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San Juan Mountain Guides, LLC

Name: San Juan Mountain Guides, LLC
Address: 710 Main Street, Ouray, CO, 81427, US
Telephone: +19703254925
Price range: $$
Rating: 4.7

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mtnguide.net The Local Experts. San Juan Mountain Guides, LLC This educational approach and supportive atmosphere is the foundation of all our programs.

San Juan Mountain Guides is dedicated to offering professional instruction and guiding that will contribute to a lifetime of safe and successful climbing. Our guides not only help you get to the top of your next big climb, they also share their methods and decision making processes so you can benefit from their years of experience. During our courses and climbs, we also seek to build and maintain

friendships, and we pride ourselves on securing partnerships that last for many years. Our school is based in Ouray, Colorado located in the heart of the San Juan Mountains. We offer both open registration courses and custom programs designed to fit individual goals. Custom programs allow us the flexibility to structure the curriculum to meet each person or self-organized group's specific needs and objectives. Either way, your outdoor experience will be not only instructional, but also personalized and fun.

02/06/2025

🥶 Warm spells and cold spells 🥵, we keep adventuring through it all!

This year there have been more backcountry ice routes that have come “in” than other seasons. Have us show you around to these more ephemeral flows!

📸: head guide Patrick Ormond

01/30/2025

The best trips are the ones where you ski AND ice climb.

📸: guide with a client that came out for a week to do it all!

01/23/2025

👉This could be you! 🧗

This weekend is ICE FEST, which is the biggest party of the winter, a fundraiser for the , and a great time to learn how to ice climb! Yep, hosts dozens of clinics each day with seasoned guides and skilled athletes so YOU can get the best instruction possible.

A lot of clinics are sold out, but some of them still have space, so don’t hesitate to register before the class you want is full.

✅Go to the link in profile, or icefestival.mtnguide.net/ourayicefestival to sign up!

📸: experienced guides , , and

01/21/2025

⛏️ Ice Fest clinics this week! 🧗

Did you know we host ice fest clinics ALL WEEK (not just this weekend during Ice Fest)?! Clinics are open for enrollment right until 4 pm the day prior (link in profile).

👀Check out the following options to work with some of our best guides:

❄️ WEDNESDAY - Seminar W4 - 6:30-1:00 - $399
Beginner Backcountry Ice with

🧊 WEDNESDAY - Seminar W5 - 7:30-3:30 - $299
Ice Climbing Self Rescue with .dingwall

❄️ THURSDAY - Seminar Th2 - 7:30-3:30 - $299
Intermediate Ice in the Ouray Ice Park with Jesse Ballew

We also have a few openings in clinics over the weekend. Don’t miss out on the chance to climb with the Local Experts. Our guides know the ice park, and they know instruction. Our mission is to set you up for success so you can climb your best!

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01/16/2025

‼️ Ice fest clinics you can’t miss! ‼️

❄️ SATURDAY - Clinic 24 - 9:00-12:00pm - $199
Intermediate Ice with

❄️ SUNDAY - Clinic 38 - 9:00-12:00pm - $199
Learn to Lead with

✅ Dale Remsberg is the Technical Director of the and is a seasoned guide who teaches other guides how to refine their technique on the Instructor Team. He is the ideal teacher for learning when not to use the triangle technique and mastering efficiency of movement. You can practice leading with him as well!

This week we’re featuring some of the ice fest clinics we’re hosting for the festival’s 30th anniversary. We’ve partnered with some of the sport’s most celebrated athletes so you can learn from the experts!

01/16/2025

‼️ Ice fest clinics you can’t miss! ‼️

❄️ FRIDAY - Clinic 17 - 1:00-4:00pm - $199
New Tactics and Systems: Fixed point belays to screws with

✅ Learn to build TRUCK anchors with Will Gadd (if you’ve seen his ice climbing YouTube series, you’ll get the reference). Will Gadd is one of the most well-known ice climbers in the world: He has gold medals from the X-games and ice climbing World Cup, and has established some of the hardest mixed and ice climbs in the world. Plus he’s also an incredible teacher and is stoked to give you tools to master the latest anchor systems for ice. This class is suitable for beginners and experienced climbers.

