Skills days
Crampons, ice axe and rope work on easy ground.
RG·01 Mountain guiding · Canadian Rockies
Summits, one step at a time.
Guided days and trips in the Rockies for people who'd rather learn the mountain than be hauled up it. We build your skills over a season, then go.
- Four guests per guide, at most
- Gear check before every trip
- The weather call is ours, and free
- Gear checkboots, layers, pack
- Skills daycrampons, axe, rope
- Hut nightearly start, long day
- Summit dayif the mountain agrees
- Debriefwhat's next
RG·02 How we work
Five stones, then the top.
Tell us where you are
YouYour fitness, what you've climbed and what you'd like to try.
Gear and skills
RidgelineWe check your kit and spend a day on the skills the trip needs.
The trip
RidgelineSmall groups, a guide who knows the route and a plan B.
The call
Ridgeline, with youIf conditions aren't right we turn around. You get a new date.
Debrief and next
YouWhat went well, what to work on, and what's next.
Guests per guide4
At most, on every trip.
Charge for a weather turnaround$0
A new date, at no cost.
RG·03 Your season
Twelve weeks, marked out.
A typical plan from first boots to first summit.
A day with a guideA milestone
RG·04 Trips
Three ways up.
Hut trips
A night in an alpine hut and a summit at dawn.
The twelve weeks
Every step on the plan above, with the same guide.
RG·05 Questions
Asked, answered plainly.
Do I need experience?
No. You need to be able to walk all day. We'll teach the rest.
What if the weather is bad?
We'll call it the night before and give you a new date.
Can I rent gear?
Yes: boots, crampons, axe, harness and helmet.
RG·06 Plan
Start with the first stone.
Tell us where you are and where you'd like to go.