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

Aspen Alpine Guides offers guided alpine activities for spring, summer, winter and fall. Click on the left tabs for our full Winter or Summer descriptions. We also offer a series of international trekking and climbing trips, as well as American Institute for Avalanche Research and Education (AIARE) courses. 

In addition to general AAG programs we are happy to have several cross-over ski instructors who are able to teach through the Ski and Snowboard Schools of Aspen / Snowmass. These instructors have medical certifications as well as avalanche training and are available for both kids and adults. Lessons take place on-mountain, in the side country, in the backcountry or a combination that results in Lift-Served Side-Country skiing or boarding.


Guides

AAG guides retain several of the following certifications, are active members in professional organizations, and maintain active training schedules. Our guides instruct and train year-round with a curriculum of AIARE Avalanche Courses as well as Winter and Summer Mountaineering Skills Courses.

Medical Certifications

  • Wilderness First Responder: WFR
  • Emergency Medical Tech: EMT
  • Outdoor Emergency Care: OEC
  • Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation: CPR

Certifications and Memberships

  • American Avalanche Association: AAA
  • American Institute for Avalanche Research and Education: AIARE
  • American Mountain Guide Association: AMGA
  • International Federation of Mountain Guides Association: IFMGA
  • Mountain Rescue Aspen: MRA
  • National Outdoor Leadership School: NOLS
  • Professional Ski Instructors of America: PSIA

Our Partners

One World Trekking

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Ute Mountaineer

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10th Mountain Division Hut Association

10th Mountain Division Hut Association




American Institute for Avalanche Research and Education (AIARE)

American Institute for Avalanche Research and Education (AIARE)




Aspen Ski Company

Aspen Ski Company


SummitClimb and SummitTrek  http://www.Summitclimb.com