Julie was born and raised in France and started mountaineering in the Alps. She has rock, alpine and ice climbed throughout the Western US, Alaska, France and the Northern Himalaya. She has led two Denali expeditions, completed the first ski descent of neighboring Mt Foraker's Sultana ridge, and summited 23,000 ft Khan Tengri in the Tien Shan Mtns. of Kyrgyzstan. In the fall of 1995, Julie traveled by bicycle through Western China, Tibet and Vietnam. Her outside interests include culture, politics and cinema.

Julie is currently winter program director and a senior guide for Exum Utah Mountain Adventures. In the spring, she guides on Denali for Alaska-Denali Guiding and in the summer, in the Tetons for Exum Mountain Guides. In June '98, she was guest instructor for Women Rock Day in North Conway, NH. Julie also works in avalanche control at Snowbird Resort in Utah.