ABOUT ENCHANTED MOUNTAIN GUIDES
Welcome to Enchanted Mountain Guides! We are the newest hub for outdoor leadership development, where people can access high quality mountaineering courses and mountain guide services. Are you interested in taking your indoor climbing skills to the outdoors? Maybe you’ve been climbing for a while but want to learn how to climb a Multi-Pitch Route? Regardless if its your first day on the ropes or you’ve been climbing for a while – we have courses lined up by our AMGA/IFMGA certified guides to take your climbing to the next level. Because at Enchanted Mountain Guides we get you climbing higher and reaching further!
MEET OUR GUIDES
JOSHUA JARRÃN, IFMGA
Joshua was born in Ecuador where he started to enjoy the mountains at the age of 10. The desire to spend some good time with friends on the mountains has taken him all around the world. He has been fortunate enough to climb along the Andes, in North America and the Himalaya, as well as guiding in Europe. When he decided to become a mountain guide, there was no international training in his country. It took him seven years of efforts at all levels, including travels to Bolivia, France and Argentina until he achieved the IFMGA diploma. Later in his career, his colleagues elected him technical director of the ASEGUIM (Ecuador Mountain Guide’s Association) and they were able to bring the international training to Ecuador and therefore give access to that recognition to the future generations of aspiring guides. Nowadays he lives in the US where he serves as instructor for the AMGA (American Mountain Guide’s Association). Joshua tries to use his position to serve as a mentor for future mountains guides, especially those who come from BIPOC populations.
JOSUE DE LUNA NAVARRO, SPI & APPRENTICE ALPINE GUIDE
Josue was born in Torreon, Coahuila Mexico – New Mexico became his home at the age of 10. The struggles his family & community faced motivated him to get involved in community organizing for immigrant, racial and climate justice. Since the day Josue migrated and took his first glance towards the snowy mountain ranges of northern New Mexico, the mountains became his refuge. The mountains became a sacred place where he could reclaim his humanity. He enjoys rock climbing in the alpine, trail running and splitboarding. He serves as the Land Base & Outdoor Director for The Semilla Project – a local non-profit center for transformation for BIPOC youth. He holds an AMGA Single Pitch Instructor Certification, Wilderness First Responder, an Avalanche Professional and an Apprentice Alpine Guide.
OUR ENCHANTED COURSES & SERVICES
GYM TO CRAG COURSE
$250 PER PERSON
Learning outcome: Learn the essential skills to go top-roping outdoors. This course teaches participants how to do route finding, guide book utilization, top rope anchor building, and safety measures to approach anchors safely.
ROCK CLIMBING ACHORS COURSE
$175 PER PERSON
Learning outcome: The course will go over building anchors for top-roping, sport climbing and traditional gear. At the end of the course students will learn how to use a variety of anchors they can apply in their recreational rock climbing activities.
INTRODUCTION TO SPORT CLIMBING
$250 PER PERSON
Learning outcome: During this course, students will learn how to lead sport climbing routes.This includes going over skills like efficient and safe clipping, route selection, belaying and cleaning sport routes at the end of a climbing day.
INTRO TO MULTI-PITCH CLIMBING
$350 PER PERSON
Learning outcome: Learn the fundamentals of taking on a multi-pitch route on sport and/or traditional climbing. Learn and apply safety systems with efficient transitions in belay stations. Learn to how to follow in a multi-pitch climb.
LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT LVL 1
$1,250 PER PERSON
Learning outcome: By the end of this course, students will be able to know how to not only take their gym skills to the outdoors but lead sport climbs by having learned skills for climber rescue and self-rescue at their local crag.
LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT LVL 2
$1,700 PER PERSON
Learning outcome: By the end of this course, students will not only take their gym skills to the outdoors but also lead sport & traditional climbs by having learned skills for climber rescue and self-rescue at a local crag & multi-pitch climbs.
