Experience true wilderness with people who live, work, and play in the wild.

Who We Are

Authentic Wilderness Adventure exists for people who want something far beyond the typical guided experience. This is not scripted, sanitized, or beginner-friendly. The environments we enter are serious, the objectives are demanding, and the consequences are real.

This is for individuals who:

  • Want to operate in consequential terrain

  • Understand that fear is part of the process

  • Accept uncertainty and objective hazard

  • Prefer a guide who functions as a partner, not a supervisor

You bring skill, fitness, judgment, and accountability. We bring deep experience, local knowledge, and the ability to move decisively in complex environments.

What This Is Not

This is not:

  • A tourist activity

  • A beginner introduction

  • A guaranteed summit or outcome

  • A “safe” or “controlled” environment

  • A place to learn basic skills from scratch

If you are looking for a traditional guided experience with constant instruction, conservative objectives, and risk minimization above all else, this is not the right service.

Design Your Own Objective

Every experience can be fully customized. You bring the idea, or we build it together.

Examples include:

  • High-consequence backcountry lines

  • Remote multi-lap ski days

  • Long committing mountain traverses

  • Technical alpine or rock objectives

  • Off-season or unconventional linkups

Difficulty, exposure, duration, and risk scale with your capability and willingness to commit.

Suggested Objectives

Backcountry Skiing & Snowboarding

Advanced to expert terrain selection in uncontrolled snowpack. Expect variable conditions, long approaches, exposure, avalanche terrain, and rapid decision-making.

Requirements

  • Strong downhill ability in variable snow

  • Uphill efficiency

  • Avalanche education recommended

  • Ability to self-arrest, manage transitions, and move decisively

Risks include avalanches, falls, weather exposure, injury, and death.

River Surfing

Cold water, high consequence river features, and dynamic hazards.

Requirements

  • Strong swimming ability

  • Comfort underwater and in turbulence

  • Ability to self-rescue

Risks include drowning, impact trauma, entrapment, hypothermia, and death.

Mountain Biking

Technical terrain far beyond maintained trail riding. Expect exposure, consequences for mistakes, and mechanical self-reliance.

Requirements

  • Advanced bike handling skills

  • Physical endurance

  • Comfort with steep, exposed terrain

Risks include high-speed crashes, falls, equipment failure, and serious injury.

Rock Climbing

Objective-driven climbing in real environments, not a gym-style instructional setting.

Requirements

  • Solid movement skills

  • Comfort with exposure

  • Prior outdoor climbing experience

Risks include falls, rockfall, anchor failure, and serious injury or death.

Bow Hunting

Backcountry hunting experiences requiring physical endurance, patience, and ethical decision-making.

Requirements

  • Legal licensing and compliance

  • Proficiency with equipment

  • Comfort in remote terrain

Risks include weapon-related injury, terrain hazards, wildlife encounters, and environmental exposure.

Mountain Ascents

Remote and committing ascents requiring stamina, route-finding, and risk tolerance.

Requirements

  • Strong aerobic fitness

  • Experience with exposure

  • Comfort with long days and changing conditions

Risks include falls, weather exposure, altitude illness, and death.