Backcountry Touring Guides
Backcountry touring is the heart of human-powered skiing — skinning up and skiing down in terrain beyond the resort boundary. Our certified guides know the best lines, the safest routes, and where to find untracked snow.
Backcountry Touring Guides(1144)


Luciana Tessio
Bariloche
Javier Carvallo
Oruro
Juan Antonio Concha
Concepción
Jonathan Hattrell
Hokitika
Willy Gonzalez
Argentina
Marcos Sentis
Mendoza


Cristian Rodrigo Mur
San Miguel de Tucuman
Juan Eduardo Campos
Catamarca
Santiago Arias
El Chaltén
Ricardo Malisani


Germán Romero
Merlo

Quentin Delavignette
Allemond
Franklin Salcedo Guasajan Salcedo Vielma
Provincia de Tungurahua. Baños de agua santa
Fernando Armani
Dario Remorino
villa la angostura
Jorge Ramirez
Santiago
Ricardo Vaca
Quito

Ramesh Simkhada
kathmandu
Barbara Golonka

Andrea Benato
Arvier
Naren Thakuri
Chamonix
Kumar Vikash
Heber Orona
Mendoza
Alejandro Aleuy
Barloche
Hugo Ayaviri
Benjamin Guigonnet
Nice
Basile Ferran
NICE
Al Sutton
Aberdeenshire
Rob Lloyd
Michael Burk
Hackettstown, NJ
Norm Rasmussen
Eric Jamet
Simon Duverney
Grenoble
Manu Ibarra
Ishaq Ali
Hunza Valley in the Northern Areas
Ken Pettersen

Pie D
Tel Aviv
Deepak Khadka
Charikot


Juho Lukkari
Konstanz

Pemba Ongchhu Sherpa
Kathmandu

Felipe Jacome
Quito


Lakpa Sherpa
Kathmandu

Diego Dozo
Buenos Aires


Ignacio Espinosa Andrade
Quito


Roberto Gomez Sainz
Ciudad La Paz


Bernardo Guarachi
La Paz

Estalin Suárez
Quito



Martín Serra
Mendoza


Danilo Tic
Slovenska Bistrica

Ramiro Calvo
Bariloche



Goulven Cuzon
Val d'Isère



Todd Passey
Salt Lake City · Salt Lake City

Roy Smith

Pablo Kuntz
Mendoza


Federico Arletti

Luis Angel Rojo Garcia





Jun Ishiguro
Sapporo - Hokkaido


Hervé Pichoux
Les Allues

Alberto de Giuli
Cortina d'Ampezzo (Dolomites)

Alejo Lazzati
Quito

Yasuko Kikuchi
Sapporo - Hokkaido

Javier Garrido Velasco
Jaca







Guides de l'Alpe d'Huez Bureau des
Alpe d'Huez

Carlos Liendo
Santiago

Eliana Caamaño
El Bolson






Ascent Descent "The Lyngen Mountain Guides"
Tromsø


Thomas Vialletet
Briançon


Archil Tsintsadze
Tbilisi

Tomas Roy Aguilo
El Chaltén

Tshering Pande Bhote Guiding Team Pande Bhote
Kathmandu


Fran Nava
Lhakpa Kitar Sherpa
Kathmandu


PeaksHunter Mountain Guides
Aosta Valley

Francesco Ratti
Valtournenche

Tomás Ceppi
Buenos Aires - Mendoza - Bariloche
Ang Norbu Sherpa
Kathmandu
Guy Cotter
Wanaka

Anselme Baud
Chamonix / Avoriaz / Morzine

Prorock Outdoor Team
Camaiore (Alpi Apuane - Tuscany)




