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Adventure, Challenge and partnership

UPComing Featured Trips

A rock climber in a yellow jacket is leading a route in a right facing corner in the Black Canyon.

Black canyon Rock climbing

Explore the adventurous multipitch rock climbing in the Black Canyon National Park. Skyward Mountaineering offers guided climbing on multiple classic routes on the North and South Rim, from moderate routes 6 pitches long to challenging Grade V face and crack climbs. All guided trips are customized, low-ratio trips to meet your goals and abilities.

A climber is ascending the final headwall on the North Ridge of Forbidden Peak in the North Cascades. He is wearing a red helmet and red backpack with a jagged ridgeline splitting a glacier in the background.

North Cascades Alpine Climbing

The rugged North Cascades are host to world class alpine climbing with exposed rocky ridgelines, impressive and complex glaciers, steep snow climbing and vast remoteness in the mountains. Skyward Mountaineering specializes in customized itineraries for North Cascades alpine climbing, whether you’re a novice climber or want to link up the most challenging alpine objectives.

A rock climber follows a multipitch crack climb on the North Face of Castleton Tower in Moab. She is reaching across her body to jam her hand in the next crack.

Moab desert towers

Put your crack climbing skills to the test on the classic desert towers surrounding Moab, Utah. In addition to expert guiding on a world class rock climbing route, Skyward Mountaineering guides continue to provide instruction on improving your multipitch efficiency and crack climbing techniques to help you maximize the fun and learning opportunities. With our intimate knowledge of the Moab area desert towers and crags we can seek out the best routes for your specific ability and interests.

Featured Clinics

A rock climber in a yellow shirt is leading a crack climb in the sun in Escalante Canyon.

Learn To Crack Climb

This 2-day rock climbing course focuses on the fundamentals of crack climbing in the desert southwest. Learn the nuances of jamming finger cracks, efficient methods for off-width technique and enjoy some Type I fun on splitter hand cracks. Conveniently based out of Grand Junction, Colorado!

A climber in a red jacket and green pants is summiting Mount Shuksan in the North Cascades. She is smiling and holding two ice axes with clouds and glacier below.

Intro To Mountaineering

This 5-day introductory mountaineering course is based in the Pacific Northwest where we spend time learning the nuances of technical mountaineering on a glacier in the North Cascades. The course is designed to develop novices into confident and self-sufficient mountaineers. After this course, climbers will be able to plan their own mountaineering expedition, set up winter camp, route find on a complex glacier, climb steep snow, and implement crevasse rescue.

A climber is leading a mixed route above Camp Bird Road in Ouray, ascending dry rock with ice tools with crampons.

Learn to Mixed Climb

This 2-day mixed climbing course is designed for intermediate ice climbers looking to develop the precision and energy efficiency to climb steep and delicate mixed and drytooling routes in a winter environment. Climbers will learn to “read” the ice and the rock, conserve energy in steeper terrain and transition between rock and ice.

Custom Guiding: select a discipline

Skyward Mountaineering founder, Vince Anderson is climbing a steep snow slope in the Peruvian mountains.

alpine climbing

A rock climber is top-roping a crack climb in Moab. She is looking up and moving her hand for the next hold above.

rock climbing

An ice climber, wearing blue pants and red jacket, leads up a steep pillar in Silverton. Set against a backdrop of red cliffs there is a stark contrast between the red rock and blue ice.

Ice Climbing

A skier is turning in deep powder, he is getting ready to pole plant as the snow sprays up around him.

BAckcountry Skiing

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