Lyra Pierotti

Professional Mountain Guide; Freelance Journalist

Lyra had her first view of the mountains atop the shoulders of the Tahoe Summer Music Festival's tuba player, back when she weighed less than a tuba. This early exposure to the natural world would lead her to study ecology and pursue rock climbing.

While studying at UC San Diego, she worked as a guide for her university’s outdoor program, leading rock climbing, backpacking, and sea kayaking trips, and taught field ecology for several San Diego-based outdoor education programs. Lyra also spent a year in the French Alps studying geology, but mostly climbing and skiing.

She has been based out of Bishop since fall 2008, and works as a guide for California Alpine Guides, Sierra Mountain Guides and Shasta Mountain Guides. Lyra holds a Wilderness First Responder certification, has completed her Level 2 AIARE Avalanche course and the AMGA Rock Instructor Course, and looks forward to pursuing a higher education in the mountains through the AMGA Guide Training Program.