With an early start to summer and the recent hot weather, Sawtooth trails are opening up ahead of schedule. Most […]

The summer season always begins with guide training. This is a great way to leave images of powder and couloirs […]

Extracurricular Activities: the AMGA

The American Mountain Guides Association (AMGA) certifies guides in three disciplines: rock, alpine, and ski mountaineering. Each discipline typically has two 7-10 […]

Ski Mountaineering Camps 2013

This spring we ran two Ski Mountaineering Camps at the Williams Peak Hut. While snow was rapidly disappearing in the […]

Girls Backcountry Ski Trip to the Williams Peak Hut

Last weekend, Sara returned from guiding a trip at the Williams Peak Hut with four women from the Ketchum/Hailey area. With […]

SCOTT Sports at the Williams Peak Hut

This past week, SCOTT Sports and a host of media folks/gear testers joined Sawtooth Mountain Guides for three days of […]

Trip Report: Work Meeting on Imogene Peak

Meetings are a necessary evil with most jobs, and operating a guide service is no exception. Our advice: meetings are […]

Be sure to check out our latest version of this post updated for 2017! While no one gets sick of […]

Trip Report: Williams Hut with the Vermont Powder Pigs

I’ll be honest, conditions in the Sawtooths were a little grim. But then 4-6″ of new snow arrived, and so […]

Trip Report: Mid-Winter Couloir Skiing

Michael left his home turf in the Wasatch last weekend to join Sawtooth Mountain Guides for a couple days of ski […]