Cloudripper Mountain Guides

Experience the Mountains

With a Professional Guide

Expand Your Limits

Cloudripper Mountain Guides specializes in offering custom alpine climbing, ski mountaineering and ski touring programs around the globe.

Rock

Develop and master fundamental rock climbing technique in the most awe-inspiring venues, and climb high-quality routes on impeccable stone

Alpine

Ascend remote peaks guarded by glaciers and rugged terrain, test yourself against the mountain’s challenges by honing your skills, and experience the profound changes these routes inspire.

Ski

Whether powder skiing, ski mountaineering or spring touring, there is nothing quite like the experience of sliding through the snow-covered ranges on skis.

Featured Trip: Chamonix Custom Climbing Week

Chamonix Custom Climbing Week

A custom week in Chamonix built entirely around you.
Climb rock in the Aiguilles Rouges, ascend the Cosmiques Ridge, the Entreves Traverse, and many more classics during a week utilizing huts and lifts.

Rock Climbing

Eastern Sierra Rock Climbing

Red Rock, NV

Alpine Climbing

Mount Whitney East Buttress

Palisade Traverse

Matterhorn Hörnli Ridge

Saas-Fee & Zermatt 4,000m Peaks Week

Dolomites Climbing and Via Ferrata

The Eiger
Mittellegi Ridge

SKI TOURING

Snowfall Lodge

January 22-29, 2028

Icefall Traverse

April 16-22, 2028

Hilda Hut

March 5-12, 2028

Testimonials

"Having been fortunate enough to follow Ryan around the mountains in 5 countries on all types of alpine adventures I can’t recommend him enough. He’s the real deal and has an uncanny ability to produce fun experiences in all conditions." -Brian

"Ryan has made many of my climbing goals a reality." -Rob

"Best guide out there!" - Cinda

Recent Adventures

It’s never too early to start thinking about next year’s ski plans.

Join an unforgettable week at Icefall Lodge, one of the premier backcountry lodges of North America. The terrain here is simply unmatched - ski from the summits of Canad

We are back from another amazing week at Valkyr Lodge!

With excellent conditions the first couple of days, we the. Were dealt a challenging hand with the atmospheric river coming in, well, as a river. Freezing levels went beyond mountaintops, but th

One Battle After Another

It has been quite the start to 2026, one that we never would have expected and which eclipsed all previous notions of what the “worst case scenario” might look like.
Our New Year began with both of my parents be

2025 was full of important moments. Projects completed. Personal and professional accomplishments. Time spent with loved ones. Challenges and opportunities. Evolution and adaptation.

See you in the New Year, friends.

Give the gift of experience this Christmas. Instead of just another thing to put under the tree, give yourself or someone else an unforgettable experience. It will last way longer, and doesn’t require any gift wrapping.

Custom and scheduled cl

It might be a slow start to winter across the West, but here in the Eastern Sierra conditions are just about perfect for rock climbing while we wait for the snow to fall. Come climbing in the Owen’s River Gorge, Pine Creek Canyon, Alabama Hills