Our Staff
While our summer staff reaches in excess of 130 employees, our core staff of managers and owners prepare for the busy summer all year long. Meet our year round staff here and if you need anything, please contact us!
Micah Hopkins
×Micah joined our year-round management team in 2025 in the role of Assistant Housekeeping Manager. After several summers working in housekeeping as a seasonal “Workamper” (employees who live in their RVs, work and travel the country), Micah applied for the open position and we were pleased to have her join us full time. In her free time, Micah enjoys hiking with her dogs and learning how to cross country ski. Having come from Texas, the snowy winters are a new adjustment for her.
Skyler Reinecke
×As the Fly Shop and Willowfly Anglers guide service manager, Skyler oversees all fishing operations, including the retail fly shop and fishing guides. Skyler’s love of fishing, floating and outdoor recreation has been shaped by the Gunnison Valley since 1993. After spending time in Washington working at a fly shop and guiding float trips in Alaska, Skyler decided to take the Willowfly Anglers Fly Fishing Guide School. After completing the course in 2018, he has been guiding for Willowfly Anglers ever since. As a Gunnison Valley local, Skyler has an in-depth knowledge of both the rivers and the history of Gunnison. Always eager and enthusiastic to teach, Skyler’s favorite part of guiding is watching an angler put their new skills into practice to create and nurture a lifetime passion. In his new role as a member of the management team, Skyler will continue to convey his passion for fishing to the team of guides, shop employees, clients and customers.
Skyler can be contacted at: [email protected]
Hadley Nelson
×After graduating from Western Colorado University in 2023, Hadley joined our management team after several seasons working as a raft guide. She now assists in overseeing the rafting operations including the activities desk staff, photographers, shuttle drivers and raft guides. Originally from Fort Collins, Hadley moved to the Gunnison Valley in 2019 for college where she soon fell in love with all the recreation this valley has to offer. Hadley loves to spend time in the outdoors whether that is whitewater rafting, hiking, backpacking, camping or skiing—and her dog Marley is almost always by her side!
You may contact Hadley at: [email protected]
Karen Davis
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Karen Davis is our Housekeeping Manager, overseeing a large staff in the summer who are responsible for our sparkling clean cabins, homes and lodge rooms. Her department is also responsible for cleaning all of our public facilities, including restrooms, Dance Hall, Pavilion, and laundry rooms. During the winter months, she leads a smaller cleaning team for all of our winter guest cabins and long-term housing units. Having spent several summers with us as a seasonal staff member, Karen joined our team in 2025 as a year-round Manager, ready to take on all of the hard work, challenges and rewards of this key position.
Kim Spencer
×Dirk Schumacher
×Dirk Schumacher joined the Three Rivers Resort team full-time after graduating from Montana State University in 2017. He is now a Resort Manager in charge of Outfitting, overseeing all rafting and fishing operations during the busy summer season. Dirk also assists the maintenance department with construction, repairs and grounds work when he isn’t tied up with his outfitting duties. In his free time, Dirk enjoys playing hockey, skiing, snowmobiling, ice fishing, golfing and spends most of his summer free time fly fishing many of the streams in the area. Dirk is currently serving on board for the Colorado River Outfitter Association. Dirk lives right here in Almont and can be contacted directly at [email protected].
Michelle Clark
×After graduating from Western Colorado University in 2021, Michelle Clark joined the year-round management team as the Front Desk Manager where she oversees lodging and the convenience store. Michelle moved from the Inland Northwest to the Gunnison Valley in 2014 to fulfill her childhood dream of being a ski bum in a mountain town. After several seasons of ski instructing at Crested Butte Mountain Resort in the winter and working at Three Rivers in the summer, she earned a degree from Western’s School of Business. Michelle’s 6 summers of seasonal work at the resort, including river guiding, housekeeping, activities desk, front desk and accounting, prepared her for the Front Desk Manager position. In her free time, Michelle enjoys Alpine & Nordic skiing, mountain & road biking, whitewater rafting, art, and going to concerts at the I Bar Ranch. She lives in Crested Butte with her partner, Trey, and their cat.
You may contact Michelle at: [email protected]
Luke Schumacher
×Luke Schumacher is a Resort Manager who rejoined the Three Rivers team in January 2021. He helps oversee the day-to-day resort operations and is the supervisor of all lodging and restaurant operations. Luke previously worked as a civil engineer for 6 years after graduating from Purdue University and currently serves on the board of directors for the Gunnison Country Chamber of Commerce. Luke, his wife Michelle and son Landon live in Almont with their dog and three cats. In his free time Luke enjoys mountain biking, rafting, fly fishing, hiking, golfing, playing hockey, and skiing. Luke can be contacted at [email protected]
Nate Gibson
×Nate Gibson is our year round Maintenance Manager. He joined our family in the summer of 2018. The Maintenance job is huge and he has a lot on his plate with the maintenance of 52 cabins, 3 vacation homes, our large office, an auto shop, 30+ vehicles, 20 trailers, a mobile home park, sewer system, water system and so much more! Nate has lived in the valley for quite awhile and is no stranger to maintaining large properties. He previously worked with Crested Butte Mountain Resort taking care of many of their condos. Nate is an avid outdoorsman and Denver Broncos fan. He lives in Almont with his wife, Des, and their 2 dogs.
Jen Bickford
×Mark & Mary Jo Schumacher
×The Schumacher family has owned and operated Three Rivers Resort since 1983. Mark moved from Chicago in 1971 to attend Western State College (now named Western Colorado University). His Bachelor’s degree and subsequent years of construction helped prepare him for the demands and challenges of resort ownership. Over the years numerous cabins have been built and/or renovated, a Fishing and Rafting Outfitting business has been established, a Restaurant has been added, the General Store has been expanded and a myriad of other improvements and growth have been implemented.
Mark has always been very community-involved, serving as President of both the Upper Gunnison Water Conservancy District and Chamber of Commerce, also on the Boards of the Planning Commission, Tourism Association and local Hockey Association. He is a golf and fishing enthusiast, bird hunter and mountain biker.
Mark and Mary Jo are an owner-operator team. She overseas the management and operations of the Housekeeping department. Guidelines for cleaning and presentation of each cabin are strict, the goal being to prepare each one as if guests were visiting her own home. She loves the outdoor mountain activities like running, hiking, biking and skiing. Over the years Mary Jo has also served on local boards, including Chamber of Commerce, Kids Kount, PTA, Mentors, Friends of the Library and Hockey Moms.
The Schumacher children grew up on-site and from young ages worked at the resort in many capacities (from trash collection to Front Desk!) Presently Sarah has moved onto a career as a Nurse Practitioner. She and her husband Ben live in Northern Colorado with their children. Luke is now a husband and father; both he and Dirk have joined Three Rivers Resort as Resort Managers. Primarily because of the participation of Luke and Dirk, Mark and Mary Jo have been able to enjoy more freedom and flexibility in their schedules, seeing more of “the world” in the off-season months. Then there are the grandchildren…life’s perfect joy!!
