Matt Williams
Executive Director, Catamount Trail Association
The Basics
Company Name: Catamount Trail Association
Location: Vermont (Statewide)
Founded: 1984
Full-Time Employees: 3.5
Products: The CTA manages and protects backcountry ski trails and terrain, while running programs to expand access to Vermont’s backcountry
Social: Facebook
Claim to Fame: The Catamount Trail is the longest backcountry ski trail in North America.
The Culture
The best thing about working at CTA is:
Getting to hear stories from skiers and riders about their adventures on the Catamount Trail and Vermont’s managed backcountry ski zones, and seeing new skiers get into the sport via the CTA’s work.
When we’re not working, we’re:
Skiing! Or riding our bikes, hiking, bikepacking, exploring the outdoors with our kids, working in the garden, reading, cooking.
What we’re reading:
The Coal Tattoo - Silas Howes, How the Word is Passed - Clint Smith, Why We’re Polarized - Ezra Klein, Leonardo da Vinci - Walter Issacson, Becoming - Michelle Obama
What we’re listening to:
Jason Isbell, Sylvan Esso, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Matt Maeson, Queen
If they made a movie about our workplace, it would be called:
Purposeful Energetic Commotion
Inclusion in the outdoors matters because:
We believe time spent in the backcountry is powerful and can change lives, and that everyone deserves both to have access to those impactful experiences, and to feel welcome in the outdoors.
Five years down the line, it’s our hope that:
People are just as likely to connect the Catamount Trail Association with youth in the outdoors as they currently do with trails and terrain.