Aspen Alpine Guides

Aspen Alpine Guides is a professional guide service, that has provided quality mountain guiding adventures year-round in Aspen Colorado since 1987. AAG is fully licensed and insured and operates under a USFS Priority Permit.

Our adventures include guided summer and winter trips including hiking, rock climbing, mountaineering, snow-shoeing, cross country ski instruction and tours, backcountry skiing, out of bounds lift assisted skiing, mountain biking, backpacking, hut trips on the 10th Mountain Hut System, and High Altitude Training for runners and Cyclists. We specialize in creating custom backcountry adventures for individuals and groups of all abilities and sizes.

This Season: Summer Program

Aspen Alpine Guides will continue with the current season's programming while conditions allow. Please see our Winter and Summer descriptions for more info.

"I came to Aspen for the winter and stayed through the summer." Aspen is a town of dedicated long time locals and has a reputation for pulling its visitors in season after season. In the summer the town feels big, but the space around town is vast and can be filled with adventures. We guide Day Hikes to high alpine valleys filled with endless fields of wildflowers, streams and lakes. Challenges and personal goals can be met on the Colorado Fourteen Thousand Foot Peaks, through Backpacking Trips, Backcountry Overnight Hut Trips and Rock Climbing. AAG offers a full roster of family adventures as well as Technical Mountaineering Instruction and High Altitude Training for Runners and Cyclists.

All trips include local transportation to trailheads and climbing areas, day packs and poles, and lunches can be arranged if needed.

Hiking

Day hiking trips are available into the backcountry around Aspen, over several mountain passes, as well are the crossing from Aspen to Crested Butte. Come experience Cathedral Lake, Electric Pass, the Lost Man Loop, or a scramble up to the amphitheater below Pyramid Peak.

Backpacking and Backcountry Hut Trips

Experience a true Colorado outdoor wilderness adventure on a multi-day trip into the backcountry. Aspen Alpine Guides has experienced backcountry leaders who will take care to set up safe environments while camping or while staying within the 10th mountain hut system.

3 Peak Challenge: North Maroon, South Maroon and Pyramid Peak

Climb North Maroon Peak traverse the ridge to South Maroon Peak descend and then climb Pyramid Peak all in one day, and claim the right to three fourteen thousand foot plus peaks in one day. This extreme climb is demanding and should be rated with the physical training and endurance of ultra marathons. This will be a long alpine day high in the mountains.

Guided Beginner to Advanced Rock Climbing

Rock Climb on Independence Pass and in the Roaring Fork Valley. AAG rock climbing guides and instructors love to teach all levels for kids and adults. Instruction in basic rock skills, knots, belaying and movement on rock. All safety equipment including climbing shoes, helmets, harnesses, ropes and anchors are included and lunch can be arranged for full day climbs.

Colorado Fourteener (14'er) and Peak Climbs

Varying degrees of difficulty and routes make the Colorado 14'ers a challenge for everyone. Peaks include North and South Maroon (the Bells), Pyramid Peak, Snowmass Mountain, Capital Peak, Mount Sopris, Elbert, La Plata and Castle and Conundrum peaks. Pyramid, the Bells and Capitol require a mandatory qualification and training day prior to the climb. All safety equipment including helmets, harnesses, ropes and anchors are included and lunch can be arranged. Additional peaks, routes and areas are available upon request.