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 When Martin Volken, owner of North Bend’s Pro Guiding Service, earned his IFMGA guiding pin back in 1996 in his native Switzerland, much of the town turned out for the ceremony—including the mayor. “You are a high-altitude representative of the Swiss tourism industry,” the mayor told Volken. “I expect you to act like a professional.” 

Such is the importance that Europe places on its guides.  ANDIEZ Personalized African Girl Precious Unique Special Lovely Forgiven Poster where is that more true than with ski guiding, which is too often viewed as anathema to American backcountry skiing’s DIY ethos, despite the fact that it can keep inexperienced skiers safer, show many backcountry skiers a far better time than they’d experience on their own, and add to even a seasoned skier’s mountain sense.

That mindset might finally be changing, thanks in part to a rare upside of the pandemic. With so many travel-dependent adventures taken from the masses, the COVID-19-fueled backcountry boom, which is seeing guided skiing days sell out throughout the West, could help end the stigma. That’s a good thing. U.S. Skiers should not forgo the do-it-yourself spirit, but American-style guided skiing should be woven into our backcountry tapestry. 

Europe was a century or more ahead of us in embracing guiding. There are myriad reasons for this, not the least of which has to do with the imposing nature of the Alps. If you’ve ever seen that dramatic terrain firsthand, then you know this. For those who have not, when you stand beneath massifs like Mont Blanc or even resorts like Zermatt, you’re instantly humbled. Such vertical relief, cloud-veiled summits, exposure, bergschrunds, and glaciers don’t lend themselves to onsiting. Moving in the Alps is not like a jaunt up a fourteener.  

When urban aristocrats from London and Paris first arrived in the Alps en masse in the late 1800s, they felt a magnetic draw to climb them. But although these visitors were rich, they weren’t idiots, so they hired local farmers who knew the terrain as guides. This tourism was life changing for the farmers. Zermatt, which is now perhaps the most posh resort on earth, was once poorer than 1930s Appalachia. Working two guided trips a summer could earn early guides enough to buy a few more cows and raise the quality of life of an entire extended family. Naturally, they took to the profession. Because Alpine off-piste skiing can be even more dangerous than Alpine climbing—many North American tourists have died simply skiing off the groomed runs there—when commercial skiing rose, so too did ski guiding. 

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