JOSH BOROF – President

Josh Borof has worked with the Telluride Mountain Club since 1997 and has lived in the Telluride area for 29 years. He is an avid rock climber of 28 years who established first ascents in Colorado, Utah, California and Alaska. Josh laid the foundation for many San Juan classic ski descents in the Telluride area and is a veteran of river expeditions including many sections of the Colorado, Green, Salt, Arkansas, Tuolumne, Rogue and American Rivers. He owns a general contracting company serving the greater Telluride Region. His wife, Wendy Borof, owns and operates a local Pilates fitness business. He has two kids, Wiley age 16 and Skylar age 13, who are both active outdoorspeople who love to ski and run the rivers of the western US with their dad.

NATE SMITH – Vice President

Nate Smith has served as a director of the Telluride Mountain Club since 2011. Nate earned his law degree from Vermont Law School, a school consistently ranked as the top environmental law school in the United States. During this time, he served as an editor on the Vermont Journal of Environmental Law and focused his studies in public lands law and recreation issues. Nate’s writings have been published in renowned legal journals. He is the only attorney to have studied the impact that the Town of Telluride’s condemnation of the Valley Floor for open space and recreation will have on land-use planning in the Rocky Mountains. When not riding his mountain bike, Nate loves to enjoy his public lands.

TOR ANDERSON

Tor has worked with the Telluride Mountain Club for over two decades and has served at the club’s President. He owns a graphic design company and specializes in map design and formatting. When not busy with work and the club, Tor loves hanging out with his wife Sharon and son Wilder at their home in Ilium.

TODD RUTLEDGE

Todd got distracted from a career in Academics in the early 90’s when the siren songs of the Andes and the Alaska Range coincided with a break in his graduate program in Linguistics and Anthropology and he’s been a mountain guide ever since. In 2004, after a decade of guiding for the company, he assumed co-ownership of Mountain Trip, an Alaska-based guide service. They expanded to lead trips on all seven continents as well as around his home in Ophir, just south of Telluride. Todd feel incredibly fortunate, as the recent years have provided him the opportunity to get out and lead trips, but also to spend more time with his family. He has two sons, with his wife and enjoys climbing, skiing, hiking and riding motorcycles.

Todd believes in public service and term limited himself after four years as Ophir’s mayor. Serving the greater Telluride community as part of the Telluride Mountain Club is an extension of that belief. We have amazing opportunities in our corner of the San Juans and Todd would like to help people enjoy what is all around us. While the quest for finding balance in life between work and family will probably always be elusive, both are tons of fun, especially in our neck of the woods!

KEVIN COONEY

In the late 70s, Kevin was an aspiring alpinist in Telluride while managing the local food coop, swinging a hammer for BONE, and exploring local rock & ice. He went to Boulder to go to engineering school, which led to a long career in the clean energy industry. Along the way he also designed outdoor equipment, pursued FKTs, and had the opportunity to work or climb on six continents. It took him 30 years to find his way back. Then, in 2017, Kevin joined the Mountain Club’s efforts to preserve the via ferrata, and joined the board. He also serves on the board of San Miguel Power Association. When not at his computer, you might find him exploring ridgelines on no-name 13ers, climbing, or enjoying our trails with his dog.

XIMENA REBOLLEDO LEÓN

Ximena Rebolledo León has been a board member of the Telluride Mountain Club since March of 2022. She has lived in the Telluride area on and off since 2000. Ximena has been a nurse since 2012 and strongly believes in the benefit of proximity to nature as it affects our overall health. Ximena values creating and maintaining access to the outdoors with a special emphasis on equity, sustainability, and preservation. A climber, runner, biker, and skier, Ximena can be found enjoying our public lands on most days.