Guide Discounts

The following guide services support The American Alpine Club through discounts for our members. Active AAC members can find instructions for applying these discounts in member profile under “Guide Discounts”.


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  • 57hours is streamlining both the process of hiring a guide and the process of guiding with their free new app. If you're making a gym-to-crag transition, experiencing outdoor climbing through a professional facilitator, or hiring guides or instructors regularly, think of this as your go-to resource. AAC members, get 10% off all guiding services through 57hours with the link in your profile!

  • Alaska Mountaineering School Alaska Mountaineering School, LLC (AMS) is a climber and family owned mountaineering company specializing in climbing and mountain exploration within Denali National Park and Preserve. AMS' mission is to promote excellence in responsible mountaineering and wilderness travel by educating and guiding others. Our over thirty years of commitment and local knowledge allows us to exceed in our field. Whether joining AMS on a guided Denali Expedition, an instructional Alaska Mountaineering Course, custom Technical Alpine Climb, or Backcountry Heli-Hike; we instill a strong foundation that results in a lifetime of enjoyment in the mountains. AMS is the Alaska Range local expert; we pride ourselves on being an organized professional climbing school and mountain guide service. We invite you to contact us for more information and we happily extend AAC members a 15% discount on all rental gear during their AMD program.

  • Alpenglow Expeditions was founded in 2004 by IFMGA certified guide Adrian Ballinger. From the Himalaya to Lake Tahoe, Alpenglow leads expeditions across the mountain ranges of the globe in all disciplines including mountaineering, skiing, ski mountaineering, and rock climbing. Alpenglow Expeditions is an AMGA accredited business and is the third largest provider of avalanche education courses in California. We are pleased to offer American Alpine Club members a 10% discount on AIARE Level 1 courses. Contact [email protected] or 877-873-5376 to receive a discount code for registration.

  • American Alpine Institute offers a 10% discount to AAC members on Glacier Skills and Crevasse Rescue, Alpinism 1 and 2, Baker Skills and Climb, and Alpine Mountaineering and Technical Leadership 1. AAI also offers a 5% discount on Alpine Ice, Tech Rope Rescue Comprehensive, Self Rescue for Climbers, Outdoor Rock Intensive, and Lear to Lead. Founded in 1975, AAI specializes in skills courses, expeditions, and private guided climbs throughout the western U.S., Alaska, and all the great ranges of the world. Continuously accredited by the AMGA since 1987.

  • American Avalanche Institute (AAI) has been offering a systematic approach to backcountry travel since 1974. AAI teaches courses to beginning recreationists, introducing basic concepts for avalanche hazard mitigation and travel techniques in avalanche terrain, as well as to industry professionals – including ski guides, ski patrollers, and avalanche forecasters. Our avalanche training curriculum is a progression, where each course builds on knowledge gained from the previous course. Current AAC members are eligible for 15% off all AAI Recreational Avalanche courses! View customer policies here.

  • Backcountry Babes is a women owned and operated guiding business. Our mission is to create educational and valuable experiences in the outdoors for women, with a focus on backcountry skiing and splitboarding. We teach avalanche courses in Colorado, California, and New Hampshire, as well as week-long adventure ski trips to British Columbia, Japan, Iceland, Chile and beyond. Please visit backcountrybabes.com for our trip calendar, signups, and more info about Backcountry Babes. American Alpine Club members receive a 5% discount on AIARE Level 1, Level 2, and Rescue courses. Contact [email protected] to receive a discount code for registration.

  • Beartooth Powder Guides offers AAC members a 5% discount on avalanche courses offered at their location in Cooke City, Montana. Active members should contact [email protected] to receive the discount.

  • Beverly Mountain Guides 10% off if register for BOTH an AIARE Rescue and an AIARE 1 or AIARE 2 Avalanche course. May be used at Taos, NM or Snoqualmie Pass, WA during our 2022 season. Active members should send a copy of their membership card to [email protected] to register.

  • Blackbird Mountain Guides bring world class experience and innovative learning techniques to skiers and climbers looking to build their skills and explore the mountains through avalanche education, skiing/splitboarding, ski mountaineering, alpine climbing, and rock climbing adventures. We are excited to provide American Alpine Club members with a 10% discount for single day domestic trips and avalanche courses. Contact [email protected] or (530) 414-7778 to receive a discount code for booking your program.

  • Blue Ridge Mountain Guides is an AMGA Accredited Business providing guided climbing, skiing, and instruction in VA, WV, NC, and NH. AAC members receive 10% off private guiding and courses. Email your digital membership card(s) to [email protected] within 24 hours of booking.

  • Buena Vista Mountain Adventures leads trips and educational courses for all levels of outdoor enthusiasts. Why take your AIARE Avalanche Course from BVMA? Our small class sizes and awesome local terrain set us apart. We will never have more than 14 students total in a given avvy course. Our classroom instruction is on Main Street in beautiful downtown Buena Vista and our field sessions are only a short 15 minute drive away in the Collegiate Peaks. Add that to our experienced professional instructors and you have the right combination for exceptional training. AAC members receive a 5% discount on AIARE Level I, Level II, and Rescue Courses.

