Historically, professional rock guiding has been a male-dominated field – and it’s time to change that. The North Face and the American Mountain Guides Association (AMGA) announce the creation of the first Women’s Rock Guide Course – a professional rock guide training course specifically for female students and taught by women of the AMGA Instructor Team. The AMGA, the country’s premiere organization for training and educating professional rock, alpine and ski guides, states that currently only 8% of its 303 Certified Rock Guides are women. There are long-standing cultural stigmas that…
Read MoreThe North Face sponsors the first AMGA Women’s Rock Guide Course to help recruit more women into the profession of rock guiding.
