Built upon the belief that adventure can be transformational, let Girth Hitch Guiding take you on a life-affirming journey through the ancient mountains of the Alberta’s Canadian Rockies. Based out of Nordegg, Alberta we thrive on introducing outdoor enthusiasts – from beginners to experts – to our beautiful mountains .
Our approach to guiding is guest-centric and strives to bring the best out of everyone we work with. We believe that mountains are not something to be conquered but rather ancient friends to discover and experience.
Join Tim and his team to find the sweet spot where challenge and growth come together to offer profound opportunities for personal development. At Girth Hitch Guiding we embrace failure and success while fostering safe and meaningful experiences in the mountains.
This two day adventure starts when you meet your guide and get your equipment. From there we will travel to our climbing site. The two day tour allows us to focus on coaching you in technical skills like footwork, balance, and fluid movement. It also gives you more extended time for climbing while visiting a different location each day.
No Experience Required.
COST: $485 PER PERSON
Your guide will expand your ability to climb ice with very specific movement coaching and skill progressions. We will help you sharpen your skills while you learn the most efficient way to climb a frozen waterfall.
Try Ice or 5 days of ice climbing experience
COST: $215 PER PERSON
Your guide will teach you how to expand your ice climbing skills to the next level and work toward lead climbing progression with progression.
Try Ice or 5 days of ice climbing experience.
COST: $215 PER PERSON
Your guide will teach you how to take ice climbing to the next level with the best multi pitch ice climbing techniques, while together achieving a climbing experience you will remember for a long time!
Try Ice or Steep Ice
1 Person $643 2 People $367 each
This amazing via ferrata climbing route gives intermediate hikers access to a rock climbing experience – scaling a 500 foot cliff with safety and enjoyment
No experience required
Cost: $149 per person
This is an easy opportunity to access views that are unforgettable while experiencing the excitement of rappelling a rock cliff.
No Experience Required.
Cost: $149 per person
The full day adventure allows you time to learn to climb with coaching in technical skills like footwork, balance, and fluid movement. You will also get a rare opportunity to take in views very few have experienced!
No Experience Required.
Cost: $149 per person
The full day Banff adventure allows you time to learn to climb with coaching in technical skills like footwork, balance, and fluid movement. You will also get a rare opportunity to take in views very few have experienced!
No Experience Required.
Cost: $149 per person
Your expert guide will empower you with personalised coaching as you work to expand your lead climbing skills, build your base and set yourself up for more adventures to come.
Climbing Experience Indoor (minimum indoor top rope belay certification)
COST: $215 PER PERSON
We know you will leave feeling more connected to the land.
No experience required
Cost /pp: $149 per person
Your guide will teach you to take rock climbing to the next level with the best multi pitch climbing techniques. You will expand your climbing skills while achieving something great – a classic route in the mountains you can talk about forever!
No experience required
Cost: 1 Person $593
2 People $323 each
Our highly trained guides will sharpen and expand your safety skills so that you and your climbing team can confidently manage the range of challenging scenarios you might find yourself in.
Lead Rock or Equivalent
COST: $427 PER PERSON
Our highly trained guides will sharpen and expand your safety skills so that you and your climbing team can together manage the range of scenarios you might find yourself in while multi pitch climbing.
Rock safe or equivalent.
COST: $427 PER PERSON
Touching on a range of safety systems and climbing skills, you will sharpen your skills and expand your experience so that you can complete multi pitch climbs with confidence.
Rock safe or equivalent.
COST: $427 PER PERSON
Join us for an unforgettable experience of alpine climbing a technical mountain.. This fun, thrilling experience lets you explore places that are inaccessible to most travellers.
Avid hiker, some rope skills from rock climbing are helpful.
COST: $322 PER PERSON
Immerse yourself in the experience of camping in high places and climbing routes that would be otherwise out of reach.
Basic alpine skills, comfort with backpacking and tent sleeping
Cost: $1799 Per Person
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Alpine Skills or Try Alpine Climbing
COST: $459 PER PERSON
TThis two day course uses specific learning progression to increase your confidence and comfort. We are excited to empower you to interact with the technically demanding art of leading on traditional climbing equipment.
Rock Leader and 10+ days of outdoor lead climbing
COST: $485 PER PERSON
Begin learning to read terrain, manage multiple overlapping risk factors, move in snow and understand glacier travel. Take your team’s safety seriously by forming smooth skills so that you can achieve success
Rock Safe or Equivalent
COST: $497 PER PERSON
Refine the skills and tools required to make decisions and climb in the dynamic alpine environment. You should leave this course feeling empowered to confidently begin alpine climbing independently.
Alpine Skills, Rock Safe, or equivalent experience
COST: $1161 PER PERSON
Alpine climbing is the most rewarding and exciting way to move in the mountains. We incorporate all mountain disciplines to fluidly summit one of the highly sought after Canadian Rockies 11,000 ers.
No experience required for 2 day bookings, Alpine Skills or Try Alpine Climbing for 1 day bookings
COST: $322 PER PERSON
Whether you ski, snowshoe, splitboard, or ice climb, avalanche safety training is for you. Learn how to manage the terrain and snowpack you choose to play in.
No Experience Required.
COST: $302 PER PERSON
We will update you on the latest techniques for searching, probing, and shovelling. You will then spend the day learning how to solve multiple burials, close proximity burials, and deep burial scenarios.
AST 1 Prerequisite
COST: $204 PER PERSON
We have a progression decision tree on our Chose Your Adventure page.
Need help deciding which trip works for you?