On this episode of Talk is Sheep, Hana Erikson sits down with Trent Woloschuk, CEO and co-founder of Atlas Edge Mapping, for a conversation that starts with an idea between two hunting partners and ends deep in some of the nastiest sheep country British Columbia has to offer.
Atlas Edge was born after Trent and his business partner, Cole, found themselves searching for a backcountry mapping platform that gave them everything they wanted in one place. Neither came from the tech world—Trent is a pipefitter and Cole a welder—but their passion for mountain hunting, mapping and building something genuinely useful for hunters pushed them to create their own solution.
Trent shares the story behind Atlas Edge, the importance of listening to users, offline mapping, the features still to come, and why keeping the platform accessible to everyday hunters matters to their team.
Then the conversation heads into the mountains.
Trent tells the incredible story of returning for a massive, unmistakable Stone’s ram they had nicknamed Paddles. The hunt became a full-on sheep hunting sufferfest involving brutal elevation, knife-edge ridges, thick alders, dwindling water, heavy packs and a night spent on the mountain without sleeping bags or pads.
It resulted in a truly remarkable old ram—and the culmination of a hunt that had started a year earlier.
Trent also shares an unbelievable story from his childhood when, just before his seventh birthday, he survived a black bear attack near Powell River, BC—an experience that shaped his relationship with wildlife and the outdoors for years afterward.
Most importantly, Atlas Edge has stepped forward as a supporter of wild sheep conservation.
Use promo code SHEEP when signing up for Atlas Edge Premium and receive one free month of Premium.
Atlas Edge will also donate 20% of the value of qualifying annual subscriptions using code SHEEP directly back to the Wild Sheep Society of BC.
And during WSSBC's Mountain Hunting Expo and RAMFEST, Atlas Edge plans to donate 100% of qualifying subscriptions using the SHEEP code back to WSSBC.
That is hunters supporting hunters—and helping put more resources back onto the landscape for wild sheep.
Presented by: @sitkagear
Conservation Partner: @frontiersmengear
Thank you to Sitka Gear and Frontiersmen Gear for investing in healthy wildlife and sustainable ecosystems.
