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Alaska Mountain Guides & Climbing School Inc. has teamed up with Alta Ski Area to offer mountaineering trips, backcountry skiing, snowshoeing, ice climbing and avalanche courses at Alta. With over fifteen years of experience guiding and instructing, Alaska Mountain Guides offers a unique opportunity to learn and explore in some of the most fascinating places in the world. In Utah, the Alta based programs explore the Wasatch Mountains, which offer some of the best snow in the world coupled with fantastic terrain and abundant sunshine.
Skiing course locations:
- Alaska
- Utah
- Leadership & Guide Training
Join us for great backcountry skiing on the glaciers and mountains around Haines. Our location on the border of Glacier Bay National Park and the Wrangell St Elias Mountains serves as a fantastic base for unbelievable backcountry ski programs. There are limitless options for incredible skiing, ski mountaineering, and touring from February through August! (Backcountry Skiing Overview)
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Alaska
Backcountry Skiing
These trips and courses are scheduled to use ski planes to access the glaciers, ice caps, and mountain areas in which they are conducted. The terrain is uniquely suited to ski-mountaineering objectives that combine classic climbing ascents with phenomenal ski descents. These programs are open to individuals of all abilities...(more)
1-7 Days
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Heli Skiing
Join us for some incredible untracked skiing in world class terrain! The town of Skagway, Alaska at the northern end of Alaska’s inside passage is surrounded by an extremely jagged, heavily glaciated, mountain landscape and is in close proximity to a helicopter base of operations, making this area one of the best in North America for helicopter skiing and riding. (more)
1 - 7 Days
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Alaska
Ski Mountaineering Leadership & Guide Training
This course is the most comprehensive skiing program we offer. It is designed to create strong leaders who are safe, efficient, and confident in the mountain environment...(more)
12-24 Days
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Our most popular trip continues to be lift accessed backcountry skiing. We provide guides, lift tickets, avalanche beacons, shovels, and access to some of the most beautiful backcountry skiing terrain on the planet. All you need to bring is yourself, your alpine, randonee, or telemark skis and your sense of adventure! No previous experience is necessary and rental equipment is available. (Backcountry Skiing Overview)
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Utah
Alta Lift Access Backcountry Skiing
Join us for a day of lift access backcountry skiing in the Wasatch Mountains of Utah. These mountains offer some of the best snow in the world coupled with fantastic terrain and abundant sunshine. Lift Access Backcountry means we use the Alta chair lifts to gain our altitude and then hike out a short distance to get to the untracked powder that Alta is famous for... (more)
Half - Full Day
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Utah
Alta Backcountry
Join us for backcountry skiing trip in the Wasatch Mountains of Utah. These mountains offer some of the best snow in the world coupled with fantastic terrain and abundant sunshine. The trip begins with a day of lift assisted skiing, skills review and avalanche awareness. During the trip we will move between a series of camps that will give us access to an amazing variety of outstanding skiing options... (more)
1 - 7 Days
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Utah
Ski Mountaineering
Join us for a backcountry skiing and climbing trip in the Wasatch Mountains of Utah. These mountains offer some of the best snow in the world coupled with fantastic terrain and abundant sunshine! The trip begins with a day of lift assisted backcountry skiing instruction. At the end of the day we will head into the backcountry and set up our snow camp. Our campsite, at around 9000 feet, will offer tremendous views and great runs for after dinner play... (more)
1 - 7 Days
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The International Wilderness Leadership School is a division of Alaska Mountain Guides & Climbing school. IWLS leadership programs take place in some of the worlds most alluring wilderness areas and include technical training in: alpine mountaineering, sea kayaking, rafting, canoeing, rock and ice climbing, backcountry skiing/ snowboarding, backpacking and more. We work closely with the Wilderness Education Association (WEA). The WEA was founded by Paul Petzoldt and has been certifying outdoor leaders since 1977. All IWLS courses incorporate the WEA 18-point leadership and decision-making curriculum. (Skiing Overview)
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Alaska
Ski Mountaineering Leadership & Guide Training
This course is the most comprehensive skiing program we offer. It is designed to create strong leaders who are safe, efficient, and confident in the mountain environment...(more)
12 & 24 Days
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Utah / Nevada
Ski Mountaineering Leadership & Guide Training (International Wilderness Leadership School)
This course is the most comprehensive skiing program we offer. It is designed to create strong leaders who are safe, efficient, and confident in the mountain environment.(more)
12 & 24 days
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