This week we’re featuring some of the ice fest clinics we’re hosting for the park’s 30th anniversary. We’ve partnered with some of the sport’s most celebrated athletes so you can learn from the experts!

01/16/2025

‼️ Ice fest clinics you can’t miss! ‼️

❄️ FRIDAY - Clinic 6 - 9:00-12:00pm - $199
INTERMEDIATE ICE with

SATURDAY - Clinic 27 - 1:00-4:00pm - $199
INTERMEDIATE ICE with

✅ As a mountain guide and pro athlete, known for establishing routes on Fitzroy and Mt. Waddington, Paul is a creative climber and instructor who will help you learn what it takes to manage vertical ice.

This week we’re featuring some of the ice fest clinics we’re hosting for the park’s 30th anniversary. We’ve partnered with some of the sport’s most celebrated athletes so you can learn from the experts!

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01/15/2025

‼️ Ice fest clinics you can’t miss! ‼️   This week we’re featuring some of the ice fest clinic we’re hosting for the park’s 30th anniversary. We’ve partnered with some of the sport’s most celebrated athletes so you can learn from the experts!

SATURDAY - Clinic 34 - 1:00-4:00pm - $199
INTERMEDIATE ICE with

Refine your technique with Andres Marin, seven-time competitor at the Ice and Mixed Climbing World Cup, who has notable FA’s in Peru, Kyrgyzstan, and China. This clinic is suited for participants with some ice climbing experience who would like to sharpen their skills on WI4 ice. Beginners with prior climbing experience are also welcome.

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01/15/2025

‼️ An ice fest clinic you can’t miss! ‼️   This week we’re featuring some of the ice fest clinics that you should sign up for during the festival’s 30th anniversary. We’ve partnered with some of the sport’s most celebrated athletes so you can learn from the experts!

❄️ SATURDAY - Clinic 33 - 1:00-4:00pm ❄️
MIXED CLIMBING with

✅Climb with Jackson Marvell, who received the Piolet d’Or for his team’s ascent of the North face of Jannu, and boasts improbable times up alpine routes such as the Slovak Direct. This clinic focuses on climbing classic mixed routes in the Ouray Ice Park. Learn how to ascend the stone!

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12/31/2024

👀 Looking for an avalanche? Post-storm is a great time to find them. (Swipe to the end for a good one!)

On a recent avalanche course we viewed avalanches in a variety of terrain. Seeing them in real life is ideal for training your brain to understand where they might be lingering even when they haven’t flushed out yet.

Sharpen your backcountry skills by taking an avalanche course. We have a few spots left on the following courses!

❄️ Jan. 6-8: Avy 1
🎿 Jan. 10-12: Hut-based Avy 2
🏔️ Jan. 27-29: Hut-based Avy 1
❄️ Feb. 3-5: Avy 1
🎿 Feb. 7-9: Hut-based Avy 2
🏔️ Feb. 10-12: Hut-based Avy 1
🏔️ Feb. 19-21: Hut-based Avy 1
❄️ March 7-9: Avy 1

12/29/2024

The is looking magical!

We love the Ouray Ice Park being part of this community. With more than 150 routes to choose from, it makes ice climbing accessible. It’s also a great venue to teach skills because there are so many options.

While the park is free to visit, many people hire guides to learn how to ice climb or refine specific skills. At our course progression sets you up with the skills you need to be able to climb in the ice park on your own — from movement, to anchors, and more.

No matter how you visit this beautiful park, we recommend you buy a membership to ensure it keeps running (it costs $20/climber/day to operate). Membership gets you access to events the ice park puts on throughout the season, discounts at local businesses, and early access.

📸 and guide:

12/15/2024

GUIDE TRAINING

Each year our team gets together at the start of the winter season to practice skills, review curriculum, build camaraderie, and get current on industry updates.

