Aspen Expeditions - Professional Mountain Guide Service in Aspen Colorado

Adventure with Aspen Expeditions’ Expert Guides

Aspen Expeditions is a four season, technical mountain guide service based in the heart of the magnificent Rocky Mountains in Aspen, Colorado, where we have been guiding and teaching rock, ice, ski & alpine mountaineering skills since 1977. With our ski town heritage, we specialize in worldwide adventure skiing from the deep snows of Hokkaido, Japan, the fjords of Iceland and Norway, remote Alaskan glaciers, famed European hut traverses to the jagged peaks of the Andes and classic South American volcanoes.

Summer

Unforgettable Summer Adventures Whether you have no experience or lots of experience, Aspen Expeditions has an amazing Summer season adventure for you! We offer privately guided custom mountain and gravel biking, hiking, backpacking, hut trips, rock…

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Winter

Winter Mountain Guiding Adventures If you are looking to ski on one of Aspen’s four ski areas, call the Aspen Skiing Company… If you are looking to do anything else outdoors in the winter, call…

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Expeditions

Unleash Your Passion for Adventure Aspen Expeditions has a long history of providing smaller privately guided, custom expeditions locally in Colorado and around the globe. It’s in our name after all. Operating in a world…

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“Fantastic lift assisted backcountry day with Nate. Very knowledgeable, timed the entire day to perfection and found some epic powder. Will definitely be back!”
— Timothy Fox

“I have done three climbs with AE, the Bells Traverse with Nate E, Capitol with Nate E, and Pyramid with Britt. I had a great time on all three trips and felt very safe the whole time. Would highly recommend!”
— Jeff Hughes

Popular Summer Adventures

Duration 4-6 Hours

Rock Climbing

Rock Climbing

Aspen Expeditions offers daily custom guided rock climbing and rock climbing instruction in Aspen and the surrounding areas…

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Duration 4-6 Hours

Hiking

Day Hiking

Explore the Aspen-area wilderness with us on foot We offer short day (4 hrs) or full day (6 hrs) private custom mountain hikes daily on request. Our knowledgeable office staff and veteran mountain guides will…

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Duration Varies

Hiking
Overnight Hut

Hiking Hut Trip

Join us on a guided overnight hiking adventure, through some of the most beautiful mountain terrain in the Vail and Aspen-areas The options are endless for this fully customizable adventure hut backpacking trip. Colorado’s 10th…

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