A peek behind the camera

Born among the mountains, lakes, rivers and forests of Argentine Patagonia, La Cumbre Collective is a storytelling agency with a focus on truly local, character-driven stories of social and environmental impact from around the world. We are passionate about uncovering stories that carry universal themes to inspire global understanding, connection and action.

We are a collective of thoughtful, diligent and compassionate creatives and project managers who believe in the power of storytelling—in all its forms—to engage audiences and inspire meaningful action.

We work in the lifestyle we live. We seek to always collaborate, adventure and create with a responsibility to and respect for people and our planet. We value integrity, compassion, connection, creativity and curiosity.

OUR FOUNDER

Emily Hopcian looking out the window of a car in Nepal

Emily Hopcian

Founder & Creative Director
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Patagonia & Northern Michigan

Emily is an award-winning storyteller and content producer with a focus on character-driven stories of outdoor adventure and social and environmental impact. She comes alive in the space where nature, adventure, storytelling, creativity and community collide.

Throughout the past 10 years, Emily has written, edited, directed and produced stories for National Geographic Adventure, REI, Osprey, Arc’teryx, Sidetracked Magazine, RANGE Magazine, One World Play Project and more.

Emily is a dreamer, doer and follow-througher with a passion for taking pie-in-the-sky ideas and breaking them down into achievable action plans with real (beautiful!) results. Founding La Cumbre Collective is her own big dream come true.

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OUR FOUNDER

Emily Hopcian looking out the window of a car in Nepal

Emily Hopcian

Founder & Creative Director
Location Icon
Patagonia & Northern Michigan

Emily is an award-winning storyteller and content producer with a focus on character-driven stories of outdoor adventure and social and environmental impact. She comes alive in the space where nature, adventure, storytelling, creativity and community collide.

Throughout the past 10 years, Emily has written, edited, directed and produced stories for National Geographic Adventure, REI, Osprey, Arc’teryx, Sidetracked Magazine, RANGE Magazine, One World Play Project and more.

Emily is a dreamer, doer and follow-througher with a passion for taking pie-in-the-sky ideas and breaking them down into achievable action plans with real (beautiful!) results. Founding La Cumbre Collective is her own big dream come true.

CONNECT WITH EMILY

La Cumbre

sp. \ lä koom’bre \

In Spanish, la cumbre means peak or summit. Generally, it refers to the peak or summit of a mountain. It can also signify a peak moment or experience in life.

For us, la cumbre is often a feeling. It is a natural high or the raw and real sensation of simply being alive.

In our storytelling—and in life—we aspire to capture, convey and evoke this feeling.

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DEDICATED TO GIVING BACK

We give 5% of the proceeds from every project to an organization linked to the social or environmental impact that project represents.

"Working with Emily and La Cumbre Collective on DURGA was a pleasure! Emily is professional, organized and kept us in the loop at every step of the project so we never felt in the dark about our investment.

You can see the passion and care Emily puts into her work through the final product – she took on a huge task and created a rich, stunning and inspiring story that needed to be shared. I look forward to working with La Cumbre Collective again and seeing the next story they create."

JILL YOUNG, ARC’TERYX, BRAND MANAGER – WOMEN’S

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