Take Your Mountaineering Skills to the Next Level
Once you’ve built a solid foundation in mountaineering, Yamnuska offers a wide range of intermediate and advanced mountaineering courses in Canada to sharpen your skills and tackle more challenging alpine objectives. Whether you join one of our scheduled programs or book a private guided climb, our expertise in delivering complex itineraries across the Canadian Rockies is unmatched. Planning an international climbing adventure? Our guides have experience on every continent and can handle all the logistics, giving you a trusted partner for any mountaineering challenge.
Click on our programs below to find the right one for you.
Yoho Peaks – This guided mountaineering trip is 4 days of intermediate mountaineering in Yoho National Park. Yoho Peaks makes an ideal progression from Snow & Ice long weekend and Intro Mountaineering courses.
Intro to Alpine Rock in the Bugaboos – This 6-day program has been designed for people with basic mountaineering and rock climbing skills who would like to progress towards climbing more challenging alpine rock objectives.
Intro to Alpine Ice at the Columbia Icefields – This course is 3 days of technical training on steep snow and ice and is great training for Mt Robson or other technical objectives.
Castle Mountain Alpine Climbing – Discover one of the Rockies’ most iconic alpine rock experiences with our 3-day Castle Mountain Hut program—combining classic multi-pitch climbing, and expert ACMG/IFMGA instruction. Designed for climbers looking to push their skills in spectacular terrain, this trip offers hands-on learning, unforgettable objectives, and the comfort of the brand-new Castle Mountain Hut.
Moraine Lake Alpine Classics – Join us for three days of alpine climbing in the Valley of the Ten Peaks. Starting at Moraine Lake, we’ll ascend to the Neil Colgan Hut, Canada’s highest permanent alpine hut, and tackle classic routes on nearby peaks, combining glacier travel, ridge climbs, and steep snow.
Rogers Pass Alpine Camp – Over the course of five days we will travel throughout the National Park and focus on objectives such as Mt. Tupper, The Swiss Peaks Traverse, Uto and Mt. Sir Donald via the Northwest Arete
Bugaboos Granite – 5 days of guided climbing and instruction on world-class alpine rock in the Bugaboos.
Mount Athabasca Ascents – Although great for beginners, there are several more technical routes on this classic peak.
Mount Assiniboine Ascents – The Matterhorn of the Rockies is a must climb for any experienced mountaineer.
Bugaboo Ascents – We do private and custom adventures for the many famous spires.
Mount Robson – As the highest peak in the Canadian Rockies, The King is the ultimate Rockies mountaineering objective.
Private Guiding & Instruction – We customize itineraries to meet your climbing or training objectives anywhere in the world.