  • Chockstone Climbing Guides is an AMGA Accredited guide service that offers personalized guiding, instruction, and camps for all levels at Smith Rock, Oregon. Current AAC members receive a 10% discount on any private guiding reservations with proof of membership. Contact info: [email protected] or (541) 280-5240.

  • The Climbing Life Guides in Joshua Tree offer half or full day technical rock climbing systems instruction or guided rock climbing adventures in Joshua Tree National Park. Ever since our founding in 2013, we have been providing quality rock climbing guiding services in Joshua Tree National Park.  We are happy to offer members of the American Alpine Club a 10% discount on our private guide rates. While we do offer AMGA Single Pitch Instructor courses and exams, we cannot extend the discount towards these programs. In order to redeem the discount, please contact The Climbing Life Guides and be ready to provide your AAC membership information. 

  • The Climbing School is a small, owner-operated guide service and climbing school based in Index, WA. We offer courses and guided climbs in WA during the summer. During the rest of the year, we travel to Mexico, Wadi Rum, Turkey and Morocco where we offer fully inclusive climbing retreats. We are happy to offer a 15% discount to AAC members on ALL programs, domestic and international. See our course schedule at TheClimbingGuides.com. Contact [email protected] to receive a discount code to use in registration.

  • Climb Monadnock Gym offers climbing courses in the White Mountains of New Hampshire and the greater Monadnock region with professional mountain guides. AAC Members receive 10% off all New Hampshire programs. Please contact [email protected] for details.

  • Colorado Mountain School (CMS) is the premiere mountain guide service and technical mountain school in Colorado and beyond. Founded in Estes Park, Colorado in 1981, CMS has become Colorado’s largest mountain guide service and has been voted the “Best Climbing Guide Service in the Rockies” two years in a row by Elevations Outdoors’ readers poll. CMS is an accredited guide service of the American Mountain Guides Association (AMGA) and the country’s largest American Institute of Avalanche Research and Education (AIARE) course provider! CMS has many great amenities including frequent course offerings in Estes Park, Boulder, and Denver, on-site accommodations, and a full-time operations staff. Our highly trained team promotes our mission: To ignite passionate living through mountain education and adventure. As a current member of the American Alpine Club, you are eligible for 15% off all CMS courses! This offer includes AIARE avalanche training, rock, ski, ice and mountaineering programs (custom guiding, AMGA training, hut-based avalanche courses, and international programs excluded). View all terms and conditions here.

  • Denver Mountain Guiding is a local, family-owned, guide service with AMGA trained and certified guides based in Golden, CO. DMG offers a variety of options, including toproping at the local, Front Range crags, multi-pitch climbing in Eldorado Canyon, instructional courses for intro to lead, multi-pitch, trad, self-rescue, fear of falling and much more! We believe in giving back to the community, supporting organizations like the AAC, donating time and effort to our local areas by doing trail maintenance days, trash clean-ups, bolt replacement days, and even crag development days to add more routes to the community. We offer AAC members a 15% discount on privately guided climbing in Eldorado Canyon, Clear Creek Cayon, The Flatirons, and Boulder Canyon. Provide your AAC membership number over email, [email protected], or phone, 303-884-2755, when you book to receive this discount.

  • Devil's Lake Climbing Guides Devil’s Lake Climbing Guides offers guided rock climbing, bouldering, and talus scrambling, as well as instruction in anchor building, lead climbing, rescue skills and wilderness medicine. We operate at Devil’s Lake State Park in Baraboo, WI, as well as other Midwest crags, such as Governor Dodge, Mississippi Palisades, and Taylors Falls. All DLCG lead instructors are AMGA-certified Single Pitch Instructors and Wilderness First Responders. Call or email to receive a 10% discount on any rock climbing trip or course.

  • Equinox Guiding Service was founded on the idea that climbing is for everyone. We are a small remote guiding service based in Camden, Maine. Accredited by the American Mountain Guide Association (AMGA). We are offering a 10% discount code for all our full or half day rock or ice climbing trips in Acadia National Park, Camden or anywhere in Maine. We provide both instruction and private guiding tours throughout Maine. Find your member discount code in your profile.

  • High Peaks Mountain Guides in Lake Placid, NY offers Club members a 10% discount on guided trips, discounted lodging at their Guides House, and a discount at their retail store. Lodging discounts vary by season.

  • International Alpine Guides in Truckee, CA offers courses in backcountry skiing and snowboarding, rock climbing, mountaineering, and avalanche education. Current AAC members can receive a 10% discount on courses.

