Cham Classics
Chamonix Classics Climb Mountains Not so the World Can See You, but so You Can See the World! Six days of climbing featuring some of the best classic climbs of the Alps! An entire week will be tailored to the group’s skill level, experience, and goals, working around conditions to ensure…
Whistler Backcountry Snowboarding Guides
Let our Whistler Backcountry Snowboarding guides take you out to the best powder stashes. Whistler backcountry snowboarding is some of the best in the world, all Altus Mountain Guides are certified ACMG guides. We can safely take you into the back country of Whistler and Blackcomb to show you the best steep and deep lines. Go with our guides so you can find all the best terrain and places to ride.
Rockies
The Rocky Mountains are a world famous for their rugged beauty and home to some of North America’s most outrageous skiable terrain. Join us for 1 to 7 day ski touring trips in the heart of the Rocky Mountains. Ever dream of venturing away from the crowds of the ski resorts?
Mont Blanc Guides
Mont Blanc 4810M, the highest mountain in western Europe and one of the most famous peak in the whole word! Come spend a week in the homeland of
alpinism where we will climb some of the best warm up peaks Europe has to hold as we get set for you summit attempt on Mont Blanc.
Matterhorn Guide
Need a Guide for the Matterhorn? Have you ever wanted to climb the Matterhorn? One of the most recognized mountains in the world. Altus Mountain Guides only employs full certified IFMGA Mountain Guides for this trip. The Matterhorn is a mountain that all avid mountaineers should have on their tick list. It is a place that really has tone seen and experience to truly appreciated. Having a guide on the Matterhorn knowing the way up the mountain is essential to making the summit and back off safely.
Rogers Pass
Rogers Pass is characterized by tower peaks and ridges of stunning quartzite rising up 6000′ above the highway. We offer individual peak ascent, 6 day programs as well as custom trips to this world class mountaineering destination.
Canadian Mountaineering
The Rocky Mountains are the birth place of modern mountaineering in Canada. Follow in the foot steps of the original alpinists from the legendary Lake Louise Group in Banff National Park to the Columbia Icefields in Jasper. We offer classic objectives throughout the summer as well as week long all inclusive programs targeting the most classic peaks that best suit your abilities.
Alpine Rock Climbing Canadian Rockies
Alpine rock climbing in the Canadian Rockies Castle Mountain, Mt Louis, Edith Cavell, from the front ranges, to the heights of the continental divide, immerse yourself in the rugged beauty of the Canadian Rockies. Choose from any number of itineraries, from 5 to 20 pitches and difficulties of 5.3 to 5.11
Rock Climbing Skaha, BC
Go Rock climbing in Skaka when the rest of Canada in still in a late winter funk. Skaha Rock Climbing is in prime condition by late April! Crank on endless positive edges on rock climbing routes from 5.5 to 5.13. Skaha is the perfect place to try your very first lead. Learn to crack climb. Learn to place gear. Or to jump start on your rock climbing season! Skaha Bluffs Provincial Park, Penticton, BC, what a place to climb!
Patagonia Mountain Guides
Are you looking for Patagonia mountain guides? Join us in the enchanted land of Patagonia and experience Austral summer at it’s finest. We offer three, five and seven day programs near the beautiful town of Bariloche, Argentina.
What is Backcountry Skiing?
Do you have a craving to ski on ungroomed, all-natural snow in some of the most beautiful wilderness mountains' have to offer? If your answer is yes, then backcountry skiing can provide the adventure you're looking for.
Backcountry skiing generally occurs in sparsely populated areas outside designated ski resorts - truly making it an adventure. Human power is frequently the means of access and ascent, but some adventures may require helicopters and ski lifts may be used so long as the land accessed is backcountry.
Types of Backcountry Skiing
According to Wikipedia, backcountry skiing can include:
- Frontcountry: off-trail within ski area boundaries where ski lifts and emergency services are close at hand.
- Slackcountry: terrain outside of the ski area boundary that is accessed from a lift without having to use skins or bootpack. Usually this also includes area with access back to the lift as well. For purists, this could also include where people use a car as a shuttle.
- Sidecountry: terrain outside marked ski area boundaries yet accessible via ski lift. Typically sidecountry requires the skier to hike, skin, or climb within ski area boundaries to reach or return from the sidecountry area, or both.
- Backcountry: skiing in remote areas not within ski area boundaries. Ski patrol, marked ski runs, grooming, snowmaking, and ski lifts are absent.
Want to Try Backcountry Skiing?
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Altus mountain guides is a group of motivated professionals dedicated to providing our clients with outstanding quality in the mountains with safe adventurous trips. From our base in Squamish and Whistler BC we provide you access to the most amazing mountain experiences the West Coast has to offer. Our exciting itineraries showcase the Coast Range but reach beyond to the interior ranges of the Selkirkʼs and Purcellʼs and onto the Rockies. We also offer trips internationally from the historic and classic European Alps to the windswept wilds of Patagonia.