Denis Savelyev
Moscow


Mauricio Fernández
Chacras de Coria


Nicolas Draperi
Champcella

Gabriel Fava
San Juan




Magno Camones
Huaraz


François Delas
Ouzous

Sebastian Beltrame Muschietti
Ushuaia

Jorge Kozulj
Chalten and Bariloche (Patagonia · Bariloche

Luciano Badino
Mendoza



Padam Ghale
Kathmandu

Mathias Leo
Sankt Johann in Tirol



Toshiya Watanabe
Rishiri-gun




Yann Decaillet
Salvan

Kenichi Minegishi
Kanagawa
Xavier Bogo
Val d'Isère




Francesc Claramunt
Barcelona


Guillaume Christian
L'Argentière La Bessée


Konstantin Zazdravnykh
St.Petersburg


Tim Steward
Wanaka


Martin Elorza Alday
San Sebastian-Donostia



Romaric PELLICIER
Bourg-Saint-Maurice

Beto Pinto Toledo
Huaraz








Fernando Iza
El Chaupi



Bruno Roche
Chamonix


Renato & Guides' team Bernard
Campitello di Fassa

Hiroko Takatsuki
Gunma

Tomohiro Tonegawa
Hakuba






Yukio Muramatsu
Kanagawa

Makoto Takeishi
Sapporo

Akihiro Tachimoto
Otaru

Taro Watanabe
Yakushima


Junichi Aida
Yakushima
Ryusuke Nomura
Hokkaido

Naoki Kawata
Gifu

Shinya Nakagawa
Higashikawa

Ryuta Asahi
Gifu

Miriam Marco Sanchez
Val d'Aran

Yu Sato
Sapporo

Icelandic Mountain Guides
Reykjavík

Stéphane Angénieux
Chambery


Azimut Montagne
Briançon

Juan Carlos Chamoso
Sotres

José Ignacio Zarza

Julien Morel
Grenoble





Pedro Hauck
Curitiba

Alex Ribeiro
Rio de Janeiro

Yaroslav Nikotin
Bishkek

Katsuhiro Oda
Hokkaido
Hideki Morita
Nara

Phurba Namgyal Sherpa Guiding Team Namgyal Sherpa
Kathmandu


Tadashi Terada
Miura













Bernhard Egger
Bramberg Am Wildkogel




Wataru Nara



Katsumi Ueno
Wakayama

Chikako Hayashi
Fuji-yoshida

Mohamed Outemgounte




Andreas Abegglen
Grindelwald





Patrice Flesh
Hattstatt

Kenichi Nagaoka
Takasaki
Satoshi Tsukahara
Akaigawa
Michio Takimoto
Hakuba

Rafael Guerrero Melgar
Granada (Andalusia)




Vojtech Dvorak
Jilemnice
Shin Kaneko
Hakone


Chiharu Nakajima
Saitama
Reynold Plankensteiner

Daniel Milla
Huaraz

Guadalupe Alvarez Montserrat


Yu Takeo
Hakuba

Akis Parousis
Katerini




Marko Stremfelj
Kranj

Marija Stremfelj
Kranj



Matjaz Jeran
Radovljica


Riccardo Quaranta
Campobasso (Molise)

Radek Lienerth
Brno


Marco Antonio Lliuya Reyes
Huaraz





Julie Michel
Corsica | Reunion



Jun Horie
Niseko
Robin Beadle
Matt Dickinson
Peak District

Alfredo Gago
Madrid

Borut Naglic
Kranj
Kazumitsu Suzuki
Jaime Avila
Quito

Jeremías Palavecino
Bariloche

Julver Eguiluz
Arequipa



Hugo Sifuentes
Huaraz


Tim Robertson
Wanaka (NZ) & Interlaken (Switzerland)

José Camarlinghi
La Paz


Laurent Aublette
Meyrargues

Yukihisa Akada
Azumino (Nagano)

Satoshi Suzuki
Omachi


Jordi Tosas
Benasque

Cesar Vargas
Huaraz

Munehiro Kawai
Otari
Julián García Romo
Madrid

Neil Mackay
Lake District
Eukeni Soto
Bilbao
Takefumi Yamamoto
Will Sim
Christian Dares
Román Bascuñana
Madrid

Arcadio Mamani Viza
Arequipa

Raúl Lora del Cerro
Hoyos del Espino

Fernando Calvo
Picos de Europa


Oscar Gogorza
Bilbao

Egon Feller
Rinaldo Borra
Fredy Tscherrig
Oberems


Roger Cararach
Montserrat

Igor Kremser
Ljubljana

Jonathan Bruchez
Lourtier


Franc Pepevnik
Jorge Lantero
Val d'Aran
Martín Moriyón Romero
Gijon


Xavi Zapater
Catalunya
Sergi Ricart Ibars
Taüll
Juanito Oiarzabal
Vitoria-Gasteiz
Jorge Valle
Val d'Aran

Percy Dextre
Huaraz

Jon Dieguez
Val d'Aran
Robert Rot
Bovec
Aritza Monasterio
Huaraz
Jordi Marmolejo
Lérida
David Silva
Quito / Cojitambo
Hernán Bonilla
Quito
Marcial Vasquez
Quito
Marius O Larsen
Narvik