  • Iris Alpine offers AAC members 5% off all climbing clinics. Chicks Climbing, now nearly 20 years old, was established to empower more women to experience the thrill of climbing with women, for women. Provide your AAC membership number when booked to receive the discount.

  • Kaf Adventures prides themselves on a high level of professional instruction, and personalized guided experiences around the globe. Kaf is happy to offer a 10% discount to all current AAC members on all courses. Kaf Adventures is an outdoor education and adventure travel company based in Seattle which provides instructional courses and guided experiences in the art of rock climbing, alpine climbing, avalanche safety, backcountry skiing, and ice climbing, locally, across North America and internationally.

  • Kingdom Adventures Mountain Guides is located in East Burke, Vermont and is owned/operated by an AMGA Certified Single Pitch Instructor. AAC members receive a 10% discount on all courses, including SOLO Wilderness First Aid, Wilderness First Responder courses, CPR courses and AIARE Avalanche courses.

  • Longleaf Wilderness Medicine offers the highest quality wilderness medicine education available to individuals and organizations across the country. Regardless of where your outdoor adventures take place, LWM courses prepare you to respond to unexpected medical emergencies in situations where limited resources are available. To enhance the responsiveness of the climbing community, LWM offers 10% off any Wilderness First Responder or Wilderness First Aid course. Must verify AAC membership to access discount.

  • Mountain Madness has been around since 1984 and maintains the goal to provide the highest quality experience for beginner and advanced mountaineers and trekkers alike—for trekkers seeking the summit of Kilimanjaro to climbers aspiring to climb Mt. Everest. Receive 5-10% off when you sign up for one of our marquee courses in the Cascades of Washington (Glacier Mountaineering Course, Alpine Climbing Course, and Alpine Leadership Course) or on our Mexico Volcanoes expedition. Mountain Madness is an AMGA Accredited Program.

  • New River Mountain Guides in Fayetteville, WV offers 5% off for AAC members. Check your member profile for the discount code to use at checkout.

  • Northeast Mountaineering Join professional mountain guides on a climb in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. Up to 20% off many Northwest programs and 10% off select international trips. Please contact them for details.

  • Northwest Alpine Guides / Mountain Gurus offers AAC members a 20% discount on many Northwest programs and 10% on select international trips. We specialize in instructional courses and climbs throughout the Pacific Northwest and high-quality expeditions across the globe. Some of our offerings include Mt Baker Intro and Glacier Mountaineering Courses, ascents of Mt Baker, Mt Shuksan, Mt Olympus, and peaks throughout the North Cascades. Our international offerings include the 7 summit peaks, peaks of Nepal, Ecuador, and Mexico. We also offer Treks and Adventure travel to Nepal, Japan, Morocco, Africa and Thailand.

  • The Outdoor Voyage is a platform for finding, customizing and booking with local and sustainable outfitters around the globe. On Outdoor Voyage you can book fully guided climbs/trips with the likes of Ibex Expeditions, who outfit all of The North Face expeditions to the Indian Himalayas, or create fully customized expeditions and trips from the Andes to the Alps and beyond using the best local operators. You can also book a variety of other activities - from scuba diving, mountain biking, sailing, and more, all at a 5% discount.

  • Pikes Peak Alpine School is a mountain school and guide service based in Colorado Springs and the Pikes Peak region. The School has been teaching and offering guidance to mountaineers, climbers, and snow riders since 1989. We guide ROCK, SNOW, and ICE on Pikes Peak and beyond with AMGA trained and certified guides that emphasize Leave No Trace principles, safety, and technique for any level of outdoor athlete.  AAC members receive a 10% discount on AIARE 1, 2, and Rescue courses. Email [email protected] with your member ID number to register.

  • San Juan Outdoor Adventures/Telluride Adventures offers a 10% discount on Telluride Avalanche School Courses for active AAC members.

  • Sawtooth Mountain Guides is based in Stanley, Idaho and offers courses including avalanche education, climbing, and skiing. Active AAC members receive a 10% discount on avalanche education courses. AAC members should contact [email protected] and provide their membership number to register. Sawtooth Mountain Guides is an AMGA accredited guide service.

  • Synnott Mountain Guides offers AAC members a 10% discount on all AIARE avalanche courses and climbing, mountaineering, and backcountry ski courses. Excludes international trips and Mt. Washington Observatory Overnights. AAC members can use the discount code in their profile during registration.

 What is AMGA Accreditation? The purpose of the AMGA Accreditation is to increase the professionalism of mountain guiding and climbing instruction in the United States by functioning as a tool for institutional self-evaluation and development. It is a voluntary means of quality assurance and external review that examines such things as business practices, compliance with state, federal and local regulations, staff training and professional development, resource stewardship, and adherence to current industry standards. This credential represents a commitment to excellence through exemplary operating standards and an adherence to the highest ethical standards of this profession. AMGA Accredited Programs represent many of the nations most recognized and respected guide services, climbing schools, and educational institutions.