AMGA Certified Mountain Guide

The AMGA’s Mountain Guide Certification is the highest level of credential attainable by a professional mountain guide, and is an achievement recognized in more than 20 International Federation of Mountain Guides Associations (IFMGA) member countries. Our Guide Program includes three certification streams: Alpine, Rock, and Ski Mountaineering. Complete all three disciplines, and become an IFMGA Mountain Guide, able to work wherever IFMGA Mountain Guides are permitted.

To achieve this certification:

• You must have 90+ days of training with the AMGA;

• You must be certified as a Wilderness First Responder (or equivalent or higher) and CPR

• You must have avalanche training for professional mountain guides as outlined in the section for each discipline.