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RockInstructionAdvance your skills with stellar instructors
on easily accessible climbs
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RockClimbingScale your dream route
on world class granite, quartzite, and limestone
with highly skilled, professional climbing guides -
BackcountrySkiingOur lead guide -- Tyson Bradley --
wrote the book on Backcountry Skiing Utah.
Join us and learn to find
the Greatest Snow on Earth! -
BackcountryTouringLearn how
to skin efficiently
to access the goods -
BackcountrySnowboardingOff piste,
there’s no better tool
than a split snowboard
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SkiMountaineeringCut your teeth on the Wasatch Couloirs
and peaks with UMA,
in preparation for ski mountaineering worldwide. -
AlpineClimbingClimb and build skills
for classic mixed alpine routes
from the Wasatch
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IceClimbingJoin Utah Mountain Adventures
and learn to Ice Climb
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OvernightTripsFull immersion in the Wasatch Wilderness.
Experience sunrise, sunset and everything in between -
AlpineRockMulti-pitch climb in Utah
and join your UMA instructor in the Tetons
with our partner, Exum Mountain Guides
Utah Mountain Adventures - Backcountry Guides and Climbing School
NEW OFFERINGS & FEATURED COURSES
BACKCOUNTRY SKIING & SPLITBOARDING
"The Best Snow on Earth", is even better with a guide. Ditch the crowds and hire a private guide to take advantage of easy-access, classic Wasatch powder turns! Whether you're eyeing big lines or a casual, fun day with friends or family in the backcountry UMA Guides are here to help make the most of your trip. Up to 4 guests with 1 guide and most course curriculum can be taught on a private basis as well.
AVALANCHE & BACKCOUNTRY 101
If you're transitioning from the resort to the backcountry this winter you should start with the Backcountry Touring Clinic or UMA's Avalanche Awareness Skills course. Intermediate courses like the Avalanche Level 1 course require skiers and riders to have had a prerequisite avi awareness course or equivalent and be familiar and confident with: climbing uphill on skins, using their touring gear, performing kick turns on 30-degree slopes, and linking controlled turns in variable conditions & soft ungroomed snow.
ICE CLIMBING
Give your legs a break and see what Utah's hidden ice climbing gems have to offer! Ice climbing is a fun, unique way to explore the mountains in the winter, gain 360 views and step outside your comfort zone. UMA Guides can cater a private day to casual, fun climbs that friends and families can enjoy or guide technical climbs for the advanced ice climber. Private Classic Climbs available as well as beginner – advanced ice climbing pre-scheduled courses and classes are available.
Other Rock Classes Available!
MOUNTAINEERING & ALPINISM
Winter mountaineering in the high Wasatch Peaks is challenging, beautiful and great training for alpine ascents worldwide. The skills and experience gained on these three peaks has led many UMA guests to the Matterhorn, Rainier, Denali and a lifetime of year-round, high mountain adventure.
Check out our local rewarding Wasatch climbs:
Toledo Peak W. Ridge
South Ridge of Superior
Mt. Olympus West Slabs
Pfeifferhorn North Ridge - Overnight
Utah's Premier, Year-Round Guide Service
Based in the Wasatch Range near Salt Lake and Park City since 1993, Utah Mountain Adventures (UMA) is the premier full-spectrum, year-round guide service in Utah. Programs include backcountry skiing, split-snowboarding, rock climbing, ice climbing, avalanche instruction, summer and winter mountaineering, trekking (hiking and snowshoeing) and canyoneering skills. UMA’s incredible roster of guides and instructors (including many who are AMGA certified) maximizes the knowledge and experience gained by guests. Led by Julie Faure and Tyson Bradley, UMA (formerly Exum Utah Mountain Adventures) operates under a permit issued by the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest.
The Wasatch Mountains offer world-class skiing and climbing terrain within just 30 minutes of Salt Lake International Airport. Easy access, consistent powder snow and high-quality Ice, Peaks, Granite, Quartzite, and Limestone, make UMA the place for fun, adventure, training, and alpine skills development.
Whether you seek fresh powder or corn tracks; ice axe, crampon, or winter camping skills; crack-climbing, sport, or natural-pro leading techniques; route-finding, beacon rescue and snow-pit skills; film work guidance; team-building; alpine summits; ridge traverses; or wilderness leadership; UMA is the guide service of choice in the Mountain West.
Ski and snowboard tours go out-of-bounds from Alta, Snowbird, and Brighton ski resorts as well as trailheads in Mill Creek, Big and Little Cottonwood Canyons. UMA’s permit area includes the Mt. Olympus, Twin Peaks, Lone Peak and Deseret Peak Wilderness areas. It features Mt. Superior, the Pfeifferhorn, Cardiff, Silver, Days and Mineral Forks, Stairway to Heaven and Bridal Veil Falls, Gobbler’s Knob, Coalpit, the Y-Couloir, Red and White Pine, Maybird and Hogum Gulches, Porter Fork, Reynolds Peak, Willow Fork, Kessler, the Gate Buttress, Storm Mountain Island, Hellgate, the Sundial, Peak 10,420, Bear Trap, Grizzly Gulch, Broads Fork, Bells Canyon, and Wolverine Cirque.
We look forward to climbing and skiing with you!
Photo credits (homepage): Backcountry skiing: "Preparing to descend Lone Peak" by Andrew Burr; Backcountry Touring: "Skinning in Big Cottonwood" by Tom Bear; Backcountry Snowboarding: "Riding the world’s greatest snow" by Andrew Burr; Ski Mountaineering: "Rappelling into a Wasatch Couloir" by Andrew Burr; Alpine Climbing: "Alpine climbing in Little Cottonwood Canyon" by Andrew Burr; Ice Climbing by Andrew Burr; Overnight Trips: "Winter camping in Broad’s Fork" by Tyson Bradley; Alpine Rock: "Traversing the Cottonwood Crest" by Tyson Bradley; Rock Instruction: "Learning to lead on Pentapitch" by Lane Peters; Rock Climbing: "Scaling Summit Wall on Lone Peak" by Wes Holmes.
Utah Mountain Adventures
P.O. Box 521809
Salt Lake City, Utah 84152-1809
Phone: (801) 550 3986
Fax: (801) 486 8505
