north cascades mountain guides - day tours

Larry Goldie is a fabulous guide.I highly recommend spending a day back country skiing with him. He is fun loving while educating you on reading mountain terrain and the snow pack. Leads the way while including you in the disucssion of mountain travel. Offers practical techinique to improve ski and climbing efficiency. And he will find the best possible snow conditions!! Now that is a great day in the mountains!!

Toured with a group of friends last weekend guided by John and Drew of NCMG. From start to finish we were treated to a safe, beautiful and well-organized backcountry adventure despite high avalanche potential. My only regret is that I didn't rent some really fat skis like the ones my friends used. Nonetheless, the skiing was outrageously fun and the guides clearly had given much thought to terrain and safety. Wish I could do it again next weekend!! Recommend NCMG without hesitation.

I have done two different one day and a week long back country (AT) ski trip with NCMG and highly recommend them for either. If you aren't up to or don't want to do all the planning, route determination, and detailed safety evaluation then these folks are more than worth the cost. During recent very high avalanche conditions they knew of and took several of us to a spot with excellent deep powder but low hazards. They provided snow machines to access the area, explained why the avalanche risk was low at that spot, set a skin track that even an old dude could easily follow and turned us loose on a couple of loops for some fine powder skiing. Besides, John and Drew were totally pleasant company and could give subtle pointers to make things even more fun.

NCMG continues to impress me with their depth of knowledge, experience and ability to make every outing an adventure. And even in this low snow year, they were able to find the freshest snow!

My husband and I just got back from an incredible trip with NCMG. We've done a lot of guided trekking/climbing/mountaineering trips - Colorado Rockies, Canadian Rockies, Peru, and Chamonix - and we both agreed that this one was our best experience by far. We did NCMG's Glacier Travel Course (3-day) in the Silver Star Glacier area. The process of planning with NCMG was flawless - I always received prompt responses to my emails and considerate answers to silly questions (from Paul, Jake and Adrienne - thanks guys!). Our guide, Jeff, was fantastic - very knowledgable, professional, and a pleasure to work with. We met Jeff in Mazama before departing for two nights at high camp - he made sure we had all of the gear and supplies we needed. The actual climbing was fantastic as well - very winter-y conditions for October! We both learned a lot from Jeff about navigating on glaciers, and of course, crevasse rescue. When we didn't have an opportunity to practice rope ascension on the glacier, Jeff took us to an outdoor sport climbing spot in Mazama to practice. We really feel that Jeff and NCMG went above and beyond to make our trip special, and it truly was! We hope to one day make it back out to Cascades for another guided adventure. Long story short, I highly, highly recommend these guides!

My teenage boys and myself visiting fro the UK spent a most enjoyable half day rock climbing through NCMG. Our support was Jake who most competently tutored us up a wide range of routes and techniques. Safety was 100% at all times and difficulty adjusted to stretch all members of the party. Highly recommended - I wish we had the time and cash for the two day alpine excursion.

NCMG is a great guiding outfit, really professional and experienced guides and took me higher than I've ever been before. A great way to experience the mind blowing beauty of the North Cascades!