Patricio Salazar
Ambato
Marcelo Segovia
Quito




Rafael Martinez
Quito

Flavio Armas Castellanos
Quito


Richard Bale
Bethesda
Jon Punshon
Newcastle
Miguel Perez
Baños
Dani Ascaso
Jacobo Larrea Yanez
Quito
Hugo Pineida
Quito
Oscar Morales
Sierra de Gredos
Paul Rogers
Phil Ralph
Staveley



Julio Maguiña
Huaraz

Joby Davis

Yoshinobu Shimada
Saitama

Fabián Bustillos
Quito
Fabian Morales
Quito


Juan Espinosa
Quito

Mario Arnold


Camilo Andrade
Quito


Remo Baltermia

Roger Lopez de Haro
Val d'Aran

Remy Maquignaz
Villeneuve (Aosta)





Christian Vitry
Salta

Mikel Zabalza
Navarra
Herman Binder
Córdoba

Serafino Moretti

Alberto Silvestri
Maurizio Gaillard
Giovanna Mongilardi

Leo Infanger
Silenen UR

Kayo Sonoda
Hakuba

Roger Schäli
Interlaken

Mege Christen
Steinhausen
Emanuel Schroth

Nicolas Annereau
Chamonix

Paul Degonda
Disentis

Stephane Comte
Chamonix

Ernst Marti
Elm

Helmut Kritzinger
Dolomites

Guy Della Valle
Jean-Patrick Baudet
Ollon


Marika Fave
Campitello di Fassa (Dolomites)


Eduardo Muntane
Segovia
Umberto Bado
Fernando Cobo Guerrero
Las Rozas de Madrid

Iraitz Ezkergain
La Grave
Christoph Haueter
Bern

Tomas Mueller
Chamonix
Katie Burrell

Tano Masperi
Bariloche

Aleksandr Ilin
Russian Federation

Sergi Gasa
Valle de Arán
Claudio Ricci
San Martín de los Andes

Carlos Zárate
Arequipa

Leandro Ereñu
Córdoba

Julio Mesías A.
Quito
Luciano Bernacchi
El Calafate


Nacho Garrido-Lestache
Pyrenees spain

Ramiro Garrido
Quito

Taichiro Naka
Mt Cook village


Marco Kulot
Italy

Uli Kusnezov
Tucumán

Andrei Shevtsov
Bishkek

Antoine Klock
Chamonix - Le Bourg d'Oisans - Tiges

Damián Aurelio
Huaraz
Jose Juan Domínguez López
Pontevedra
Pablo Martin
Sierra Nevada
Jon Ander Beristain
Bilbao
David Seguido Velazquez
Jaca

Rubén Martín Sánchez
Madrid

Angel Sánchez
Madrid

Fernando Garrido
Jaca

Julián Carielo
San Martín de los Andes

Mauro Mairati
Italy

Benoit Peyronnard
Servoz


Brian Jones
Squamish


Ricard Fernandez
Tarragona

Simon Thomson
Whistler, BC

E-S Adventure Guides North America
Kico Cerda
Asturias



Asier Perez Urcelay
Basque Country


Ilan Zeimer
Mendoza

Hisao Morales
Huaraz

Pasang Ongchu Sherpa
Kathmandu

Alexandre Auchecorne
France

Zbigniew Mlynarczyk
Germany

Anne van Galen
Les Vigneaux

Rob Jarvis
Chamonix

Arthur Sordoillet

Cecilia Buil
Huesca

Sergi Benaiges Robuste
Barbera de la Conca


Alfio Perricelli
Sicily



Anibal Maturano
Barreal

Elías Gonzalez
Asturias

Jeff Robin
France
Cristian Rodriguez Garcia
Ermua


Isaac Cortes
Les Esglesies


Philippe Batoux
Chamonix



Miguel Angel Adrados
Oviedo

Mark Seaton
Chamonix




Marc Vilaplana
Tavernoles

Carlos Callupe Carrera
Huaraz - Ancash - Perú

Odysseia-In -
Bulgaria

Pierre Laine
Grenoble


Pedro Pascual de Anta
Huesca

Gilles Fleury
Chamonix


Stefano Michelazzi
Lake Garda

Robin Walz
Chamonix
Jun Nakamaru
Minakami
Mizuha Higashi

Xavi Fábregas
Barcelona

Jose Garces
Ambato

Malcolm Haskins
Wanaka

Isra Samper
Chamonix · Mont Blanc
Miguel García Fernández-Miranda
Asturias and Canarias



