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Telluride & Colorado Climbing Guides

OPHIR ROCK CLIMBING
Antoine and Teri Savelli welcome you to their home at the base of the Ophir Wall, a 700 foot wall of red and gray, conglomerate granite that offers steep technical climbing of 1-6 pitches from 5.3 -5.14. Antoine has pushed standards to his 'Beyond the Abyss', a 5.15b immediately behind his house/climbing center Savelli Elite Training Alpinism Corps. The Ophir Wall requires traditional, sport-climbing and aid techniques, a must for Yosemite's big walls. Nearby Crack Canyon is a also paradise for beginners, intermediates and experts alike. The center offers climbing courses from 1 to 5 days for all levels. Emphasis is on autonomy and self rescue, as well as the many forms of climbing arts including placing protection, sport climbing, and crack climbing. The center, located near Telluride, Colorado, offers cool summers at 9600 feet. Camping is available at the property as well as hearty home cooking and hospitality.

What is included: all courses include rentals (when needed), local transportation (lifts, ground transportation), meals in huts and hut sleep overs as needed as well as community equipment. Otherwise, you are responsible for your own lodging as well as meals outside course events in the various alpine resorts, or if day trips do not require hut sleep overs, lifts, and hut meals. A comprehensive equipment list tailored to your course will be provided as soon as you make your reservation.

Ophir Wall Rock Courses

Duration: 3 days
Level: intermediate to advanced
Dates: June 20-22; July 4-6; 11-13; 18-20; Aug.8-10; 15-17; 29-31


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Season:
May - October



TELLURIDE AND AMES ICE CLIMBING

Winters here are long, offering world class waterfall ice climbing. Our own back yard has a challenging two pitch climb with nearby Bridal Veil Falls and the Ames Ice Hose offering coveted ascents for climbers from around the world.

Telluride Ames Ice Courses:
3 days
Level:
intermediate to advanced
Dates:
Dec. 27-29; Jan. 9-11; Feb.13-15; March 7-9

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Season: November-April

SKI ALPINISM
Ski the peaks of your dreams from powder to corn, from faces to couloirs: the San Juans have it all! One day ascents, with only daypacks to carry, will take you to the summits where 3,000 to 5,000 foot, untracked descents await you. The light powder of the San Juans is legendary, but you need a guide because our snowpack is unpredictable! Learn to climb quickly and efficiently while learning about the snow conditions you are about to ski. Some summits that offer fabulous descents include the 14,000 foot Mt. Wilson, Sneffels, and the infamous San Joaquin Chute. Our most popular day trip is between our home in Ophir down Bear Creek to Telluride.

Season:
November-July


El Capitan, YosemiteGREAT CLIMBS OF THE AMERICAN WEST
The American West has some of the finest rock climbing in the world in its diversity, magnitude, adventure, and quality, all within a multitude of cultures: American Indian, Anglo and Hispanic. The vast reaches of this land give another scale unlike any other westernized country in the world. We can organize guided ascents in the Canyonlands, Utah; Red Rocks, near Las Vegas, Nevada; and Yosemite Valley, California. From Supercrack (5.10) in Indian Creek, Canyonlands and Levitation 29 (5.11) in Red Rocks, to the Nose on el Capitan in Yosemite Valley, your dreams can be fulfilled with a systematic progression and a fine tuned, customized training program. Yosemite is the paradise for 'Big Walls' but Antoine can take intermediate climbers who aspire to the more gentle grades without compromising all the great views. The best way to explore America's Southwest is to climb Utah's renowned sandstone towers wile honing crack climbing techniques on 'Supercrack' and others to close on Yosemite's notoriously famous El Capitan by the 'Nose' and Half Dome's incomparably beautiful North West Face 'Classic' route. You won't be disappointed. Indian vestiges and incredible landscapes are part of Antoine's great 'Southwest tour'.

Zion, Utah: Moonlight free, Monkeyfinger free, Touchstone free
Duration: 5 days
Level: expert and elite
Dates: March 28-April 1; Oct.3-7

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Yosemite Valley, California: Nose, Shield,  Zodiac, Half-Dome, Astroman, Middle Cathedral 
Duration: 7 days
Level: expert and elite
Dates: May 23-29, June 6-10; Oct. 3-7; 10-16

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Canyonlands Desert Rock Course
Duration:
3 days
Level:
advanced
Dates:
March 21-25; October 10-14

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Red Rocks, Las Vegas
Duration: 3 days
Level: intermediate to advanced
Dates: March 7-11; Oct. 17-21

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Season: March - November.

What is included: all courses include rentals (when needed), local transportation (lifts, ground transportation), meals in huts and hut sleep overs as needed as well as community equipment. Otherwise, you are responsible for your own lodging as well as meals outside course events in the various alpine resorts, or if day trips do not require hut sleep overs, lifts, and hut meals. A comprehensive equipment list tailored to your course will be provided as soon as you make your reservation.

Deposit: a 50% deposit is required 60 days prior to course initiation to insure that your space is secured. Balance: is due 30 days prior to course initiation. Last minute reservations: are paid in full with a 10% augmentation fee on top of guide fees when space is available. No exceptions allowed.

Cancellation policy: refunds are possible up to 30 days prior to course initiation. Otherwise no refunds are possible. Travel insurance is highly recommended for that purpose. If Chamonix Alpine Adventures cancels a course due to bad conditions, or participant unfit to continue, no refunds are possible. Credit to a future course may be considered under exceptional circumstances.