Team & Board
Our team of staff, board members, and volunteers work hard so that you can have an excellent winter trail experience in and around Sheridan.
Black Mountain Team
Nick is not only the ED for Black Mountain Nordic, but he also assists with grooming operations. Nick loves being outside with his family skiing, running, and rock climbing!
Nick is excited about the direction Black Mountain Nordic is moving in. Prior to becoming the ED, Nick was a volunteer trail groomer for several years and served as the BMN president.
Larisa brings a lifelong love of winter and the outdoors to her role with the BMN Team.
She learned to nordic ski as a kid in Pennsylvania and then taught her husband how to ski when they moved to Montana. She has called Sheridan home since 2017, and her two children have grown up skiing on BMN’s trails.
Caleb will be a high school intern for BMN this winter and is John’s oldest son. He is eager to be a part of the BMN grooming team and to work alongside his father.
John is a jack of all trades! There aren’t many things he can’t fix or build. John has been grooming for BMN since 2024 and during the off season he is a handyman doing various projects throughout Sheridan County.
Ben is an all around outdoor enthusiast! He is the owner of Bighorn Mountain Guides, which is located in Sheridan, WY.
Ben is excited to join the BMN team and to learn the fine art of winter trail grooming.
Kam is leading BMN’s single track grooming team. He has extensive knowledge with cycling and specifically with fat biking.
He has previous experience with owning and operating a Snowdog grooming machine. Kam is excited to lead the charge with turning Sheridan County into a fat biking destination!
Jared has been a volunteer trail groomer for Black Mountain Nordic for over a decade. You don’t see him grooming very often because he is most well-known for grooming late at night and into the early morning.
Pete recently retired from a long career with the Wyoming Game and Fish in Pinedale, WY. After retiring, he moved back to Sheridan County where he is staying busy with hunting, fishing, skiing, and volunteer grooming!
Gordon has been a volunteer trail groomer for Black Mountain Nordic since 2018. He has a keen eye for detail and meticulously laid corduroy! You definitely want to ski after Gordon has been grooming.
BOARD MEMBERS
Although Black Mountain Nordic has hired staff, we still rely heavily on the expertise of our amazing board members to achieve our mission.
Gordon Edwards – President
Gordon returned home to Sheridan in 2018 with his family and is lucky, beyond words, to watch his daughter find inspiration from the same outdoors that inspired him in his youth. Gordon is a passionate outdoor enthusiast who enjoys nordic skiing, mountain biking, road cycling, fat-biking, and fishing. He previously served the Wyoming Pathways Board, Fat Fish Racing, and the Natrona County Parks Mountain Subcommittee.
Jared Rawlings – Vice President
Jared is a pharmacist in Sheridan. He is an avid biker, hiker and skier. He averages over 30,000 miles of driving a year for recreational purposes and travels internationally to summit a wide variety of peaks! Jared has been a board member for Black Mountain Nordic since 2019.
Peter Mohseni – Treasurer
Pete is retired from a long career in public education. Pete loves the great outdoors and probably hikes more miles at Sibley Lake and Cutler Hill in the summer months than anyone else. Pete has been skiing since the 1960s and has been a board member for Black Mountain Nordic since 2009.
Peter Haile – Secretary
Peter moved to Sheridan with his wife and son in the summer of 2022 from North Carolina where he taught high school math. He now operates Yellowstone Track Systems, where they make grooming implements for nordic skiing and ship them all over the world. His primary recreation outlet is cycling of all kinds, although he is looking forward to skiing more as his boys get old enough to join him. Peter has been a member of Black Mountain Nordic since 2024.
Tracy Hed – Director
Tracy has a Ph.D. in counseling psychology and has spent most of her career as a school psychologist. She recently retired from Sheridan County School District 2, and now spends most of her days hiking or skiing in the Bighorn Mountains with her dog, Matilda. She grew up with a love for the great outdoors in Minnesota and has transferred that love to Wyoming, where she has lived since 2007. Tracy has been a board member since 2023.
Bill Bensel – Director
Bill has been skiing both backcountry and groomed trails for over 50 years. He has worked in natural resources, agriculture, non-profit fundraising, community organizing and served four terms in the Wyoming State Legislature. Bill and his wife, Kris, live outside of Ranchester and have a passion for trails, public lands and the great outdoors. Bill has been on the BMN Board since 2023.
Shannon Pederson – DIRECTOR
Shannon is a retired kindergarten teacher and has called Wyoming her home for the last 23 years. Shannon grew up in Minnesota where she fostered the love of both nordic and downhill skiing from a very young age. Now she has plenty of time to enjoy the great outdoors and travel with her husband. Shannon has been a board member for Black Mountain Nordic since 2024.
Heidi Zajic-Eckland – DIRECTOR
Heidi grew up cross-country skiing on the Nebraska grasslands (when the snow didn’t blow away). She has lived in Sheridan for over 6 years and now calls the Bighorns her home. Heidi works as a Financial Advisor at D.A. Davidson. When she isn’t enjoying the mountains, Heidi and her husband, Justin, are chasing around their daughter, Hadley, who is active in cross country and track. Heidi joined Black Mountain Nordic board in fall of 2025.
Kameron Condos – DIRECTOR
He grew up in Sheridan and left for college right out of high school. Twenty years later, and after many adventures, he returned to Sheridan to be close to family and the Bighorn Mountains. Kameron has worked at Sheridan Memorial Hospital for the last 17 years, as a Radiologic Technologist. He enjoys cycling of all kinds, including winter fat biking. He also loves telemark skiing, mountaineering, camping, and disappearing into the Bighorns during all seasons. Kameron joined Black Mountain Nordic’s board in fall of 2025.
PREVIOUS/current BOARD MEMBERS
We want to recognize the efforts of previous board members and their service to the winter recreation community. Without them, we could not have built what the Black Mountain Nordic organization is today.
2006-2023 (17 years)
2006-2024 (18 years)
2006-2017 (11 years)
2006-2019 (13 years)
2006-2008 (2 years)
2006-2017 (11 years)
2006-2008 (2 years)
2007-2009 (2 years)
2008-2019 (11 years)
2008-2021 (13 years)
2009-Present (17 years)
2015-2017 (2 years)
2016-2019 (3 years)
2018-2021 (3 years)
2019-Present (7 years)
2019-Present (7 years)
2019-2025 (6 years)
2021-2023 (2 years)
2021-2022 (1 years)
2022-2024 (2 years)
2023-2024 (1 year)
2023-Present (3 years)
2023-Present (3 years)
2024-Present (2 years)
2024-Present (1 year)
2025-Present (1 year)
2025-Present (1 year)