Our Guides & Instructors

Why Climb With Our Guides?

Climbing with our guides increases your fun, freedom, and confidence – confidence derived from knowing that you’re with a professional; that no matter what the situation, the highest level of safety standards are being followed. You’ll also gain personal confidence by rapidly improving your climbing skills and knowledge through observation and discussion.

But perhaps most importantly, you’ll enjoy the fun of freedom, freedom to exercise all options. Bad weather? We won’t waste a day; we’ll just change objectives. Route too crowded? We’ll move over here; this route’s even better. Feeling pressed for time? Don’t worry, we know the shortcut home.

All in all, your climbing experience will be improved with local knowledge, professional skills and enthusiasm for the adventure at hand.

About Our Guides

Our guides have evolved from a tradition that began in 1879, when the first local guides began leading climbers to the summit of Longs Peak. Today, our guides include teachers, experiential educators and elite climbers. They enjoy teaching, working with people, and have a passion for sharing their love of climbing and the mountains with others.

Our guides are all fine climbers and experienced leaders who are skilled and careful in managing risks. We have more American Mountain Guides Association and International Federation of Mountain Guides Association certified guides than any other guide service in Colorado. But these certifications are just part of the equation. Most importantly, our guides know that climbing is about adventure, learning and camaraderie; the connection of a rope creates a powerful bond. Climbing is too visceral and intimate an experience to ever be impersonal.

The Colorado Mountain School and Boulder Rock Club are equal opportunity employers.