Professional Guide Services
The following are professional guide services with which the Biggest Lines has had firsthand experience. These guides/companies are well regarded in the industry and offer the highest levels of competence and experience. All come highly recommended. For more information/profiles on individual guides go to our Guides page. Hiring a guide—any qualified guide—is never a bad idea. Absent professional guidance, one should follow these VERY GENERAL and VERY LIMITED safety rules.
Professional Guide Companies/Agencies
Alpine Ascents International, Seattle, Washington
Cloudsplitter Mountain Guides, Salt Lake City, Utah
Compagnie des Guides, Chamonix, France
Cosley et Houston Alpine Guides, Les Houches, France
Exum Mountain Guides, Jackson Hole, Wyoming
Tom Grant, Chamonix, France
Ross Hewitt Guiding, Chamonix, France
High Peak Adventures, Chamonix, France
Jackson Hole Mountain Guides, Jackson Hole, WY
Pro Guiding Service, North Bend, Washington
Benjamin Ribeyre, La Grave, France
ProVallone Private Guiding and Instruction, La Grave
Erin Smart Mountain Guide, La Grave, France
San Juan Mountain Guides, Ouray, Colorado
Sawtooth Mountain Guides, Stanley, Idaho
Skierslodge Guide Service, La Grave, France
Snow Legend, La Grave, France
Skyward Mountaineering, Ridgway, Colorado
Smile Mountain Guides, Front Range/Boulder, Colorado
Societe Guide Alpine, Courmayeur, Italy
—Mark Newcomb
Highly regarded mountain guide, athlete, thinker. Former director and co-owner of Exum Mountain Guides, Jackson, Wyoming
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A guided group negotiating the Aiguille du Midi Arete, Chamonix, France (Getty Images)
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