Biography
Hilaree Nelson (13 December 1972 – 26 September 2022) was an American ski mountaineer. She was the first woman to summit Everest and Lhotse in a single 24-hour push in 2012, and with partner Jim Morrison made the first ski descent of the Lhotse Couloir in 2018.
Nelson appeared as herself in the documentaries Girl Climber (2025) and Everest: The Other Side (2026). She was named one of National Geographic’s Adventurers of the Year in 2018 and one of the 25 Most Adventurous Women of the Past 25 Years by Men’s Journal. She served as captain of The North Face global athlete team.
