About Me — evan welch

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A September “smash and grab” in the Enchantments with @benjamin.schmechel and @mfclay — these are the pics I was trying to send you guys on iCloud :-)

Yesterday, I ran and hiked the R2R2R—a double crossing of the Grand Canyon. The ~48 miles lulled me into a timeless state: any clock-watching or fantasies of dinner only had meaning so long as I kept moving forward. One more step, one more brea

It’s only annoying when OTHER people stop for Bison... Great day in Yellowstone crossing the Hayden Valley (saw more skulls/herons/mud pots than people) then meeting up with @juweewee for a geothermal date night

Two roads diverged in a national park, one had a 2 hour wait...
Then took the other, as just as fair... yada yada and that hike was great!

Last weekend I completed my first route of the Ultra Pedestrian Wilderness Challenge—a loosely structured competition among bipeds to tackle some of Washington’s finest trails in an unsupported style and report back on the experience for

After demoing my shoveling technique to the 3rd graders of @proskiservice, @kbelasco , @mfclay and I were ready for a mountain and a half of spring skiing. We encountered a range of bulletproof ice to hot slush but the only words we could find were &

Hike to cell service, ski to dinner—an afternoon in Paradise w/ @juweewee

Practicing conversational pace on the Kamikaze trail with @mfclay

Another Grand Traverse with @bgannie .... starting in 10 minutes! Aspen here we come! 🤞💪🎿

Salt Lake—I get it! After two days of skiing, hiking to the observation tower on Mt Wire was exactly what I needed.

My proving grounds :-)

Assorted favorites from 2 days of sunshine up at the Baker lodge with @juweewee @mfclay and @athib

Last mail drop of the year! (Earning my tights)

After our weekend in BC, nothing to declare except a lifetime with @juweewee

The sun comes up, the sun goes down...

Searching for 🐻s today on the skyline loop with @juweewee

A beautiful 30 mile “run” from Sunrise to Paradise on the Wonderland trail. This mountain sure has been good to me.

Sahale is a Chinook word for “high place” or “up above”. This was a delightful and somewhat complex alpine climb that was still pretty forgiving of our 5am Seattle lift-off and our high altitude demonstration of rappelling for

Icing on the cake: a two hour side trip to the summit of Little Annapurna.

Buncha lakes, buncha goats, buncha fun

Hey, I’m Evan.

I have a degree in Physics and a background in derivatives trading.

Currently, I work as a Machine Learning Engineer or Data Scientist in Seattle, WA.

Outside of work, I’m trying to improve as a trail runner, writer, and conscientious human.

Please reach out to me, or check me out on Strava, GitHub or Instagram.