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Ice Climbing Courses in Ouray

"Clint: Just wanted to drop you a line and express how much I thoroughly enjoyed your ice class. It was fun to spend sometime with a climber of Andres ability and he was a terrific instructor an a joy to be around. You have a great business and I will be back again....
Thanks again for a thoroughly enjoyable two days.
"
S. Morgan. Basic Ice Course Dec 11-12, 2010.

Our group instructional ice climbing courses are fixed date courses allowing individuals to gain the instruction they need without the expense of a private guide. Over the past decade San Juan Mountain Guides, LLC has developed a great curriculum for developing efficient and elegant ice climbers. We are excited to now be able to pass on our knowledge to groups of motivated ice climbers.

Listed below are the available beginner and intermediate and expert ice climbing courses for the 2011/2012 Winter ice climbing season. All ice climbing equipment is included in our courses.

Pre-season ice/mixed training camp Nov 12-14. It is $675 4:1 max. Call for details! This course will run.

2-Day Basic Ice Climbing Course - click here to go to the course info page

Basic Ice Climbing course costs $340, 2 days -Saturday and Sunday, maximum ratio 4:1- All ice climbing equipment is included.
Start dates: 12/17/11, 12/23/11(Fri/Sat), 12/30/11(Fri/Sat), 12/31/11, 1/14/12, 1/21/12, 1/28/12, 2/4/12, 2/11/12, 2/18/12, 2/25/12, 3/3/12, 3/10/12, 3/17/12

2 Day Intermediate Ice Climbing Course - click here to go to the course info page

Intermediate Ice Climbing Course costs $360, 2 days Saturday Sunday, maximum ratio 3:1- All ice climbing equipment is included.
Start dates: 12/30/11 (Fri/Sat), 1/14/12, 2/11/12, and 3/3/12

5 Day Expert's Ice Climbing Seminar

5 Day Expert's Ice Climbing Seminar costs $1100, December 26 - 30, 2011 and January 16 - 20, 2012. All ice climbing equipment is included.