Jess Lewis

Trip Host - Patagonia

Jess was raised by mountain guides and has been working and playing in mountain ranges across the world her whole life. Love of walking through wild places was instilled in her at a young age, when she became the youngest person (a title since given to an even younger individual) to thru hike the famed Continental Divide Trail in a 3,200 mile odyssey across the country with her family.

For more than a decade, Jess has been guiding both internationally and domestically, including leading a team across west Antarctica. She loves connecting people to beautiful and wild landscapes, creating spaces in which people feel equally challenged and supported. Jess is a seasoned adventure guide, instructor, mentor, teacher. She loves supporting women in exploring elements of themselves that are not as often brought into the light and connecting them to an incredible outdoor community of like minded individuals, whether it is set against the backdrop of foreign peaks or in the familiar setting of her hometown in Colorado. And as a lover of  literature and journaling, Jess is naturally drawn to the way HHJ facilitates unique transformational experiences!

Jess lived for five years in Patagonia and speaks Spanish fluently. Getting to take a group of women into the area of the world that she called home is a dream come true. Her greatest desire is that women walk away from her trips feeling like they have discovered that they are more capable, stronger, and have more sparkle than they originally believed.