Sunny Stroeer is a strategic leader, entrepreneur, and world-class endurance athlete who has built a career at the intersection of high-stakes business and high-altitude adventure. With a foundation built on a Harvard MBA and a career in strategy consulting, she deliberately applied her training not to a traditional corporate path, but to the complex and dynamic landscape of the outdoor world.

Sunny’s athletic career is a testament to her expertise in managing risk, navigating uncertainty, and sustaining performance under extreme pressure. As a specialist in high-altitude endurance, she has set speed records on iconic international objectives like Aconcagua and the Annapurna Circuit, in addition to being the first woman to complete the 1000-Mile Iditarod Trail Invitational on skis. These experiences in unforgiving environments provide the raw material for her work as a leader and storyteller.

As an entrepreneur, Sunny has built a portfolio of impactful organizations. She is the founder of AWExpeditions, a mountaineering guide service dedicated to advancing women's participation in the high mountains. She also serves as the executive director for the Summit Scholarship Foundation and the GEA Alliance, a 501(c)(3) that works to increase gender equity in outdoor adventure and beyond. Alongside her husband Paul, she co-owns and operates Dreamland Safari Tours, Southern Utah's premier guide service.

Sunny is a sought-after speaker who translates lessons from the edge of the possible into actionable insights on resilience, leadership, and systematic decision-making. Her photography has appeared in National Geographic, Forbes, and Trailrunner Magazine, and she is or has been a member of the global pro athlete teams of premier brands like LOWA Boots, Mountain Hardwear and GU Energy Labs.

Professional Certifications:

• Wilderness First Responder (WFR)

• AIARE Avalanche Rescue Level 2

• AMGA Apprentice Alpine Guide

• FAA Part 107 Commercial Drone Pilot

• PADI Divemaster

Major Summits

• Mt Kosciuszko (7,310ft), Australia - August 2023; Winter Ascent

• Mt Rainier (14,410ft), Washington - June 2023

• Mt Whitney (14,505ft), California - May 2023; Winter MR ascent, SOLO

• Aconcagua (22841ft), Argentina - annual expeditions since 2014; women’s speed record from basecamp (Plaza de Mulas) to the summit in 8h47mins; first woman to complete the 100km+ 360 Route and summit in a single push

• Ishinca (18143ft), Peru - June 2022 & July 2023

• Mt Baker (10786ft), Washington - August 2021, June 2023, June/August 2024

• Mera Peak (21247ft), Nepal - November 2017

• Kilimanjaro (19340ft), Tanzania - November 2016 & 2022, August 2024

• Surya Peak (16880ft), Nepal - November 2016

• Mt Shasta (14180ft), California - May 2012 & July 2016

• Grand Teton (13776ft), Wyoming - August 2015; SOLO

• Mt Hood (11250ft), Oregon - August 2015; SOLO

• Dom (14911ft), Switzerland - August 2013; SOLO

• Cotopaxi (19347ft), Ecuador - December 2012

• Mt Shasta (14180ft), California - May 2012

• Island Peak (20305ft), Nepal - November 2011, October 2019

Other attempts / no summit:  Mount Thor - Baffin Island (2025), Tocllaraju (2022 & 2023), Kusum Kanguru - Nepal (2016 & 2019), Cabeza de Condor - Bolivia (2013), Antisana - Ecuador (2013), Cayambe - Ecuador (2012), Chimborazo - Ecuador (2012). 

Select Climbs

• Magic Mushroom, 5.7 A3 VI, El Capitan, Yosemite National Park, September 2023

• Mountaineers Route, 5.9 III, Elephant’s Perch, August 2022

• Triple Direct, 5.9 C2 VI, El Capitan, Yosemite National Park, September 2019

• Forbes Arete, AD IV, Aiguille du Chardonnet, June 2019

• Cosmiques Arete, AD II, Aiguille du Midi, June 2019

• Touchstone Wall, 5.9 C2 V, Zion National Park, November 2018

• Washington Column South Face, 5.8 C1 V, Yosemite National Park, October 2018

• Time Wave Zero, 5.11 A0 III, El Potrero Chico, December 2017

• Lurking Fear, 5.7 C2 VI, El Capitan, Yosemite National Park, October 2017

• West Face of Leaning Tower, 5.7 C2 V, Yosemite National Park, July 2017

• Beckey-Chouinard, 5.10 A0 IV, Bugaboo Provincial Park, July 2016 and August 2017

• Virginia to Tangerine Trip A2+ 5.7 VI, El Capitan, Yosemite National Park, June 2016

• Spaceshot 5.7 C2 IV, Zion National Park, May 2016; SOLO

• Moonlight Buttress 5.8 C1 V, Zion National Park, November 2014

As well as numerous shorter multi-pitch routes and single pitch climbs across North America, Europe and Asia. 

Outstanding Trails, Journey Runs & Races

• Iditarod Trail Invitational 1000M on skis, March 2024; first woman & fifth person in the 24-year history of the race

• Grand Canyon R2R2R-alt (20:10, female FKT), October 2023; SOLO

• Grand Canyon Nankoweap In-A-Day, May 2023

• Iditarod Trail Invitational 350M on fat bike, March 2023

• Grand Canyon Deer Creek Loop (13:56, OKT), October 2022

• Uinta Crusher Loop (22:49, female FKT), August 2022

• Paria White House to Lee’s Ferry (9:10, female FKT), April 2022

• Iditarod Trail Invitational 350M on skis, March 2021 & 2022

• Grand Canyon Tuckup Trail (69:23, OKT), November 2021

• Grand Canyon R2R2R-alt (22:27, female FKT), October 2020

• Virgin River Rim Trail 50k (8:25, female FKT), August 2020

• Buckskin-Paria Wire Pass to Lee’s Ferry (14:44, female FKT), May 2020

• TransQilian 105KM overall FKT (20:59, 4hrs faster than the previous male course record), August 2019

• Ouray 100M 2018 (44:46, 1st placed woman), July 2018

• Pfiffner Traverse 76M with 55.5k vertical feet - female FKT, July 2018

• Hayduke Trail, 685M (variation on 812M standard route), 32 days, April/May 2018

• Annapurna Circuit 136M with 66.6k vertical feet - new female speed record in 3days 23hrs 39mins, November 2017

• Bandera USATF 100KM Trail Championships 2013, 2014, 2015 & 2016 (PR 12:50, 9th placed female in the championship race)

• Ghosts of Yellowstone 100M 2014 (38:55, 3rd placed female)

• Rocky Raccoon 50M 2014 (10:16)

• Western States 100M 2013 (29:42)

• Transvulcania 83KM 2013 (13:44)

• Grand Canyon R2R2R 2013 & 2015 (PR 14:58)

• Lean Horse 100M 2012 (23:52, 6th placed female)

Other runs: Arizona Trail Supported (2023) and Unsupported (2024, 2025) FKT attempts - DNF; Uinta Crusher Loop - DNF (2020); Nolan’s 14 DNF - 13 out of 14 peaks, 71hrs (2019); Gosaikunda-Kutumsang-Nagarkot journey run - Nepal, 3.5 days (2016); Jomolhari-Laya-Gasa journey run - Bhutan, 8 days (2015); Chimera 100M - California, DNF at mile 87 (2013); Diagonale des Fous 100M - La Reunion, DNF at kilometer 97 (2012).