Brief Bio
Karly Osten was a military brat and grew up all over-she was born in Texas, bounced around, then lived in Germany before the family settled in Portland, OR when she was still in high school. She graduated from Linfield College with a Marketing degree that has been well used up until now. Karly grew up hiking and exploring but the outdoors didn’t become a passion until later. It took one backpacking trip to the North Cascades that escalated into an obsession with the outdoors: solo backpacking trips, rock climbing, ice climbing, backcountry skiing, and ultimately mountaineering.
She decided that working for Corporate America wasn’t in her wheelhouse and made the transition to guiding. Karly is thrilled to share her love and respect of nature with others, and chances are high that you’ll hear her long before you see her.