Mountaineering Skills, Multi-Day Alpine Climbing Trips, Alpine Traverses & Ski Mountaineering Courses
The Wasatch Mountains offer a wide variety of excellent alpine climbing, making Utah a tremendous training ground to develop the mountaineering skills to summit the highest Utah peaks and iconic alpine ascents worldwide. UMA’s mountain guides are among the best mountaineers and guides in the world, and collectively have helped countless climbers prepare for Mt. Rainier, Denali, the Matterhorn and Everest.
UMA teaches single-day courses to practice skills, leads beginner to intermediate scheduled climbs, and holds mountaineering camps for students to climb, learn and progress over 2-4 days. We also lead overnight expedition training trips, including the ascent of Kings Peak, the highest summit in Utah. If our scheduled courses, climbs and trips don’t meet your needs or time frame, UMA is happy to create custom training programs with private guides.
Mountaineering Skills Courses
Snow Mountaineering Skills
Snow Mountaineering Skills
Crevasse Rescue Skills
Crevasse Rescue Skills
Grand Teton Prep
Grand Teton Prep
Multi-Day Mountaineering Courses
Mixed Alpine Climbing Camp (3-Day)
Mixed Alpine Climbing Camp (3-Day)
Mountaineering Camp (4-Day)
Mountaineering Camp (4-Day)
Matterhorn Training (2-Day)
Matterhorn Training (2-Day)
Light & Fast Alpinism (2-Day)
Light & Fast Alpinism (2-Day)
Ski & Splitboard Mountaineering Camp (3-Day)
Ski & Splitboard Mountaineering Camp (3-Day)
Scheduled Alpine Climbs
Toledo Peak Alpine Climb
Toledo Peak Alpine Climb
Mt. Superior South Ridge (Spring/Snow)
Mt. Superior South Ridge (Spring/Snow)
Mt. Olympus Medusa Face (Spring/Snow)
Mt. Olympus Medusa Face (Spring/Snow)
Mt. Superior South Ridge Climb (Summer/Fall)
Mt. Superior South Ridge Climb (Summer/Fall)
Mt. Olympus West Slabs Climb (Summer/Fall)
Mt. Olympus West Slabs Climb (Summer/Fall)
Overnight Mountaineering Courses & Trips
Overnight Expedition Training (2-Day)
Overnight Expedition Training (2-Day)
Overnight Denali Training (3-Day)
Overnight Denali Training (3-Day)
Kings Peak Utah High Point Multi-Day Overnight
Kings Peak Utah High Point Multi-Day Overnight
Private Mountaineering Training & Tours
Looking for a custom mountain experience tailored to your goals, group and schedule? UMA’s private mountaineering tours offer the chance to explore ridgelines, couloirs and classic Wasatch objectives at your own pace and focus on the skills, terrain and summits that matter to you. Whether you want to learn snow climbing and ski mountaineering, rope systems or alpine navigation — or even train for a future expedition — we’ll design a trip that matches your goals. Private tours can also include elements of ski touring, rock or ice climbing, or canyoneering skills, depending on season and objectives.
All private trips are led by certified guides and can be designed for any ability level — from first-time mountaineers to experienced alpinists. Tell us what you want to accomplish and we’ll build the day around you. The trips listed below are some options for private mountaineering adventures.
Mountaineering Instruction & Skill Building
Mountaineering Instruction & Skill Building
Ski & Splitboard Mountaineering Skills
Ski & Splitboard Mountaineering Skills
Guided Peaks
Guided Peaks
Wasatch Ski Mountaineering Descents
Wasatch Ski Mountaineering Descents
Expedition Training
Expedition Training
Guided Alpine Traverses
Guided Alpine Traverses
Group, Team-Building & Corporate Programs
Group, Team-Building & Corporate Programs
Utah’s Top Mountain Guides
Our alpine guides are uniquely qualified both by formal training and extensive experience climbing, skiing, traveling and guiding in Utah and around the world. UMA guides specialize in snow, rock and mixed terrain, and have progressed mountain enthusiasts in the Wasatch to summit the Grand Teton, the Grand Traverse, MT. Whitney, Denali, the Haute Route in the Alps, Mt. Elbrus, Island Peak and multiple 8,000-meter peaks in the Himalaya.
