Information Details

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:

  • 1:1 – $555, 2:1 – $350, 3:1 – $275, 4:1 – $250

Inclusions and Exclusions

Inclusions: Included in the course cost are group technical climbing equipment like ropes and ice protection, all permits and fees, 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.

Rentals

We offer crampons, ice tools, helmet, and harness for rent. Please contact the office to rent equipment.  All rentals should be arranged in advance.

Transportation

If you are traveling by air, Telluride is the closest airport, but Montrose is not much farther and is usually better to fly into. Your travel dates should allow for an arrival in town the day before your program begins and for departure the day after your trip ends. We do not recommend that you fly out any earlier than the day after your course.  If you would like assistance arranging travel or a rental vehicle please feel free to contact our office.

You won’t need a car if you only climb in the ice park. You will, however, need a rental car if you plan on climbing any backcountry ice, skiing, or mountaineering; you should come prepared to drive yourself and your instructor to and from the trailhead and climbing areas if this is the case. Vehicle rental options are available in Telluride and Montrose.  A 4-wheel drive vehicle is often required.

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.

Course Options

The Ouray Ice Park and San Juan backcounty are home to hundreds of beginner, intermediate and advanced level single-pitch and multi-pitch ice and mixed routes. Our regularly scheduled programs will have you working on techniques from basic climbing skills, movement, anchor building, rescue technique, to leadership skills on single-pitch terrain or leading multi-pitch routes.