Women’s Weekend Climbing Camp in City of Rocks
Season
June to August
Nearest city
Salt Lake City is just under 3 hours away
Duration
3 days
Skill level
Beginner to intermediate
A weekend to gain new climbing skills and life-long friendships
City of Rocks is a mecca for climbing! Set in rural Idaho, this National Reserve offers the best varnished and pocketed granite. Discover the best of climbing in City of Rocks during anall-women’s climbing camp and spend three days exploring some of the best climbs in the area! Under the mentorship of a team of womenAMGA-certified guides, participants will be split into small groups, where you’ll be paired with other women of the same skill level to work together, socialize and have fun. Learn about the rich history of the area, enjoy the amazing scenery, and make some great memories!
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A unique thing about City of Rocks is that no matter what time of the year you climb, you will be able to chase the sun or the shade!
by Aimee Barnes – Senior Rock Guide
Women’s Rock Climbing Weekend in City of Rocks
Meet Your Guides
AMGA Apprentice Ski, Rock and Alpine Guide
Rebecca “Guda” Yaguda is an AMGA Apprentice Ski and Rock Guide and an AIARE Instructor who originally hails from New Jersey and Vermont, where she utilized the world-class ice to develop herself as a State Champion and collegiate alpine ski racer. When she moved out west in 2010, she discovered rock climbing and powder skiing, and never looked back. She has worked in outdoor education for ten years, primarily as a rock climbing, winter camping, backcountry skiing and backpacking instructor at NOLS. When not guiding, Guda enjoys climbing on any rock formation she can find, riding her mountain bike, and exploring the incredible ski lines of the Tetons.
AMGA-Certified Rock Guide
Miranda Oakley has been a climber for over 20 years and enjoys all types of rock climbing from bouldering to grade VI big walls. She has been an AMGA-certified Rock Guide since 2016 and has been guiding since 2007. She has done first ascents around the world including climbs in Patagonia, the Eastern Sierra and British Columbia. She has climbed Yosemite’s El Capitan over 20 times, including the first female solo ascent of The Nose in less than one day. Miranda loves sharing her knowledge of technical skills and is stoked to help teach people how to become confident and self-sufficient in the vertical world.
AMGA-Certified Single-Pitch Instructor and AMGA Apprentice Rock, Alpine and Splitboard Guide
Izzy grew up in the heart of NYC but found a passion for climbing when she moved to Vermont for college. While balancing in-classroom education and outdoor adventure, Izzy started working for a local climbing gym and guiding service and for her college’s outdoor program. That road led her west to work for the Colorado Outward Bound School, teaching mountaineering, skiing and rock climbing programs year round. After several years of extended wilderness expeditions, she has found herself in the Tetons to take people on their high alpine adventures.
Senior Guide
Lisa began climbing in 1996 and skiing at a young age in the 80’s. Her desire to play in the mountains brought her to the Tetons in 2003, where she continues to live today. Her first few years out of college she recreated avidly and completed achievements like the first all-female ski descent of The Grand Teton and five Alaskan expeditions. In 2009 Lisa began guiding for Jackson Hole Mountain Guides and Alaska Mountaineering School. In the winters she works for the Jackson Hole Ski Patrol and the Bridger Teton Avalanche Center. When she is not working Lisa can be found climbing desert towers, ski traversing the Wind Rivers or having a good time exploring the closest wild mountain range.
AMGA-Certified Rock Guide
Aimee started climbing in 1980 and guiding in 1985. She was a member of the 1990 U.S. Women’s climbing team and has competed at a World Cup level. Her professional career has been dedicated to developing the skills of new climbers, while inspiring seasoned climbers to achieve their goals. In 1995, Amy launched the Women’s Network with the “City Girls” event in City of Rocks, Idaho. Since that first event, the Women’s Network has been empowering women in climbing ever since. In the spring and fall seasons, Aimee can be found in the canyons of southeast Utah, overseeing Jackson Hole Mountain Guides’ Moab Branch.
AMGA Single Pitch Instructor
Peggy started climbing on Southern Illinois sandstone and started guiding even further South in North Carolina and Kentucky. She’s spent a lot of summers exploring in the Tetons, where she started guiding for the Mountain Guides in the summer of 2020. Her favorite adventure route in the Tetons is the Black Ice— West Face combination on the dark side of the Grand. You can also find her guiding for the Mountain Guides in Moab, home of classic desert towers and the world’s best crack climbing. She thinks climbing on rock, ice, and everything in between is pretty fun, and there’s nothing she likes more than sharing that with people who want to learn new skills and have adventures in the mountains.
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The Mountain Guides have been leading desert and mountain adventures in the Western U.S. since 1968. They offer the unique experience of discovering the vertical world with some of America’s most experienced mountain guides. Accredited by the American Mountain Guides Association (AMGA), they run everything from climbing courses to ski mountaineering. People of all ages who seek outdoor adventure can find the Mountain Guides’ program appropriate for their ambitions.
