SouthWest Adventure Guides • Durango CO • 800-642-5389 or info@swaguides.com  
In the San Juans and beyond ... since 1989

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Stop by our new office at 835 Main Avenue next to Pine Needle Mountaineering!

Recent Client Comments

"Nate Disser, owner of Southwest Adventure Guides, recently led me on Artesonraju in Peru's Cordillera Blanca, and I found him to be outstanding. He was extremely safe and knowledgeable, a great climber, and even capable of telling relatively funny jokes each morning. As a blind climber, I've done expeditions all around the world and dealt with all kinds of local outfitters and guide services; Southwest Adventure Guides is the best!"

--Erik Weihenmayer

Trip Specials

We have a few trips we would like to highlight. Check them out and email or call 800-642-5389 for more details!

  • Black Canyon Rock Climbing: The Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park is one of Colorado's finest multi-pitch adventure climbing destinations. Located between the towns of Montrose and Gunnison, no other canyon in North America combines the narrow opening, sheer walls, and humbling depths found in the Black Canyon of the Gunnison. Climb a classic Black Canyon route this spring, summer, or fall! May - October, 2008

  • Alpine Climbing Courses: We conduct our mountaineering courses in the Weminuche Wilderness of the San Juan Mountains. The San Juans typically have the best mountain weather in the United States, allowing us to concentrate on skill acquisition and climbing, not on miserable weather. From our base in Durango we have access to 14 mountains over 14,000 feet and hundreds in the 13,000 foot range. These attributes make the San Juans a fantastic training ground to learn the basics of alpine mountaineering, and to beef up your skills for longer and more technical climbing expeditions throughout the world. May - September, 2008

Watch the ski video on Red Mountain Pass!

Click On Backcountry Webisodes #1 and #2!

 
 


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Operating under special use permit in the Rio Grande - San Juan National Forest and the Grand Mesa - Uncompahgre National Forest - Wrangell St. Elias National Park - Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park - Indian Creek BLM. Southwest Adventure Guides LLC provides services and employment opportunities regardless of an individual's ethnic or cultural heritage, religious beliefs, sexual orientation or physical handicap.