In 2012, Bill and Todd opened up a small office on Main Street in Telluride, CO, and in 2013, with encouragement from a couple of their Colorado-based Alaska guides, Mountain Trip added local trips to the program to support their guides with year-round work. Starting the first season with only 25 guided clients on the Telluride Via Ferrata, interest quickly grew to 150 people the following year, then 350, 550, 850, 1,100, and finally to a record of 1,451 clients in 2021!
What began as just a few local Colorado trips noted on a single whiteboard has grown to a bustling family of about 35 year-round local guides (Meet Our Guides), many of whom also guide for us in Alaska and around the world. Mountain Trip now offers local, daily trips on the Telluride Via Ferrata, Ouray Via Ferrata, backcountry skiing, ice climbing, rock climbing, peak ascents, as well as local alpine treks.
In 2022, Mountain Trip acquired Peak Mountain Guides, changing the game for our guides and offering us the busiest winter season we’ve had to date. And this year, we opened a new office on Main Street in Ouray, CO. We are very excited to start leading more trips out in the Southern Utah desert, climbing cracks and towers in Moab, as well as the Front Range of the Colorado Rockies.
