American Alpine Club
Generations of climbers have benefited from the work of the AAC. Join today to get global rescue service, the American Alpine Journal, Accidents in North American Mountaineering, hut discounts, and more. Membership also supports the country’s largest grants program for climbers, as well as vital conservation and advocacy initiatives that protect the places we climb. Discover the AAC for yourself at one of their events, like the annual Craggin’ Classic. Visit the AAC website.
American Institute for Avalanche Research and Education
In the mountains, a knowledge of snow and an ability to assess avalanche hazards is integral to safety for winter skiers and climbers. JHMG has a dedicated core of year-round guides that enjoy teaching a variety of avalanche courses. AIARE is a nationally recognized non-profit group, dedicated to keeping avalanche professionals in the field up-to-date with the latest in research, skills, and technology. JHMG avalanche classes are AIARE certified and our avalanche instructors are AIARE qualified. Visit the AIARE website.
American Mountain Guides Association
Jackson Hole Mountain Guides is an AMGA accredited guide service. We support guide training and certification as a way for new guides to develop and enhance their guiding skills. We also facilitate AMGA access to mountain terrain important for AMGA programs. JHMG owner Rob Hess serves on the AMGA Board of Directors and owner Phil Powers was a former member of the board. Rob Hess previously served as the Technical Director of the AMGA, a position that put him in charge of the standards for AMGA courses, exams and Instructor Pool. Visit the AMGA website.
Great Northern Powder Guides
Located 23-miles North of Whitefish, Great Northern Powder Guides offers guided cat-skiing and yurt trips on the Stillwater National Forest. GNPG provides transportation, yurts and tenure for our AIARE Avalanche Safety Courses in Montana. Find out more at Great Northern Powder Guides’ website.
Leave No Trace
Our former and late President, Jim Ratz, was instrumental in the formation of LNT. JHMG is a partner with LNT, promoting LNT skills and ethics in all of our areas of operation. Several of our guides are LNT Masters and all are trained in LNT ethics. Visit the LNT website.
Mammut
JHMG operates many programs in very diverse areas, from desert splitters to frozen waterfalls to long alpine routes to light and fast ski mountaineering trips. It is hard to find a company that supplies the highest quality ropes for a variety of endeavors. Mammut is just that company. In the opinion of JHMG, Mammut rope quality, durability and selection is unsurpassed by any other company and therefore the exclusive supplier of ropes to JHMG. Visit the Mammut website.
Mountain Hardwear
The winds blow hard and fast at our Corbet High Camp, perched at 11,000 feet on the rocky flanks of the Grand Teton. Only the sturdiest tents survive these winds as well as the high UV exposure at this altitude, and Mountain Hardwear provides us with these well constructed and bomber tents. Our clients enjoy the privacy of their own tents and bed down in Mountain Hardwear sleeping bags while at our high camp. We also use Mountain Hardwear Alpine Sport packs while climbing the Grand and other mountains in the Tetons, Wind Rivers, and Beartooths. Visit the Mountain Hardwear website. Visit the Mountain Hardwear website.
DPS
Founded in 2005, with the partnership of professional skier and ski designer Stephan Drake and leading ski engineer Peter Turner, both were inspired by a vision to make perfect skis worthy of those who live and breathe the sport.
DPS introduced the world’s first and only Pure prepreg carbon fiber sandwich ski, the first 120mm powder pintail, transferred the word “rocker” from surfing to skiing—then built the first rockered ski with sidecut—and unleashed the Spoon and Spoon Technology. The fusion of space-age carbon technology and groundbreaking shaping has resulted in the world’s most advanced quiver of skis.
DPS fosters a tight-knit community between its designers, reps, photographers, partners, and skiers—while also supporting environmental initiatives and innovative multimedia projects worldwide.
DPS is located at the base of the Wasatch Mountains in Salt Lake City, where it operates and owns a state-of-the-art ski factory, and maintains its global headquarters.
DPS is a trusted brand of serious skiers worldwide. They are sold and shipped worldwide via dpsskis.com, and on five continents in the world’s best ski shops.
Summit for Someone
Jackson Hole Mountain Guides is pleased to partner with this dedicated organization that runs benefit climbs throughout western North America. In return for fundraising, climbers can ascend a peak of their choice and receive some great outdoor clothing and gear. Summit for Someone mountain ascents raise funds for Big City Mountaineers, a volunteer-driven non-profit that enables hundreds of inner-city teens to experience the wonder of the wilderness. Our guides thoroughly enjoy the diverse group of clients that sign up for our climbs of the Grand Teton, Gannett Peak, and other peaks–Summit for Someone is a professionally run non-profit that we highly recommend. Visit the Summit for Someone.
