The People
Meet our guides.
The women who lead every LUX Life week · certified, experienced, and relentlessly dedicated to your safety and your story.
01 · Whistler, BC
Alenka Mali
Founder · Professional snowboarder, base jumper & climber
Alenka founded LUX Life in 2023. She is a professional snowboarder, base jumper and climber working toward her mountain guide certification. She built LUX Life around one belief · that women deserve a week in the mountains that is both rugged and genuinely comfortable.
02 · Niseko, Japan
Eliza
Snow Host · Hokkaido
Our local connection in Japan. Eliza knows where the good snow is, when to push toward a gate for sidecountry access, and when to call it and head back for an onsen. She is your Snow Host on every ski day across Niseko, Rusutsu and Kiroro, guiding the group to the best spots so no one wastes a powder day guessing.
03 · Dolomites, Italy
Monika Kambic
Alpinist · Dolomites Alta Via 1 lead
Monika Kambic, born in Argentina, is a top alpinist who, with her courage and talent, has taken women's climbing to the highest level, not only in Slovenia but also internationally. She first shone on the iconic Patagonian peak Fitz Roy (climbed with Tina Di Batista), and a year later she conquered the mighty Cerro Torre wall (with Tanja Grmovsek). With over 1000 ascents around the world, she is one of Slovenia's most recognized climbers, having been named the best female alpinist three times. She is also an entrepreneur, founder of the KONDOR association, and a mother of three. The mountain world still means everything to her · she climbs, explores, and inspires! Monika carries a thousand and one stories that will give you goosebumps. Be part of it too!
04 · Squamish, BC · Sea to Sky
Klemen Mali
IFMGA Mountain Guide · Mexico & Patagonia
An IFMGA-certified mountain guide based in Squamish and Whistler, Klemen has spent years guiding backcountry tours, rock climbing and heli skiing across the Sea to Sky and beyond · with a focus on Europe, Patagonia and the Himalayas. He brings the certified depth LUX Life weeks are built on, threading the climbing and surf week in Mexico and the ski-touring weeks in Patagonia while keeping routes, permits, safety and logistics running smoothly behind the scenes.
Every guide is certified. Every trip is led by a woman.
All LUX Life guides hold current wilderness first responder certifications, and our ski guides carry IFMGA or ACMG credentials. We never subcontract your week to strangers. Our trips are led by women, and we sometimes work with male mountain guides.
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