• Certified, permanent guides

  Checked every season

  IFMGA, IRF or national equivalent, plus a current wilderness first-aid ticket. Guides are employed, not booked per trip, and paid whether it runs or not.

• A plan B for every day

  Every trip

  Every day of every trip has an alternative the guide has already walked. When the weather turns, the group turns with it.

• Satellite communicator on every guide

  Every day

  Two-way, with the office and mountain rescue on the other end. Checked in at the hut every night.

• Kit inspected before departure

  Before every trip

  Rafts, ropes, via ferrata sets and dry suits are logged and inspected to manufacturer schedules and retired early.

• Swiftwater rescue on every river

  Every river day

  Every raft guide is a swiftwater rescue technician, and a safety kayaker runs each grade IV rapid ahead of the rafts.

• Ratios that do not bend

  Always

  Eight guests per guide on foot, six per raft on the water, four per guide on skis. A waiting list does not change them.

Full risk assessments for each trip are sent with your booking confirmation and are available on request before it.