Gorka Diaz de Corcuera
Benasque Valley and Sierra de Guara

Jose Homs Mestres


Diego De Angelis
El Chalten


Anahi Pomponio
Cordoba

Giuseppe Sordini

Gabriel Ignacio Laudadio
Ushuaia

Renzo Zampatti
Vezza d'Oglio

Andes Specialists -
Mendoza


Marino De Colle
Belluno


Sylvain Garraud
Neuchatel

Nicolae Durnac
Romania

Andi Ovenstone
Sent
Evelyne Binsack
Meiringen


Vassili Bosi

Ervin Jacomet
Disentis

Vincent Hentsch
Switzerland
Pascal Gillioz
Verbier

Nico Defretin
Argentiere

Markus Filzer
Franz Karger
Klaus Pfaffneder
Ludwig Kranabetter

Bernd Eberle
Mittenwald

Gustavo Caselli
Argentina



Juan Villagra
Bariloche

Gebhard Bendler
Kitzbühel

Chris Schmidt

Giovanni Fusco

Elite Guides -
Fort William

Javier Herrera
Quito


Alvaro Ramos Robles
Leon

David Duran
Barcelona


Giovanni Orlando
Malga Ciapela

Massimo Laurencig
Montefosca
Jean-Pierre Renaud
Chamonix

Andy Jones
Mendoza



Lisi Roig
Catalan Pyrenees · Pyrenees




Tommaso Zamarchi

Mauro Zannoni
Belluno
Mamel Jimenez
Marcelo Noria
Magallanes Region

Julen Hernando
Basque Country

Stefan Brunner
Austria

Josep Hernandez
Hostalets de Balenyà
Pacifico Machaca Blanco
La Paz
Matias Viera
Argentina

Alberto Andres
Spain

Luis Miguel Menendez Fernandez
Spain

AET Canyoning
Ariel Di Carlantonio
Argentina
Monica Valdes
Spain

Jose Miguel Dattoli
Puerto Montt

Hernan Rios
Mendoza

Ruedi Wiesner
St. Moritz



Daniel Sosa
Neuquen
Hector Poblete
San Martin de los Andes

Dimitris Sotirakis
Greece

Eduardo Lopez
Argentina

Judith Roblin
Geneva

Ana Marea Zgraggen
Lodano

Pedro Lima
Ushuaia
Cora Langbehn
Bariloche

Waldo Aravena
El Calafate
Sonia Casas Torcida
Pyrenees

Pablo Nieto
Salamanca
Thomas Steber

Vicente Reyes Mingo
Madrid

Angel Mieres
Spain



Pau Gomez
Spain


Maarten Van Haeren
Canmore


Cesar Suarez Pestonit
Spain
Manuel Argul Ramos
Madrid

Peter Schon
Narvik

Sierra Mountaineering International
Bishop, CA



Paul Guerra
Ecuador

Pau Muñoz Aldana
Benasque




Yusuke Hirota
Tokyo

Andres Arias
Avila

Iran Plateau
Tehran




Toti & Guides' team Vales
Coll de merolla




Marian Spisso
El Chalten










Palan Martin
Mataelpino
Victor Noll Martin
Valencia
Adria Margarit
Lérida



Alpiwork Ufficio Guide Finale
Finale Ligure







Fabian Chuto Mishqui
Riobamba


Lilen Sosa
El Chaltén

Francisco Orellana
Chile


Ascenso Andino Colombia Montañismo y Escalada
Suesca


Miguel Villacis
Quito





Rosana Laguia Schonhoff
Tielve

Vicente Renard Oñate
Chile

Luciano Frasson
San Carlos de Bariloche



Marcel Espinal
Solsona





Daniel Vergara
Spain

Juanjo Alvarez Garcia
Asturias



Up Ski and Mountain Guides
Saint Jean de Maurienne

Juan Carlos Silva
Quito

Georgina Martino
Argentina



Toyokazu Nakano
Myoko


Fernando Daneri
Mendoza





Marta Presseguer
Catalunya

Climbing South America
Bolivia



Pemba Sherpa
Kathmandu

Blas Sepulveda
Pucón

Pablo Santiago Mata
Picos de Europa
Rene Osorio
Chile

Angel Delgado
Valdivia
Richard Monsalve
Pucon
Julio Choque Alaña
La Paz


Ignacio Aguilera
Chile



Carlos Baeza
Chile

Leo Sanchez
Chile



Albert Crusat
Montserrat Mountain
Grace Olave Olave
Chile

Grzegorz Kubicki
Zakopane

Nick Cannon Jones
Cumbria


Pere Herms
Barcelona



Luis Felipe Ossa Rodriguez
Colombia

Cerro Castillo Mountain Guides
Cerro Castillo


Morzine-Avoriaz Guides Bureau
Morzine (Haute-Savoie)


