Rock Climbing & Adventure Camp

Meet Our Guides

The Climbing Camp Guides are all Acadia Mountain Guides who specialize in kid's programs and are AMGA certified Top Rope Site Managers.

Acadia Mountain Guides Climbing School is a company of professional guides. Since our inception in 1993, we have encouraged formal training and evaluation of all our guides. Our guiding standards are the among the best in the industry and represent the highest standards in Maine. Our guides are friendly, dedicated professionals whose talents lie in their technical expertise, climbing ability and their skill as educators. The quality of our guides is what makes Acadia Mountain Guides Climbing School your best source for climbing instruction.

Our school is American Mountain Guides Association(AMGA) accredited (see Accreditation/ Certification). We require all of our guides to meet the terrain guidelines of the new 2005 AMGA accreditation program. The 2005 accreditation standards differ from the current standards in that they require each individual guide to have experience, guide education and evaluation appropriate to the terrain they work on. The current accreditation is only a brief review of staffing, permits, field performance and insurance. However, of utmost importance to you are the training and experience of your personal guide who is the person tying into the other end of your rope!

Surprisingly, most U.S. guides have little formal guide education and only a handful are currently certified.

Acadia Mountain Guides Climbing School insures that each client will be guided not only by a skilled climber but by a guide who has invested a great deal of time into specialized guide training through the American Mountain Guides Association.

Our guides are veteran climbers with several years of diverse climbing experience. By requiring specialized guide education courses we maximize competency and efficiency and greatly reduce risk. Our greater efficiency allows more time to teach you important skills, and to provide you with more climbing opportunities without feeling rushed. All are also certified at or above the Wilderness First Responder level of medical care. Our internal training keeps everyone up on the latest techniques and current on the best local practices.

We are committed to providing you with the best climbing experience possible. It is our goal to provide a supportive climbing environment that maximizes your time and minimizes your risk. Our mission leads us to continually develop cutting edge ideas and techniques that improve the delivery of our instruction. Many of these ideas have become the foundation guide training. We believe that the guiding art requires extensive climbing experience and a multi-faceted educational background. We take our philosophy to heart and work to promote responsible climbing and wilderness use as well as responsible guiding on both a local and national level. We are proud to be participating in the development of professional standards that other guide services aspire to. Simply put, we are attentive to the details.

Other Questions:
We are happy to answer your questions. Email or call, climb@acadiamountainguides.com, 1-888-232-9559