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Yamnuska Mountain Adventures

Mountaineering, Rock Climbing, Ice Climbing, Backcountry Skiing

  • Avalanche
    • Avalanche Skills Training 1 – Canmore/Calgary
    • Avalanche Skills Training 1 for Ice Climbers
    • Avalanche Skills Training 1 Refresher
    • Avalanche Skills Training 2 – Canadian Rockies
    • Avalanche Skills Training 2 – Rogers Pass
    • Avalanche Skills Training 2 – Purcell Lodge
  • Mountaineering
    • Beginner Programs
      • Scrambling Skills and Safety
      • Snow and Ice Long Weekend
      • Intro to Mountaineering
      • Women’s Intro to Mountaineering
      • Youth Mountaineering Course
      • Wapta Ice Hike
    • Intermediate and Advanced Programs
      • Yoho Peaks
      • Intro to Alpine Rock in the Bugaboos
      • Intro to Alpine Ice at the Columbia Icefields
      • Lake Louise Classics
      • Moraine Lake Alpine Classics
      • Rogers Pass Alpinist Camp
      • Bugaboos Granite
      • Tonquin Valley Alpine Climbing
    • Canadian Rockies 11,000ers
      • Mount Temple
      • Mount Willingdon
      • Mount Cline
      • Mt Woolley & Diadem
      • Mount Hector
      • Mount Athabasca
      • Mount Andromeda
      • Mt Joffre Expedition
      • Mount Victoria
      • Mt Edith Cavell
      • Mount Forbes
      • Mount Assiniboine
      • Mount Robson
    • Fast and Light Series
      • Castle Mountain
      • Mt Louis Kain Route
      • Bugaboo Spire – North East Ridge
      • Mt Sir Donald – Northwest Ridge
      • Mt Aberdeen
      • Mt Stanley
      • Mt Fay – West Ridge
      • Mt Temple – East Ridge
    • One-Day Crevasse Rescue for the Alpinist
    • Navigation 1 (Back to Basics with Map & Compass)
    • Navigation 2 (Digital Trip Planning & Electronic Navigation)
    • One Month Summer Mountaineering Program
    • Private Mountaineering and Guiding
      • Climb Mount Athabasca
      • Bugaboos Climbing Guides
      • Climb Mount Assiniboine
      • Climb Mount Robson
  • Skiing
    • Instructional Backcountry Skiing & Boarding
      • Intro to Backcountry Skiing & Splitboarding
      • Backcountry Freerider
      • Ultimate Steep & Deep Clinic
    • Guided Steep & Deep Programs
      • Rogers Pass Powder Skiing
      • Signature Series Splitboarding Camp with Justin Lamoureux
      • Kootenays Powder Adventure
      • Backcountry Powder Pass
    • Ski Mountaineering & Classic Traverses
      • Intro to Ski Mountaineering
      • Crevasse Rescue for Skiers & Splitboarders
      • The Wapta Traverse
      • Bow to Yoho Ski Traverse
      • Bugaboos to Rogers Pass Ski Traverse
    • 11’000ers Ski Programs
      • Mt Hector
      • The Lyells & Mons Ski Descents
      • Mt Columbia Ski Expedition
    • International Ski Trips
      • Troll Peninsula, Iceland Ski Safari
      • Rishiri Island Skiing in Japan
    • Navigation 1 (Back to Basics with Map & Compass)
    • Navigation 2 (Digital Trip Planning & Electronic Navigation)
    • One Month Backcountry Ski Program
    • Private Ski Guiding & Splitboarding
  • Rock Climbing
    • Rock Climbing Level 1 – Outdoor Rock Intro
    • Rock Climbing Level 2 – Learn to Lead
    • Rock Climbing Level 3 – Multi-Pitch Climbing Course
    • Rock Climbing Level 4 – Trad Rock Leader
    • Rock Climbing Level 5 – Rock Rescue
      • Foundational Rock Rescue
      • Advanced Rock Rescue
    • Signature Series Rock Leader with Sean Isaac
    • Multipitch ‘Hot Rock’
    • Ghost Rock
    • El Potrero Chico Rock Road Trip
    • Beginner Experiential Rock Climbing
    • Multipitch & Instructional Rock Climbing
  • Ice Climbing
    • Ice Climbing Level 1 – Basic Ice
    • Ice Climbing Level 2 – Top Rope Management
    • Ice Climbing Level 1 & 2 – Ice Evolution
    • Ice Climbing Level 3 – Ice Leader
    • Ice Climbing Level 4 – Multi-Pitch Ice Leader
    • Steep Ice and Mixed Climbing Clinic
    • Icefields Parkway Ice Camp
    • Best of the Rockies Ice Climbing
    • Signature Series Ice Climbing with Sean Isaac
      • Early Season Ice Camp with Sean Isaac
      • Ice Leader Camp with Sean Isaac
      • Mixed Master Camp
      • Steep Ice Clinic with Sean Isaac
      • Mixed Climbing Clinic with Sean Isaac
      • Ice Lead Clinic with Sean Isaac
      • Multi-pitch Systems Clinic with Sean Isaac
    • Avalanche Skills for Ice Climbers
    • Beginner Experiential Ice Climbing
    • Private Multipitch & Instructional Ice Climbing
  • Mountain Semesters
    • 3-Month Mountain Skills Semester
    • 1-Month Summer Mountaineering Semester
    • 1-Month Ski & Splitboard Semester

Intermediate and Advanced Programs

After you develop a base level of mountaineering skills, we have an endless number of mountaineering courses in Canada for you to further build skills or test yourself on more challenging mountaineering objectives.  Whether on one of our scheduled programs or with a private guide, our experience in delivering intermediate and advanced itineraries is unmatched in the Canadian Rockies.  Planning a foreign trip but want a trusted Yamnuska guide as your climbing partner?  No problem.  Our guides have experience climbing on all continents and we can take care of all the logistics.

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 4 days of technical training on steep snow and ice and is great training for Mt Robson or other technical objectives.

Lake Louise Classics – Climb the classic peaks that early mountaineers first explored in Canada.  We have a 3-day and a 6-day option climbing 11,000 ft peaks.

Moraine Lake Alpine Classics – Join us for three days of climbing some of Canada’s alpine classics. We will start our trip at Moraine Lake, in Lake Louise, by hiking up the Valley of the Ten Peaks to the Neil Colgan Hut. This is Canada’s highest alpine dwelling and a perfect place to bag its’ surrounding peaks. 

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

Fairy Meadows Granite Camp – Join us on a 5-day excursion where we will spend the week focusing on some of the classic alpine granite routes that the Adamants have to offer.

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.

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