Member Identification and Insignia
ACMG Member Identification Card
Interested parties should contact ACMG members directly to request a verifiable link to their annually renewed ACMG Member Identification Card. The ACMG ID Card indicates the member's name, membership number, membership type, current professional scope of practice, ACMG AB and BC Provincial Park Permits, and first aid certification status.
Any party wishing to authoritatively verify claims of ACMG membership and scope of practice should consider an ACMG ID Card to be valid and verified only when that card is served from https://id.acmg.ca. For the purpose of verification, the QR code presented on an ACMG member's ID card provides a convenient and direct link back to the individual member's card.
ACMG Professional Members are endorsed by the ACMG with a professional scope of practice for instruction or guiding as indicated on the back panel of the card. ACMG ID Cards for staff members, board members, honorary members, and awarded inactive members do not indicate an ACMG professional scope of practice for guiding or instruction.
Look for these badges on clothing, printed materials, websites, and other advertising mediums.
ACMG Insignia
The ACMG insignia may be used by individuals who hold more than one designation or certification they wish to highlight, or when the reproduced insignia would be too small to clearly display the certification. In this instance, designations or certifications should be listed adjacent to the badge. The ACMG badge may also be used by companies that hire ACMG guides or instructors or by ACMG industry partners.
IFMGA Insignia
ACMG Mountain Guides are also recognized by the International Federation of Mountain Guides Associations (IFMGA), the highest internationally accepted qualification for guiding rock and ice climbing, mountaineering, backcountry skiing, and instruction in all these disciplines. The IFMGA badge, recognized worldwide in the mountain community, guarantees professional training and competence in all aspects of mountaineering and client care.
ACMG Mountain Guide Insignia
ACMG mountain guides have completed their ACMG Alpine Guide and ACMG Ski Guide certifications. Mountain guides are qualified to instruct and guide in all mountain terrain on skis or snowboards and on foot, within the level of their personal experience and skill set.
ACMG Ski Guide Insignia
ACMG Ski Guides are qualified to instruct and guide backcountry ski or snowboard touring, mechanized (helicopter and cat) skiing or snowboarding and ski or snowboard mountaineering ascents and descents that require simple technical systems, within their level of personal experience and skill set.
ACMG Ski Guides are also part of a group of guides within the ACMG known as specialty guides.
ACMG Alpine Guide Insignia
ACMG Alpine Guides guides are qualified to instruct and guide climbing and other mountain-travel activities on rock, ice, snow and glaciers, and mixed and alpine routes, within their level of personal
experience and skill set.
ACMG Alpine Guides are also part of a group of guides within the ACMG known as specialty guides.
ACMG Rock Guide Insignia
ACMG Rock Guides are qualified to guide and instruct climbing and technical descents on pure rock climbs and artificial climbing structures of any length, within their level of personal experience and skill set.
ACMG Rock Guides are also part of a group of guides within the ACMG known as specialty guides.
ACMG Hiking Guide Insignia
ACMG Hiking Guides are qualified to lead groups on mountain hikes and treks. The hiking season in Canada generally runs from late spring to autumn. Hiking guides are trained to lead clients through Class 1 and 2 terrain that is free of overhead alpine hazards, such as rockfall, cornices and avalanches. Hiking guide training enables guides to lead multi-day hikes in backcountry terrain without trails and with minimal fall or slip hazards. With an upgrade course in winter travel, hiking guides can lead trips in winter conditions on foot or with snowshoes or ice cleats.
ACMG Via Ferrata Guide Insignia
ACMG Via Ferrata Guides (classified as ACMG climbing instructors) are qualified to lead trips on Class A via ferratas, while working under appropriate supervision at all times, within their level of personal experience and skill set.
ACMG Top Rope Climbing Instructor Insignia
ACMG Top-Rope Climbing Instructors conduct experiential rock-climbing programs in developed outdoor single-pitch climbing areas, while working under appropriate supervision at all times, within their level of personal experience and skill set. Training areas must be readily accessible to users and, if need be, emergency services. Typically, TRCIs work for institutions that offer multiple activities other than climbing.
ACMG Climbing Instructor (Level 1) Insignia
ACMG Climbing Gym Instructors (Level 1) are certified to instruct the following rock climbing skills on engineered walls:
- Instruction of top-rope climbing skills, and;
- Introductory rock-climbing movement skills,
while working under appropriate supervision at all times, within their level of personal experience and skill set.
ACMG Climbing Instructor (Level 2) Insignia
ACMG Climbing Gym Instructors (Level 2) are certified to instruct the following rock climbing skills on engineered walls:
- Intermediate rock-climbing movement skills;
- Instruction of top-rope climbing skills, and;
- Instruction of bolt-protected single-pitch lead-climbing skills,
while working under appropriate supervision at all times, within their level of personal experience and skill set.