Recently, Southwest Adventure Guide achieved American Mountain Guides Association (AMGA) Accreditation. What does AMGA Accreditation mean? Taken from the AMGA website is the following statment:
“Accreditation provides a consistent and meaningful standard by which to judge the reliability and professionalism of a climbing program. It informs the general public and land managers that a program conducts business in an ethical manner, is in compliance with state and federal regulations, and utilizes guides who are certified and that all guides in the program have received formal training appropriate to the terrain they guide.”
At Southwest Adventure Guides, we understand that our clients have many options when choosing to hire a guide service to help them achieve their climbing, mountaineering, or skiing goals, be it on a course, private trip, or expedition. In addition to the fact that the majority of our guides are certified in either the rock, ski, or alpine disciplines, our commitment as a company goes beyond that with regard to how we actually conduct business with our clients and present ourselves to the general public. The accreditation process was directly related to this commitment.
We’re excited to become one of the select few guide services to have subjected themselves to the rigorous process of becoming an AMGA Accredited Company. Many, many thanks goes out to all the individuals who helped to make this happen, most especially Senior Guide Andrew Klotz, who spent countless hours meticulously organizing all the information that needed to be compiled during the process!!
Click on the following link to read more about the AMGA Accreditation process.
Nate Disser
Director/Head Guide
AMGA Certified Rock & Alpine Guide
