Scheduled Expeditions

Our scheduled expeditions are an opportunity to venture into new, adventurous terrain with an experienced and licensed Mountain Guide. We offer trips for backcountry skiers, rock climbers, and mountaineers looking to progress or looking to enjoy.   Grow your experience, apply your skills and knowledge, or simply sit back and enjoy the finer points of life.  We only go to venues we are familiar with to help smooth out the logistical bumps and provide the highest level of risk management so that your travel runs smoothly, from airport to airport

Description

The East Face of Long’s Peak, otherwise known as the Diamond, is a word class objective located right in the heart of the Colorado Rockies. This alpine big wall (that can be seen from Denver) requires a full tool box of alpine skills to cross the Mills Glacier, speed up the North Chimney, traverse Broadway Ledge, send the 5.10a rock climbing at 13000 feet, and finally scramble the final pitches of Kiener’s Route to reach the Summit of Long’s Peak’s 14,259’ summit. The Casual Route should not be taken casually, but is achievable for an experienced and dedicated rock climber - especially if climbing with a skilled and experienced mountain guide.

After years of guiding the Diamond and seeing what makes or breaks success, I have designed this unique trip offering to yield the highest rate of success on this challenging objective. By creating flexibility, time for preparation, the opportunity to bivy ahead of time, and climbing mid week to avoid the crowds, we will set ourselves up for a successful ascent and get plenty of other great climbing and adventuring in along the way.

Description

New Zealand's Southern Alps are rugged, steep, beautiful, and adventurous. Add in the fact that they are littered with comfy huts, receive incredible amounts of snow, and are supported by helicopter access/egress and they make for an almost perfect venue for ski mountaineering. Oh, and yea, the whole southern hemisphere thing means that you'll be enjoying the amazing spring time ski mountaineering conditions when everyone else is driving around looking at the pretty Autumn leaves. On this trip we'll fly into Queenstown (the ski capital of NZ), then drive to the venue that offers us the best chance for skiing off of summits. Possible locations include Mt. Cook (Aoraki), Mt. Aspiring, Homer Hut in Fjordland, or the West Coast. Variable depending on weather and conditions.  Get a jump on your ski season while skiing off of some pretty wild 3000m peaks in November!

Description

New Zealand's Southern Alps are rugged, steep, beautiful, and adventurous. Add in the fact that they are littered with comfy huts, roaring glaciers, steep faces, 3000m summits, and are supported by helicopter access/egress and they make for an amazing venue for climbing. On this trip we'll spend a few days climbing around Queenstown on their beautiful crags and in-a-day alpine routes, then we’ll drive to the venue that offers us the best chance for summitting one of the stunning high peaks. Possible locations include Mt. Cook (Aoraki), Mt. Aspiring, Homer Hut in Fjordland, or the West Coast. Possible peaks include Mt. Aspiring, Mt. Cook, Mt. Lendenfeld, and many others.

Description

The coastal Range of BC offers an excellent venue for amazing mid winter skiing. The true strength of this venue is the many options to get out regardless of weather and conditions. If weather allows we'll fly into the Tantalus Range just outside of Squamish, BC and stay 3 nights in the Jim Haberl Hut. If weather is too stormy for reliable flying, then we'll utilize the lifts in Whistler/Blackcomb to access amazing backcountry skiing in the Alpine. If the weather is such that those two options don't quite work out, then we'll journey into Kieth's Hut underneath the formidable Mt. Jofree for truly amazing mid elevation powder skiing.

Includes:

• 3 days of skiing some of the best terrain on the continent 
• IFMGA Licensed Guide with local experience and knowledge
• All Transportation Vancouver airport - Vancouver Airport
• Helicopter Bumps or Single ride lift tickets at Whistler/Blackcomb
• Lodging and food while in the mountains/huts
• Group gear, permits, insurance, logistical support, etc.