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Our Guides and Staff

All of our guides are certified in first-aid with a back country emphasis. They have years of field experience with Lander Llama Company. They are experienced llama wranglers and handlers, and are educated in the sciences.

Bob Scholl

Shad Hamilton

Lara Vowles

Bob joined LLC in 1997. Of large Swedish decent, you will feel safe with Bob. He has years of river guiding and fly-fishing experience in Montana and Wyoming. His fly-fishing skills and trout habitat knowledge are hard to match. Bob has served as the Popo Agie Anglers president. Bob has been a graphic and website designer since 1997. His designs can be seen at www.websitesolutions

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Bob on ESPN-2 with Lander Llama Company

Shad is a native of Wyoming. Shad joined LLC in 1998 . He is an avid outdoor enthusiast excelling in backpacking, pedaling, extreme snow boarding and canoeing. Shad is a college graduate Magma Cum Laude with a B.S. and Masters in Science and Education from Chadron State College. Shad is a school adminsitrator and teacher in Lander. Shad is a quiet hard worker, and trains the pack llamas well. Shad loves the great outdoors! You really need to check his BLOG out to catch his wild snow rides http://landerbackcountry

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From Wyoming, Lara has been with Lander Llama Company since 1998. She is a graduate of the University of Vermont in Burlington, Vermont. She graduated majoring in Environmental Sciences. Backpacking, hiking, camping (anything involving being outside),swimming, and running are some activities she loves doing. While attending school, one of her favorite activities is donating her time at a local humane society as a dog walker/companion, along with getting out and seeing the eastern U.S. Lara has successfully completed a 30-day NOLS (National Outdoor Leadership School) course. Lara has assisted university researchers on Mt. Everest for two years in a row.

Riley Hopeman

Sam Pedersen

Max Matson

Riley was born in Colorado and moved to Lander, WY with his family when he was two. He took his first 50+-mile hike with his dad, uncles and cousin when he was 7 years old. At 14, he successfully completed a 30-day NOLS (National Outdoor Leadership School) course. Riley was an All-State nordic skier during his high school career. As an undergraduate at the University of Wyoming he was a USCSA Individual Nordic National Champion and a member of the USCSA National Nordic Championship team. In 2006, Riley graduated with degrees in Journalism and Physical Geography. He is currently traveling with NOLS promoting wilderness education and is in the process of becoming a NOLS Instructor. Riley joined LLC in 2001. He loves anything that has to do with the great outdoors.

Sam is a nephew of Scott and Therese. Sam has been raised in the outdoors. He is a 2005 Lander Valley High School with a 4.0 GPA. Sam is athletic and holds the 2003, and 2004 Wyoming State Championship Title in Nordic cross country skiing. Sam is hard to keep off the boulders as he loves to scramble the rocks. Sam is an excellent wrangler and guide and knows the llamas well growing up with Scott. Sam is attending the University of New Hampshire to study chemical engineering. Sam loves the great outdoors.

Max was born and raised in Lander, Wyoming. He graduated from Lander Valley High School in 2005 and is currently working on a degree in Biology at the University of Wyoming. Max has been involved in athletics his entire life. He was an all-state player in both soccer and baseball in high school. Max has a love for the outdoors that includes caving, hiking, camping, climbing, cross-country skiing, snowshoeing, snowboarding, hockey and pretty much anything else that is outside. He started working for LLC during the summer of 2007.