Here, our ski guides sample the goods (and we did find the goods!) and gather information about the state of the snowpack in our zone. Our ice guides did some scouting, anchor checking, and mentoring on backcountry ice flows.

❄️ We’re ready for ya! And so is the ice and snow! 🧊

12/12/2024

We just got a new dump of snow and our snowpack is already 150% of normal. Now is the time to take advantage of these fantastic ski conditions and stay in or lodge!

Check out these featured hut-based ski trips:
1. Imogene Ski Traverse - Dec. 27-31
2. Hut Ski Trips - Dec. 20-22, Dec. 24-26, Dec. 27-29, Dec. 27-30

12/11/2024

The is opening on Saturday, Dec. 21!

If you haven’t booked an ice climbing trip yet, NOW IS THE TIME. Learn ice climbing movement, practice technical skills, or enjoy a new activity with your family.

Now is also a great time to become an ice park member. Members get benefits including early access to the park, access to workshops and events throughout the season, discounts at local businesses and more. It’s the best way to support the ice park! (Think of it like a ski pass, but it’s less expensive and you get so many more benefits 🙌)

Get a membership at ourayicepark.com/membership or book a guide at mtnguide.net.

12/07/2024

🧊 🧗‍♀️ The Ouray Ice Festival is more than just a competition, it’s more than ice clinics, it’s more than the parties, it’s ALL OF IT! Mostly it’s about bringing the ice climbing community together.

Athletes, novices, locals and tourists alike gather to share stories and skills at ice fest. We celebrate the craft together and we celebrate the !

You can start signing up for clinics starting Monday, December 9 at icefestival.mtnguide.net/ouray-ice-festival. (Link is also in the bio 😜)

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12/04/2024

With heavy hearts we are reluctantly sharing news that many of you may have already heard……Kurt Blair is presumed to have taken a lethal fall on Mt. Aoraki/Cook in New Zealand earlier this week.

It goes without saying that this is a massive loss for SJMG, as well as the San Juan and mountain guiding community more broadly. We don’t really know what to say right now other than to reflect on the incredible person that we had the fortune to cross paths with in 2014. Kurt started guiding for SJMG in 2016 and his progression in becoming an IFMGA/AMGA Mountain Guide was a testament to his commitment to the profession. His passion for instructing and guiding met no match in our eyes - an unassuming, gentle character was something that from our view made him the unique and special person that he was.

We were honored to have had him on our team and he will be deeply missed by everyone in the SJMG family.

12/02/2024

🧊 ICE CLIMBING COURSES 🧊

offers ice climbing courses every week from the last week of December through March. Learn, refine your skills, or get instruction on leading or multipitch ice!

ICE COURSE OPTIONS:
🧗‍♀️ Intro to Ice
🧗‍♂️ Intermediate Ice
🧗 Advanced Ice
🧗‍♀️ Ice Leader Seminar
🧗‍♂️ Mixed Climbing
🧗 Private Ice Guiding

If you sign up this week you can get 10% off. Don’t miss out, use code GIFTOFWINTER at checkout!

✉️ Reach out to [email protected] if you’d like to understand which option is best for you.

12/01/2024

✨ We have a gift coming your way! 🎁

Get 10% off winter trips when you book from Dec. 2-Dec. 6. Use this code at checkout: GIFTOFWINTER

Check out some of our featured trips:
❄️ Imogene Ski Traverse Dec. 27-31 - 5 days of skiing and staying at and
❄️ Early Season Avy Courses - Dec. 16-18, Dec. 27-29, Jan. 6-8
❄️ Hut Ski Trips - We have 3 and 4-day all-inclusive ski getaways based out of

Address

710 Main Street
Ouray, CO
81427

Opening Hours

Monday	7am - 9pm
Tuesday	7am - 9pm
Wednesday	7am - 9pm
Thursday	7am - 9pm
Friday	7am - 9pm
Saturday	7am - 9pm
Sunday	7am - 9pm

Telephone

+19703254925

Website

http://www.mtnguide.net/

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