About Us

Origin

Altus Mountain Guides was founded in Squamish in 2012 on a simple idea: bring together the best guides we know and give every guest an exceptional day in the mountains.

Fourteen seasons on, that’s still how we work. Our team is a hand-picked group of ACMG- and IFMGA-certified guides, the highest standard of guide training in the world. They care deeply about their craft, about teaching well, and about the people they take into the mountains. From avalanche courses and ski touring to rock climbing and mountaineering across Squamish and Whistler, BC, and trips to Japan and the Alps, every trip is planned with care and led by someone who loves what they do.

• It should be fun. If you’re not enjoying it, it isn’t worth doing.
• Teach people to go on their own. Our courses are built so you leave able to plan and travel safely without a guide, not dependent on one.
• Good guides need real careers. We build programs that let certified guides make a living doing what they love.

Mission

Guides - Our crew is composed of fully-certified ACMG and IFMGA Guides. Each Altus Guide has a passion for his or her discipline, an impressive personal resume of climbing and/or ski accomplishments and the energy to deliver a safe mountain experience that is fun, caring and dialled in. As we grow as a company, so does our guest experience. And as we learn from each other, we all end up reaching new heights.

Experiences - We deliver the trips we want to do! We don’t consider guiding a job in a traditional sense but rather a passion. And our passion for guiding shines through in the meticulous attention to every detail of every course and trip. Our approach has always been to redefine the course structure by teaching climbers and skiers the skills to get out on their own safely and efficiently without all the fluff.

Altus Mountain Guides specializes in organizing Custom Mountain Sports Trips. So whether your dream trip is climbing a new route in a remote region of the world, or you simply need a hiking companion, regardless of your skill level or what you choose, or create, with one of our experienced Guides by your side, anything is possible.

Community

We owe our careers to these mountains, so we try to give back to the people and places around them. Our work rests on three things: our guides, the environment, and our community.

The best way we know to protect the backcountry is to help more people travel through it safely and respectfully. That’s why we started Winterstoke, our annual backcountry festival, with a gear swap and clinics at prices that make avalanche and touring skills accessible to more people. Each year we also donate courses, guiding time and free education days to local causes we care about