Mountain Guides: Barometers of Change

Mountain Guides: Barometers of Change

In 2010, POW Athlete Alliance Member Angela Hawse became the 6th female IFMGA mountain guide in the United States.

Mountain Guides – Barometers of Change, created by POW Creative Alliance member Chris Shane, follows Angela into the Arctic, where her life’s work collides with a rapidly shifting planet. As a guide, she’s spent decades leading people into some of Earth’s most awe-inspiring places and witnesses the impacts of climate change with her own eyes.

Guides stand on the front lines of our warming world. Angela believes that gives them a powerful voice, one that can inspire, educate, and mobilize people to protect the places we love most.

Created in collaboration with Polar Bears International and Black Diamond Equipment, and filmed during the 2025 UN International Year of Glaciers’ Preservation, this story highlights how firsthand connection to threatened landscapes can turn all of us into lifelong ambassadors for the places we love.

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A film by Chris Shane
Created in collaboration with Polar Bears International and Black Diamond Equipment
Featuring POW Athlete Alliance Member: Angela Hawse
Produced in partnership with Protect Our Winters