The Mountain Guide Certificate

The Mountain Guide Program consists of three (3) Certification Streams. Completion of both the Alpine Guide and Ski Guide certificates automatically grants you the the Mountain Guide Certificate. The certification provides you with the skills and techniques necessary to carry out any mountain based activity in any terrain.

Mountain Guides hold the highest internationally recognised qualification for instruction and guiding in rock and ice climbing, mountaineering and backcountry skiing and touring - the coveted IFMGA badge. This badge, recognised throughout the mountain world, is a guarantee of professional training and competence in all aspects of mountaineering and client care.

Specialty Guide

The completion of any of the following certifies you as a Specialty Guide with specific terrain limitations.

• Rock Guide Certificate
  Rock Guides specialise in climbing instruction and guiding on technical rock. This includes long, multi-pitch routes; sport-climbs; and top-rope climbs on terrain where no glaciation and no permanent or seasonal snow or ice exists. The Assistant Rock Guide segment of this certification is also part of the Alpine Guide Certification.
• Alpine Guide Certificate
  Alpine Guides specialise in alpine, rock, and waterfall ice climbing terrain .
• Ski Guide Certificate
  Ski Guides specialise in ski touring, ski mountaineering, and helicopter/snowcat ski guiding, including ascents of non-technical peaks as part of a trip.

Completion of both the Alpine Guide and Ski Guide certificates automatically grants you the Mountain Guide Certificate.

Canadian Mountain & Ski Guide Diploma

In 1996, TRU began to assist the Association of Canadian Mountain Guides (ACMG) with delivering the Canadian Mountain Guide Training and Certification program, a collaboration that has resulted in the evolution of the original ACMG program into the unique Canadian Mountain and Ski Guide Diploma at TRU.

The Canadian Mountain and Ski Guide (CMSG) Diploma is a 60-credit program with activity, theory, elective and work experience courses. Most participants will attend on a part-time basis, completing the Diploma in a four- to five-year period.

Students will have the opportunity to pursue certification to the standards of the ACMG and be recognized by the International Federation of Mountain Guide Associations (IMFGA). IMFGA mountain guides attain the highest level of mountain training and certification in the world and are recognized in 19 countries worldwide.