John Bresee (February 21, 1966 – June 29, 2019)[1] was a Utah-based entrepreneur and co-founder of Backcountry.com, as well as a writer, editor, and entrepreneur coach.
He was a co-founder of Backcountry.com, one of the first internet-based outdoor gear retailers in 1996 while living in Park City, Utah.[2] Bresee and Jim Holland sold Backcountry.com to Liberty Media and John C. Malone in 2007.[3] He was also director of e-commerce for Cellmania, an infrastructure company for mobile commerce applications funded by Motorola. Cellmania was acquired by Blackberry in 2013.
Bresee founded The Wasatch Canyon Reporter, a Wasatch Range skiing newsletter, while working at Snowbird Resort. He later became a managing editor and writer for Powder Magazine. Additionally, his work has appeared in Skiing, Outside, Newsweek, and Gravity.