Sol Fitness Adventure Guides
Sol Fitness Adventures guides are accomplished outdoor experts with a passion for the outdoors and the professionalism to be trusted with our guests. Not your average outdoor junkie on a semester break, each member of our team possesses diverse and unique leadership skills that allow us to function as a powerful unit. This combination of expert outdoor skill with a commitment to service is unmatched in the outdoor industry and is what lets us stand behind our exclusive Utah vacations with confidence.
As a growing company, we selectively choose to work with the best local guides we can find to assist you in your journey to wild and scenic places. These guides join us as mentors as well as trusted friends. They have devoted their lives to the perfection of their outdoor pursuits and take great satisfaction in sharing that knowledge with others. Our guides are compensated well so that they can continue to develop their skills and live a high quality of life at the same time.
Meet the Sol Fitness Adventures team:
Melanie Webb
The lead guide and founder of the company, Melanie is the mastermind behind each Sol adventure. Melanie’s specialty is combining her expertise as a Personal Fitness Trainer with her hiking and cycling guiding skills to prepare our guests for their trip mentally and physically. Her years of experience working in 5-star establishments ensures that travelers experience an unforgettable journey to the outdoors.
Dave Dean
An ultra competitive endurance athlete, Dave is a regular threat in the Utah mountain bike racing series. Dave holds the distinction of being a certified bike tech for the U.S. Cycling Team. Schooled in Search and Rescue, this Utah mountain man skis the backcountry from his own backyard, literally.
Aaron Ogden
A professional Personal Fitness Trainer and Utah adventure racing coach, Aaron knows how to tap into the potential of the human body. This kayaking, rock-climbing, backcountry-skiing father of two is also a certified Wilderness First Responder and the resident apothecary and nutritionist on our Redrock Backpacker trips.
Dean Woods
A technical canyoneering and mountain biking guide, Dean knows the slots and crevices of Utah’s canyon country like the back of his hand. Dean is a certified Wilderness First Responder and member of Southern Utah’s Search and Rescue Team. With the heart of a true western adventurer, young Dean is on his way to becoming a legendary explorer of Southern Utah.
Cathy Church
Don’t let this blonde bombshell fool you – she’s the best off-pavement Jeep guide around. A former big game hunting guide, Cathy knows all the nooks, crannies and secret petroglyph sites in the Zion National Park outskirts. We trust Cathy and her team to navigate off-the-beaten-path roads and deliver us to and from our isolated backcountry destinations safely.
Merrill Webb
An accomplished biologist and migratory bird expert for the U.S. Forest Service, Merrill Webb is the foremost naturalist accompanying many of our trips. Merrill has received recognition as an outstanding Biology Teacher at both the local and National level. He shares his knowledge of Utah’s spectacular wilderness in a way that infuses passion in everyone. And, as the mentoring father of Sol’s founder and lead guide, we like having him around.
Ben Woolsey
Ben has summitted Mount Timpanogos’ 11,700 foot peak more than 300 times! Spend a day hiking with this man and you just might learn something of the spirit and exquisite beauty that make the Wasatch Mountains so unique.
