Backcountry Skiing & Ski Mountaineering

We offer backcountry ski touring and ski mountaineering throughout California, Europe and Alaska:

  • Sierra Nevada backcountry ski touring and ski mountaineering
  • Mount Shasta ski descents
  • The Alps - Chamonix & The Haute Route ski tour of France and Switzerland
  • Alaska Ski Mountaineering

We utilize AMGA and IFMGA/UIAGM Certified Ski Mountaineering Guides

California has some of the finest backcountry skiing and ski mountaineering in the United States. Between the Sierra Nevada and the Southern Cascade mountain ranges, California has world-class ski mountaineering terrain.

Our worldwide ski moutaineering trips include the famous Haute Route ski tour of the French and Swiss Alps and off-piste skiing in Chamonix. We also offer glaciated Valdez ski mountaineering in Alaska. These trips are personally guided by IAG owner and IFMGA ski mountaineering guide Dave Miller.

Our guided backcountry skiing tours and ski mountaineering instruction is for everyone from the backcountry skiing novice to the experienced ski mountaineer. Our American Mountain Guides (AMGA) and IFMGA internationally certified backcountry ski mountaineering guides are experienced avalanche professionals with many years of ski mountaineering and ski guiding experience around the world as well as the Sierra Nevada and Cascades of California.

For winter mountaineering trips check out our Alpine Climbing / Mountaineering page.


International/Alaska Ski Mountaineering:

Valdez Ski Mountaineering - The Chugach Range, Alaska
Valdez, Alaska- 6 days
Come ski Valdez with has some of the most amazing ski mountaineering terrain in North America with us this spring. Couloirs, dry powder & wide open glaciers await us in The Chugach Range of Alaska. Includes a combo of ski touring & heli skiing. A trip of a lifetime for any ski mountaineer.
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The Haute Route Ski Tour - The Alps
Chamonix, France to Zermatt, Switzerland - 8 days
Verbier variation
The Haute Route is one of the most amazing and famous ski tours in the world, period. This Haute Route ski tour takes us from the Mont Blanc massif in France to the famed Matterhorn in Switzerland. Use use the less comitting version of the Haute Route via verbier. Perfect for those on their first Alps ski tour. Come join CAG owner and IFMGA/UIAGM certifed ski mountaineering guide, Dave Miller, on this years Haute Route ski tour.
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The Classic Haute Route Ski Tour - The Alps
Chamonix, France to Zermatt, Switzerland - 10 days
Classic variation via Saint Bernard and Plateau du Couloi
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The ulitimate variation of the Haute Route ski tour. We mostly follow the classic Haute Route as it was originally skied, but with a variation via the famous Saint Bernard Monastery and with a ski descent of Mont Velan. We also use the Grand Lui variation which avoids any vehicle shuttles. For those looking for a more commiting version of the Haute Route ski Tour, but with bigger rewards.
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Chamonix Off-Piste Skiing - The Alps
Chamonix, France
Chamonix is one of the world's major ski mountaineering destinations. IAG owner and IFMGA ski guide Dave Miller leads custom off-piste skiing trips in Chamonix from March through April. There is something in Chamonix for everybody from mellow glaciated ski tours like the Vallee Blanche to steep couloirs.
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Introductory Backcountry Ski Tours:

Beyond The Groomers
Intro To Backcountry Ski Touring - West Sierra Nevada
Sequoia National Park - 3 days
A snow camping based backcountry ski tour in one of the most beautiful locations in the California's Sierra Nevada. Leave the crowded ski resorts behind & receive professional instruction all the aspects of backcountry skiing on either telemark or randonee skis.
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Beyond The Groomers
Intro To Backcountry Ski Touring - Eastern Sierra Nevada

Hoover Wilderness - 3 days
A snow camping based backcountry ski tour in the Eastern Sierra about 45 minutes North of the ski resort town of Mammoth Lakes. Leave the crowded ski resorts behind and receive professional instruction in all the aspects of backcountry ski touring on either randonee or telemark skis.
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Intermediate/Advanced Ski Tours:


Ski Mountaineering Course - Sierra Nevada
Sawtooth Range - 4 days
Ski & snowboard mountaineering course in the Northern High Sierra. Receive professional instruction & training in all the aspects of ski mountaineering and take your backcountry skiing to the next level with our professional ski mountaineering guides.
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Mount Shasta Ski and board Descent
Mt Shasta - 3 days
Skiing Mt Shasta can be the ski & snowboard experience of a lifetime. Mount Shasta is considered by many to be North America's premier ski mountaineering peak. Join us this spring on a ski or snowboard descent of the famed West Face of Mount Shasta
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Mt Shasta skiing trips are operated by Shasta Mountain Guides, a company permitted by the Shasta/Trinity National Forest


Sawtooth Ridge Ski Tour - Sierra Nevada
Sawtooth Range and Yosemite National Park - 4 days
A classic backcountry ski tour through the spectacular alpine terrain of the Sawtooth Range and Northern Yosemite region. A must for the Sierra Nevada ski mountaineer.
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Custom Backcountry Ski & snowboard Tours
We specialize in designing custom guided backcountry ski and snowboard tours & instruction throughout the European Alps, Chamonix, Alaska and California for you and your group. We can happily arrange your own dates and your own itinerary.

 
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