With over 10,000 miles of backpacking experience across multiple continents, Liz has hiked some of the most legendary trails in the world, completing six iconic thru-hikes: the Pacific Crest Trail, the Appalachian Trail, the John Muir Trail, Tour du Mont Blanc, the Tahoe Rim Trail, and the Foothills Trail.

But it is the Sierra Nevada that changed everything for her. For over a decade, these peaks have been her classroom, her sanctuary, and her home. The Sierras gave her something no trail guide can teach: a deep, unshakeable confidence in her own ability to navigate hard terrain, make bold decisions, and keep going when the summit feels far away. That kind of confidence does not stay on the mountain. It follows you into every part of your life.

Sierra Sisters was born from that truth. Every woman and girl who hits the trail with Sierra Sisters is capable of more than she knows. Liz has made it her mission to show her that.

Liz is a mountaineer, backcountry guide, and outdoor educator. She is proud to call Lake Tahoe home, a place she found her way back to and never left. For Liz, coming home meant planting roots, building community, and sharing the mountains she loves most with the women around her. When she is not mountaineering, she enjoys cooking, fly fishing, playing basketball, mountain biking, or plotting her next move on the chess board, and usually with her German Shepherd, Bailey, close by (her most loyal trail partner and partner in crime).

Liz's message to every woman considering joining: "The women who hike with us today are the role models our girls look up to tomorrow. That is the heart of Sierra Sisters, building a community strong enough to carry the next generation forward."