Bring Your Wildest Dreams to Life

Our mission is to introduce others to the wonders of the outdoors by promoting safe, enjoyable and educational wilderness adventures. Located within minutes of Colorado's vast wilderness areas and the world famous Ouray Ice Park, we offer everything from rock and ice climbing to backcountry skiing and bicycle adventures. For those who have a spiritual drive, we support wilderness solos and vision quests.

Our customized retreats focus on a variety of goals including team building, promoting healthy risk taking, conflict resolution, and improving communication amongst group members. As experienced mountain guides and Nationally Registered EMT's, we empower you with the skills you might not have learned yet or need to brush up.

Contact us and we will help you bring your wildest dreams to life!

In Association With:

Black Diamond
Great gear starts with great ideas, which in turn inspire great designs. The Black Diamond design team is made up of a bunch of climbers and skiers who have dedicated themselves to perfecting ideas, concepts, and creating truly great gear. At Backcountry Retreats, we use their gear on rock, ice, snow and in the depths of the wilderness. Visit the Black Diamond website.

Mammut
Mammut has a long European history of making the finest ropes, harnesses, clothing and sleeping bags in the best Swiss Quality. Ropes produced by Mammut have set standards for uncompromising quality for over 140 years. We love using there gear in a variety of climates and put it to the test year in and year out. Visit the Mammut website.

American Alpine Club
The American Alpine Club was founded in 1902 and is the leading national organization in the United States devoted to mountaineering, climbing, and the multitude of issues facing climbers. Visit the AAC website.

American Mountain Guides Association
Backcountry Retreats is working with AMGA to become an AMGA accredited guide service. Visit the AMGA website.

Leave No Trace
One of our popular 101 Crash Courses concerns Leave no Trace backcountry ethics. Visit the LNT website.

Amazon
Supplier of the books on our recommended reading list. Visit the Amazon.com website.