Upcoming Trips and Courses

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  • Crevasse Rescue

    Dial in your technical systems for glacier travel and crevasse rescue with a day of focused training....

    2 SPOTS LEFT
    Apr 20, 2024 (day trip)
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  • Snow Skills

    Climbing steep snow is an essential mountaineering skill for many of the involved peaks and hiking...

    4 SPOTS LEFT
    Apr 21, 2024 (day trip)
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  • Rock Rescue

    Learning to enact rock rescue is an essential skill for anyone who climbs, particularly multi-pitches....

    6 SPOTS LEFT
    Apr 27 - 28, 2024
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Acknowledgement

We at Island Alpine Guides are grateful for the privilege to live, work and play on the unceded, traditional territories of the first peoples listed below, who have been the stewards of these lands for millennia:
 
Da’naxda’xw, Ahousaht, Scia'new, Ditidaht, Cowichan, Ehatteshaht, Gwa'sala-Nakwaxda'xw Band, Halalt, Heiltsuk, Hesquiaht, Homalco, Hupačasath, Huu-ay-aht, K'ómoks, Ka:'yu:'k't'h'/Che:k:tles7et'h', Klahoose, Kwakiutl, Kwiakah, Kwicksutaineuk-ah-kwaw-ah-mish, Lyackson, Malahat, Mamalilikulla-Qwe'Qwa'Sot'Em , Mowachaht/Muchalaht, Namgis. Nanoose, Nuchatlaht, Nuxalk, Pacheedaht, Pauquachin, Penelakut, Qualicum, Quatsino, Snuneymuxw, Songhees, Stz'uminus, T'Sou-ke, Tla'amin, Tla-o-qui-aht, Tlowitsis, Toquaht, Tsartlip, Tsawout, Tseshaht, Tseycum, Uchucklesaht, We Wai Kai and Wei Wai Kum.

Important - Please Read

All Island Alpine Guides courses and trips take place in an outdoor, wilderness environment. This means that as a participant you will be encountering various risks, dangers, and hazards, some of which include avalanches, cornices, crevasses, cliffs, trees, creeks, rockfall, difficult travel conditions, weather, illness, equipment failure, wild animals, becoming lost as well as the possibility of mistakes being made by IAG guides and instructors.

To participate in these activities you will be required to read and agree to our waivers as part of the registration process. You will also be required to sign the waivers at the start of the course or trip. In doing so you will waive or give up certain legal rights including the right to sue or to claim compensation following an accident.

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Testimonials

The course was a great experience and opened our eyes up to the backcountry environment. Was very great to see the hazards and different types of terrain Mt. Washington had, definitely learned lots even though we've skied there our whole lives. I...
Emily + Matthew, » AST1 Washington - for Skiers and Boarders
I am SO grateful for the course! The beginning instruction in the parking lot was SO helpful to understand our gear and how to use it and then with that foundation we got out on the skis. I learned so many skills and feel confident to begin ski...
Lydia G., Mt Washington » Intro to Touring
The instruction and explanation of process was amazing. Never a dumb question and only great feedback for more learning opportunities. The morning briefing was detailed and expectations laid out so you knew what is required and planned for the...
Amber G. , » BC Search and Rescue - Rope Rescue Technician 1