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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.
Utah course offerings
- Mountaineering/Climbing Courses
- Skiing
- Leadership & Guide Training
The climbing opportunities in Utah are endless. The Wasatch mountains are renowned for long, high quality ice routes. Southern Utah is famous for desert sandstone spires and quality crack climbs. These climbing courses focus on teaching climbing technique, and follow a proven progression for teaching traditional lead climbing and self rescue techniques. Safety is always our highest priority.
(Utah Overview)
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Alta Alpine Climbing
The Alpine Climbing Course offers individuals the opportunity to learn and refine rock & ice climbing, and mountaineering skills. The course is designed to take skills and techniques that we have practiced and put them to use. We will attempt several climbs during the program that are intended to not only use our new skills but also to give participants confidence in their ability!... (more)
5 & 7 Days
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Alta Expedition Primer
This course is designed for individuals seeking to learn expedition skills. It combines instruction with an exciting series of climbs that are designed to develop each person's skill and technique. We will cover ice axe and crampon use, rope team management, anchors, belays, crevasse rescue, navigation, hazard/risk assessment, avalanche awareness/transceiver use, rock and ice climbing technique and more... (more)
5 & 7 Days
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Alta Rock Climbing
These courses are designed to give participants a hands-on introduction to rock climbing. Building solid climbing skills and confident climbers is the main focus. Trips are available in half day and one day lengths... (more)
Half - 5 Days
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Alta Ice Climbing
These courses are designed to give participants a hands-on introduction to ice climbing. Building solid climbing skills and confident climbers is the main focus. Trips are available in half day, one day, two day, three day, and five day lengths. The half day, one, two and three day programs provide an excellent introduction to ice climbing, while the five day trip will expand on the primary skills to include anchors, belaying, rope management, knots, protection systems, rappelling, and crampon and ice axe technique...(more)
Half - 5 Days
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Intro Mountaineering
These courses are designed for individuals seeking to learn basic mountaineering skills. We will cover ice axe and crampon use, as well as basic anchors, belays, navigation, and hazard/risk assessment. The courses will give individuals the opportunity to explore the basic skills of mountaineering and will provide an introduction to mountain travel and safety systems...(more)
Half - Full Day
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Mountaineering
These courses are designed for individuals seeking to learn standard mountaineering skills. We will cover ice axe and crampon use, as well as anchors, belays, navigation, and hazard/risk assessment. The longer trips will receive additional instruction on rope team travel, avalanche awareness, and additional experiential training with possible climbs of select objectives to practice the acquired skills. No experience is necessary...(more)
2,3 & 5 Days
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Rock & Ice Leadership & Guide Training (International Wilderness Leadership School)
This course is the most comprehensive climbing programs 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. (Utah Overview)
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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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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. (Alaska Overview)
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Backpacking & Canyoneering Leadership & Guide Training (International Wilderness Leadership School)
This leadership training course is a wilderness expedition into the heart of canyon country. It is focused on creating professional outdoor leaders who are safe, efficient, and confident in the desert environment. The course is taught in one of the most remote wilderness areas in North America and is an expedition in its own right. (more)
12 & 24 days
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Mountaineering Leadership & Guide Training (International Wilderness Leadership School)
This course is one of the most comprehensive mountaineering programs 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
Rock & Ice Leadership & Guide Training (International Wilderness Leadership School)
This course is the most comprehensive climbing programs 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
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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