A Case for Having a Guide

Want to find the best powder stashes and stay safe this winter in the backcountry? Then try booking a Guide. Here's some facts to consider before you start planning your next trip. Certified Golden Alpine Holidays ACMG Guides are the only internationally recognized professional association of trained and certified mountain guides and instructors in Canada. To reach the guiding zenith a Mountain Guide for instance takes years of training, dedication and hard work to accomplish. Many try and most fail. These people are at the top of their game

Many Self Guided Groups, unaware of snowpack stability will often be overly cautious thus missing many of the awesome lines available. A  Guide's sole intent is to navigate the group in the safest possible way in order to ski the best snow that conditions warrant.  With a 6:1 Client:Guide Ratio a group of 12 is guaranteed to have two guides. This offers the chance to ski with faster or slower groups depending on how you are feeling on a given day

A quick cost comparison illuminates that going it yourself may not save you as much as you think and it certainly won't save you time.  Booking  Sunrise Lodge January 21-18th, for example will cost $1890 per person and that includes everything like food, trail breaking, cooking, most waterhauls, guiding and helicopter flights. Book a Lodge Rental trip with say 10 people for the same period at the same lodge will only save about  about $100/person/day. For some this is a small price to pay to play!

If you want to have your cake and eat it too then think about hiring a guide next time

Call GAH and we'll customize your next ski adventure

Guides Russ and Dave under the shadow of Mt. Sir Sandford, Esplanade Range, British Columbia, Canada

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