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Scholarships

The American Mountain Guides Association (AMGA) has partnered with outdoor industry leaders and private foundations to provide financial support for guides seeking training and certification. The cost of pursuing professional training and certification can often be one of the greatest hurdles for an educator and technical mountain guide. Through the generous donations and continued commitment of members, private donors, and the business community, the AMGA is able to minimize the financial burden of training and certification by offering scholarships and memorial funds.

We encourage everyone to apply and take advantage of these opportunities. In addition, if you or anyone you know is interested in creating a scholarship or memorial fund please contact the AMGA Executive Director at 303.271.0984.

“The courses and exams offer the opportunity to learn the highest standards of care for our clientele in rock, alpine and ski disciplines. Personally it is incredibly rewarding to know that you are at the top echelon of professional guiding and you have the training and certification on top of your experience in the mountains.” — Angela Hawse, AMGA scholarship recipient

Criteria for application

The purpose of a scholarship is to provide funding for the continuing education of a qualified professional guide. The successful applicant is a guide and:

  • Must be a current member of the AMGA
  • Must be currently enrolled in the Course/Exam to which the scholarship will be applied
  • Is pursuing guiding as a profession
  • Is seeking to better his/her guiding skills through educational courses and/or exams
  • Agree to provide 250-word (minimum) testimonial describing your program experience and how the scholarship/scholarship sponsor contributed to the experience, 5 Photos (minimum) shot during the Program and 1 video (minimum) shot during the Program.
  • Depending on the scholarship, may be asked to participate in three mutually agreed upon events during the period of 04/1/12–12/31/12. An event is considered a minimum four-hour time commitment. Events include, but are not limited to: climbing demonstrations, clinics, time spent at trade shows discussing products, and store visits.

Scholarships Application Process

Please visit the link below to begin the application process.
The survey link for 2012 Scholarships will be available on November 4, 2011

CLICK HERE for survey link

Only after we receive the following items will your application be considered for review:

  • Completed General Application Survey
  • Completed Questionaire
  • Guiding Resume
  • Personal Climbing/Skiing Resume

You may submit Scholarship Applications starting November 4, 2011.

**All scholarship applications are due January 31, 2012. Any applications received after 11:59pm (MST) on January 31, 2012 will not be considered for review.**

**The exception to the above process and deadline is the Chad VanderHam Memorial Fund Scholarship. Applicants MUST submit a short video (no longer than 5 minutes) describing who you are and why you love skiing. Applicants do not need to answer the six questions on the application form.

The Deadline for this scholarship is 11:59pm (MST) on January 1st, 2012..**

Thank you to all of the people and companies who make these scholarships possible.

Black Diamond (Rock Guide), Marmot (Ski Mountaineering), and The North Face (Alpine) are Diamond Partners of the AMGA and contribute significant dollars to every candidate in the Rock, Alpine, and Ski Mountaineering discipline exams as well as providing full-tuition scholarships.

Eddie Bauer First Ascent is a Diamond Partners of the AMGA and is official sponsor of the Advanced Alpine Guide Course/Aspirant Exam as well as provider of a full-tuition scholarships.

W.L.Gore is a Diamond Partner of the AMGA and provides support and assistance to the Instructor and Examiner Team.

Mammut is the AMGA Diamond Rope Sponsor and provides ropes for all AMGA programs.

Learn more about each Scholarship

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