains get, I hope to always keep the awe of that Midwest kid simply stoked to be skiing an icy mound in Wisconsin.

 


BORN

Chicago, IL

RESIDES

Bozeman, MT

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• Proud member of the Wilmot Rat Pack growing up in Wisconsin

• Started and sold an educational software business called SchoolFusion

• Pulled off living in Verbier, Switzerland for 5 years

• Winner of the 2020 Midwest Mogul Mash (Muzzle Loader category)