Mountain Guiding Rates
The following list shows our starting rates for privately booked guiding for you or your group.
Rates vary depending on the type of activity, the objective, location, and the size of the group.
Pricing applies to trips in Banff, Yoho, Kootenay and Glacier National Parks; Kananaskis Country in Alberta; and the Golden BC area.
Rates are in Canadian Dollars.
Interac or Wise bank transfer payments are preferred. Credit card payments incur an additional 3% fee.
Please add 5% tax to all pricing.
Skiing
$700/day for one person for day trips
$750/day for one person for overnight trips
Add $150 for each additional person per day
Objectives taking longer than 8 hours may incur additional fees
SINGLE pitch Rock Climbing
$650/day for one person
Add $150 for each additional person per day
$650 for a family (parents and kids)
Climbs 5.9 or harder will incur additional fees
Multi-pitch rock climbing
$700 for one person
Add $150 for each additional person per day
Maximum ratio is 2 clients per 1 guide, some objectives may only be available as a 1:1 ratio
Climbs 5.9 or harder will incur additional fees
Objectives taking longer than 8 hours may incur additional fees
Alpine Rock climbing
$800 for one person
Add $150 for each additional person per day
Maximum ratio is 2 clients per 1 guide, some objectives may only be available as a 1:1 ratio
Climbs 5.9 or harder will incur additional fees
Objectives taking longer than 10 hours and overnight trips may incur additional fees
Scramble Peaks
$750 for one person
$800 for one person for Mt Temple
Add $150 for each additional person per day
For most objectives the maximum ratio is 4 clients per 1 guide
Mountaineering and Alpine Climbing
$800 for one person
Add $150 for each additional person per day
Maximum ratio is 4 clients per 1 guide, many objectives will require lower ratios
Technically difficult climbs will incur additional fees
Objectives taking longer than 10 hours and overnight trips may incur additional fees
Recreational-level Training
$700 for one person
Add $150 for each additional person per day
Maximum ratio is 8 clients per 1 guide
Professional-level training
$800 for one person
Add $150 for each additional person per day
Maximum ratio is 4 clients per 1 guide
additional costs which may be incurred
Mountain hut accommodations
Hotel or camping accommodations for trips based in zones other than the Banff/Lake Louise/Canmore/Kananaskis/Golden areas
Travel expenses for trips based in zones further than approximately one hour drive from Banff, Alberta or Golden, BC
Catering
Equipment rentals
Objectives that require smaller guide to client ratios
Objectives that require longer than normal days
Objectives that are technically and/or physically more difficult than normal