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Private Pricing

A private trip allows you to choose your own dates, set your own pace, and enjoy a more customized experience with your guide.

Pricing is per person, per day:

  • Full Day:  1:1 – $475, 2:1 – $325, 3:1 – $250, 4:1 – $225, 5:1 – $200, 6:1 – $175
  • Half Day:  1:1 – $425, 2:1 – $245, 3:1 – $190, 4:1 – 175, 5:1 – $155, 6:1 – $135

Note: Some of the longer routes that take more than 9 hours car-to-car to complete will cost an additional $80. Your program coordinator will let you know if the route you’re requesting has an additional cost or not.​

Inclusions and Exclusions

Inclusions: Included in the course cost are group technical climbing equipment like ropes and rock protection, all permits, fee to enter Red Rock NCA and the guide fee.

Exclusions: Not included in the course cost are all personal clothing and climbing gear, rentals, gratuities to the guide, meals, lodging, or travel insurance.  On private programs, you are responsible for your own and your guide’s transportation.

Travel Insurance

We strongly recommend that you purchase comprehensive travel insurance that includes trip cancellation coverage.  Ripcord is our primary travel insurance provider, offering coverage for trip cancellation, trip delay, baggage, medical evacuation and other eventualities.

Unlike many vacations that are less physically demanding, a climbing and trekking vacation can be ruined by an illness or relatively minor injury that occurs before departure. While you can still tour a city or head to the beach with a sprained ankle or a very bad cold (albeit, less conveniently), such an injury or common illness can stop you in your tracks short of your climbing or trekking destination.

If you would like to do a longer route that requires an early morning meeting, please request the route by name and the office will work with both you and your guide to set an appropriate meeting time and location.

Course Options

If you’d like to join a group of climbers, we offer several programs that are regularly scheduled during the core desert climbing season.  Content from these courses may be offered on a private basis as well.

  • Outdoor Rock Climbing Intensive Introduction – Learn basic climbing skills and movement techniques in this four-day program.
  • Learn to Lead – An introduction to traditional rock leadership, designed for those who have done some outdoor climbing and are ready to take the next step.

Routes

We offer all types of climbing in Moab and Indian, from splitter cracks to desert towers.  Here are some examples of routes we guide:

  • Castleton Tower: A unique tower that stands alone four-hundred feet above the desert floor is perhaps the most famous of the desert towers. The Kor-Ingalls Route (III, 5.9) on the south face has the distinction of being one of the prestigious Fifty Classic Climbs in North America. This classic line offers up a bit of everything, from off-width climbing to hand cracks to a squeeze chimney. It is a route not to be missed! When the desert sun is too warm, an excellent alternative to the Kor-Ingalls is the equally enjoyable North Chimney (III, 5.9). By any means, Castleton Tower is one of the most enjoyable climbs in the area.
  • The Priest: Found just north of Castleton Tower, this feature looks like a Priest blessing the approaching climber. The most popular line on this 330-foot tall tower is the Honeymoon Chimney (III, 5.9, A0), which as you might have suspected, includes a lot of engaging chimney climbing.
  •  Ancient Art, Stolen Chimney: One of the most amazing summits in the entire region, the bulbous top of Ancient Art looks like something Salvador Dali might paint if he were asked to render a desert tower. Five pitches of varied climbing, including a crawl across a foot-wide ridge top, and a wild mantle over a diving board-shaped feature lead to this absolutely stunning summit (III, 5.8, A0).
  • The Lighthouse Tower: Another peak with a tiny summit that will only hold one person at a time, this 315-foot tall tower has two intermediate-level routes, the Posiden Adventure (III, 5.9+) and Lonely Vigil (II, 5.10).
  • Twin Cracks (I, 5.8+ or 5.9): A classic corner jamming climb that is made more interesting by the option to do stemming or chimney-like moves.
  • Supercrack (of the Desert), (I, 5.10+ or 5.11 – full climb): The  climb that changed everything, this climb ushered in the modern era of ultra-pure Indian Creek jamming. Called “Supercrack of the Desert” to distinguish it from the substantially harder Supercrack in New York’s Shawangunks.
  • Gorilla Crack (I, 5.10a or b): A lovely long crack that joins a corner near the top, the width varies from tight hands to offwidth.
  • Bridger Jacks, Sunflower Tower (I, 5.10+): The Bridger Jacks are a rib of picturesque, freestanding pinnacles.  Sunflower Tower’s East face is a three-pitch classic for accomplished crack climbers.