Gabriel Honda
Bariloche
Francisco Carrillo Muñoz
Chile



Jorge Mancera
Bogotá




Masayuki Matsubara
Kanagawa


Rafa Bosch
Montanejos
Sebastian Masia Tomas
Vinaros
Hector Gozalbez
Spain

Albert Segura
Spain

Santiago Valerga
Cataluña




Félix Aznar Ruiz de Alegría
Panticosa

Pere Montasell
Pyrenees

Vicky Vega
Sevilla
Afan Abazović
Zenica
Costin Miu
Bucharest
José María Pérez Baso
Canarias




Jaime Escolano
Alicante
Hesam Yousefi
Tehran

Catalin Grigoriu
Cluj-Napoca



Konstantin Bartosh
Irkutsk

Shako Margiani
Mestia, GA




Xavi Bonatti
La Massana

Kyoichi Karino
Sapporo






Yuki Ito
Hakuba
Akilpo Huaraz
Huaraz
Riki Nakajima
Chigasaki


Manuel Limbrici
Mendoza




Stefan Meiseleder
Innsbruck

Nikita Pecherskiy
Sochi

Hugo Cózar
Spain

Sochi Heliski
Russia




Daniel Martin
Taüll


Frozen Rocks Team
Kazakhstan


Oscar & Guides' team Zaldivar
Cholula


Evgeniy Reshetnikov
Karakol


Angela Cardenas
Cajón del Maipo


Reynaldo Camacho
Quito

Michele Barbiero
Pieve di Cadore (Dolomites)

Javier Embry
Malalcahuello





Roberto “Rouge” Rossi & Guides’ Team Rossi
Chamonix/Cervinia/Aosta Valley

Iva Tsiklauri
Gudauri, GA

Facundo Ferrari
Ushuaia
Rodolfo Torrens
Villa Cerro Castillo







Diego Zurek
Salento

Carlos & Guides' team Fouilloux
Valdivia










Yuki Nagaya
Sapporo

Tao Ui
Komoro



Daiki Sakakibara
Sapporo

Rythm Rides -
Niseko

Silk Road Guiding -
Almaty



Georgios Voutyropoulos
Paiania


Stamatis Konstantakopoulos
Athens


Kentaro Hayashi
Hokkaido
Northstar Outdoor Adventure
Japan






Mikael af Ekenstam
Narvik



Tomoyuki Ishihara
Tokyo · Nagano







Esprit Montagne Agence Trek, Trail et Alpinisme
Ravoire Martigny - SUISSE





Sangaku Takusaku
Hokuto

Takahiro Shimazaki
Hokkaido
Gaston Molina
Mendoza



Avy Courses
Marta
Chamonix · Chamonix


Sebastien
Chamonix · Chamonix

Kristinn
Kulusuk · Kulusuk

Einar
Kulusuk · Kulusuk

Sara
Troll Peninsula · Troll Peninsula
Avy CoursesChris
ski descents in Japan · Svalbard

Avy Courses
Ólafur
Troll Peninsula · Troll Peninsula

Avy Courses

Willie Benegas
Sandy, UT · Salt Lake City

Leifur
Troll Peninsula · Troll Peninsula



Data Topuria
Tbilisi · Goderdzi




Phil
England near the Peak District National Park · Svalbard


Emelie
Revelstoke, BC · Svalbard


Brodie
Atlin, BC · Atlin

Edita Jirova
Gudauri · Gudauri

Eva Stribrna
Gudauri · Gudauri

Cyril Adamek
Hokkaido · Hokkaido


Will Mackannes
Nagano Prefecture · Nagano Prefecture

Avy Courses
Keenan
Myoko · Myoko

Christoph
Spitsbergen · Spitsbergen

Avy Courses
Nata Japaridze
Svaneti · Svaneti

Winslow Passey
Wasatch Mountains · Wasatch Mountains



Luís
Verbier · Verbier
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Frequently Asked Questions
How much does guided backcountry touring cost?
Guided backcountry touring typically costs $0–$14397 per day, depending on location, group size, and specific experience.
Do I need experience for guided backcountry touring?
Experience requirements vary by guide and specific program. Many guides offer beginner-friendly options, while others specialize in advanced terrain. Check individual guide profiles for specific requirements.
What certifications should a backcountry touring guide have?
Look for AMGA-certified (amga.com) or IFMGA-licensed (ifmga.info) guides with current avalanche training (AIARE Instructor or CAA Level 2) and Wilderness First Responder certification. These credentials ensure your guide has met rigorous professional standards.