Custom Guided Climbing and Backpacking Trips

Want to climb and explore at your own pace? California Alpine Guides specializes in designing custom guided mountain adventures in rock climbing, ice climbing, mountaineering, backcountry skiing and trekking to suit your objectives.

Whether it's a specific technical rock or a Sierra alpine climbing route you yearn to bag or a group backpacking outing, tell us your goals and we'll get you there in style.We'll arrange every detail from the lodging to the summit.

Our highly trained and experienced mountain climbing and backcountry skiing instructors and guides can provide private professional instruction in any area of climbing, skiing and mountain travel. Not sure what you want to do? We can help you decide. We've been exploring and climbing the mountains of California for over thirty years.

For more information:

Give us a call at 877 MTN-CLIMB (686-2546) or Contact Us via our online form

...and get started on your personal guided mountain adventure.


Custom Guiding Rates
All rates are per person

Overnight Guiding & Long Day Trips, Mountaineering, ice climbing.   Day Rock Climbing, Backpacking Guiding  
One person: $360/day   One person: $320/day  
Two people: $230/day   Two people $200/day  
Three people: $175/day   Three people: $150/day  
Four people: $150/day   Four people: $135/day  


Rates include the meals appropriate for the outing, such as lunch on day guiding trips and all meals on overnight guiding trips. Rates do not include lodging, camping or any other extra expenses beyond guiding and food. Give us a call for a quote on a full mountain climbing or backpacking adventure vacation package.

Our regularly scheduled guided group trips can be booked with custom dates at regular rates with 3 or more people.


We can offer special discounts for guiding groups larger than five...give us a call for a quote.

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