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Let’s Adventure In: canmore

Book an ACMG certified guide for your next adventure, whether it’s an ice climb, or rock climbing objective in Canmore, Banff or Lake Louise.

Steep Ice Technique

Steep Ice Technique

Amp up your movement skills while climbing a frozen waterfall.

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

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Lead Ice

Lead Ice

Unlock your potential for winter adventure. Sharpen the specific skills required to lead climb while climbing a frozen waterfall.

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

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Steep Ice Technique

Banff Multi Pitch Ice Classics

Multi-pitch climb a stunning frozen waterfall in Banff National Park!

Challenge yourself on Banff’s most iconic multi-pitch ice climbs. Expert guides lead adventurers through legendary routes like Grotto Falls and Louise Falls or an unforgettable experience.

Try Ice or Steep Ice
1 Person $698 2 People $415 each

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Banff Try Rock

Banff Try Rock

Join us for an unforgettable experience of climbing a real cliff in Banff.

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

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Lead Rock

Lead Rock

Join us for an unforgettable experience of outdoor rock climbing while expanding your skills in lead climbing.

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

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Banff Multi Pitch Rock

Banff Multi Pitch Rock

Climb a classic Banff multi pitch rock route!

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 Banff you can talk about forever!

No experience required
Cost: 1 Person $593
2 People $349 each

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Banff Multi Pitch Rock

Multi Pitch Rock Classics

Climb a classic multi pitch rock route!

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 $349 each

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Try Alpine Climbing

Try Alpine Climbing

If you enjoy hiking and scrambling, come try alpine climbing. It might be for you!

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

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Multi Day Alpine Climbing Trips

Multi Day Alpine Climbing Trips

Hut based adventures or alpine climbing from a high camp, these are some of the most amazing climbing adventures

Immerse yourself in the experience of camping in high places and climbing routes that would be otherwise out of reach./p>

Alpine Skills or Try Alpine Climbing
COST: $459 PER PERSON

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Trad Lead Weekends

Trad Lead Weekends

Make the jump from clipping bolts to placing gear! Take your safety seriously by forming smooth skills that will set you up to achieve success.

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

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Alpine Skills Weekends

Alpine Skills Weekends

Start alpine climbing with a solid foundation! Alpine climbing is fun, but it can be a bit overwhelming at times.

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

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Alpine Leadership Week

Alpine Leadership Week

Join us for an unforgettable week of alpine leadership and skill development.

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

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Classic Canadian Rockies 11,000ers

Classic Canadian Rockies 11,000ers

Tackle one of the famous Rocky Mountain 11,000 foot peaks.

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

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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 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. Our years exploring the mountains has taught us that being amidst the giants provides far more than mere fitness and adventure; we have discovered that our time in the mountains nurtures us holistically and spiritually and challenges us to be more than we thought we could be.

Join Tim and his team to find the sweet spot where challenge and growth come together to offer profound opportunities for personal development. We believe that transformational adventure focuses on creating a safety net in which real success and failure can occur. No guide can shelter you from those realities while exposing you to challenge. At Girth Hitch Guiding we embrace failure and success while fostering safe and meaningful experiences in the mountains.

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We have a progression decision tree on our Chose Your Adventure page.

Would you like help planning your custom Guided Adventure? We’d love to be a part of your Mountain trip!