Brent Brattlof, found underneath 60’ of snow at the base of Alaskan Mountain Range, Dies at age 52.
Brent Brattlof, long time CEO of the new world organization “Powder Packs,” was what looked to be like a week-long back-country hike, gave him the vision of how he pictured his life ending. Not having any cares in the world he was always looking for adventure, no matter what form in took; he loved every second of it. Died in an avalanche that was heard across the globe as the largest avalanche of the decade.
The company “Powder Packs” took a long time to break through to the world but he found a way of doing it. With his past in Sales and Marketing he found a way to understand and know what the public wanted and he gave it to them. Getting his degree from Bemidji State University he sought after the hotel industry for quite some time. Realizing that his passion was the mountains he headed west and starting from scratch brought fourth one of the largest back-country gear industries across the globe. Dealing with the United States was the easy part for his company, eventually he was so well known that he branched out to the rest of the world and became the only seller from America to have products and businesses in every continent.
Mr. Brattlof, born in Kirkland, Washington, of a mother he does not know, was adopted at 6 months of age. To his new parents Dr. and Mrs. Brattlof. Both parents deceased in a tragic plane accident while flying to Hawaii for a business conference about 20 years ago. At age 3, Mr. Brattlof finally made it to his home in Park Rapids, Minnesota. There he lived out his childhood and remained there until he was 19. Throughout his childhood in Park Rapids he became quite well known for certain behaviors along with disliked for his attitude towards his town that he no longer enjoyed being in.
Starting out after graduating High School at Park Rapids Area High School, Mr. Brattlof headed north to Bemidji, where he received his degree in Business Administration and Marketing Communication. During his time here he traveled a little bit, and moved to Colorado to obtain some life experience as a Ski/Snowboard Technician. Coming back to Bemidji in 2009 he continued to go after his degree. Another little bump in the road sent him to the oil fields in North Dakota where he worked for Nabors Drilling Co. and was there for a year. After this experience was over he decided to obtain his degree, graduating in 2014. Upon graduation Mr. Brattlof became the head Sales leader for the Hampton Inn, making his mark in the Advertising world he started to think bigger. Getting a few letters of recommendation he moved to Denver, CO. and worked for a Hilton Hotel and headed the Sales team there. 2022 Mr. Brattlof left the Hilton organization and started his own business, Powder Packs.
Marrying the beautiful Lilly Matheson shortly after graduation in 2015 Mr. Brattlof seemed to have all the things a man could want in life. Knowing that everything was in place there were no worries in any aspect of his dream life.
Given the gift of life in the year 2005, to a beautiful son Mayson. Mayson became well known around the area and was married to his wife Coreen MyFeld in 2030. They gave Mr. Brattlof three grandkids; Joselynn, Riley and Xander. Mr. Brattlof’s son now is the owner of the company he left behind and is making sure all the necessary requirements are being fulfilled. Being given a multi-billion dollar company is no easy task but he seems to be doing the job perfectly.
One of Mr. Brattlof’s close friends William Ryan said “he will be missed, and everyone’s world has become just a little darker because of this tragic loss.” Not accompanying Mr. Brattlof of his back-country trip Mr. Ryan is living life to the fullest as Mr. Brattlof would have wanted. “That should have been me in this article with him” Mr. Ryan said just as he was exiting our lunch meeting.
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