2021 Virtual Annual Meeting

 

American Mountain Guides Association Announces Angela Hawse as new Board of Directors President

Hawse brings more than 35-years of guiding and leadership experience to the position Boulder, COLO. (October 29, 2018) – The American Mountain Guides Association (AMGA), an educational non-profit dedicated to supporting and furthering the profession of American mountain guiding, has named veteran guide and industry leader Angela Hawse as President of its Board of Directors. […]

Summary of AMGA Forums on Inclusion from 2015 Annual Meeting

Summary of Forums on Inclusion and Report to the Board of Directors On Thursday, October 22 at the 2015 Annual Meeting, the AMGA hosted forums on inclusion led by Erica Engle and Derek DeBruin. The focus of the forums was gender inclusion in our guides’ association and the guiding industry at large. The forums were […]

AMGA Announces Terrain and Supervision Guidelines

AMGA Announces Terrain and Supervision Guidelines Boulder, Colo. May 14, 2015 – The American Mountain Guides Association (AMGA) Review Team announces updates to the Terrain and Supervision Guidelines. The Review Team, comprised of 11 voting AMGA members, met outside of Jackson Hole, Wyo., earlier this month in a landmark meeting to review and update the […]

Annual Meeting: Arc’teryx-sponsored AMGA Round Table Meeting

Photo by Karsten Delap

By AMGA Staff (Updated 11/19/2014: For detailed minutes of the event, please check out the PDF link in the last paragraph.) More than 100 people showed up for the 2014 Arc’teryx sponsored AMGA round table, the 2nd night of the Annual Meeting. Unique in the series of round table discussions, guides and aspiring guides had […]

How to navigate the wilderness with a lawyer & insurance policy

Need to understand insurance provisions in contracts for guiding in the wilderness? Download Don Pachner’s Annual Meeting presentation: AMGA Ins Provisions in Contracts 2014 What you will take away from this class: Recognize and understand the basic insurance requirements found in many contracts, agreements, licenses, and permits; Understand how to negotiate insurance requirements of your contracts, […]

Insuring Foreign Operations of Guides & Guide Services

For those of you who are interested, you can download Don Pachner’s October 23 presentation during the Annual Meeting: AMGA Insuring Foreign Operations 2014 from These are the take aways from this class: Recognize and understand insurance considerations when guiding outside the U.S. Understand what practices and procedures you need to draft and implement before insuring foreign operations. What […]

AMGA Round Table Discussion on Guided Access Goes on the Road

Thanks to the generous involvement and sponsorship of Arc’teryx, we will be bringing the Round Table Discussion on Guided Access to your region. Given the good conversations we’ve had at the Annual Meeting round table, it seemed like a great opportunity to extend that discussion across the country. The exact format will vary, but it […]

Annual Meeting Kudos: Thanks Participants!

We definitely felt like this was the most successful, engaging, and educational Annual Meeting the AMGA has ever held. Apparently many participants felt the same way. Thanks so much to Karsten Delap for capturing some really great photographic moments with our guides, and thanks to our guides for offering feedback. Look for a photo essay […]

AMGA Business Accreditation: presentation from Annual Meeting

This is the presentation Outreach & Advocacy Director Scott Massey gave at the Round Table Discussion on Access at the 2013 Annual Meeting. Given the development of new supervision and terrain guidelines for Accredited Businesses, the goal was to educate members on what the new guidelines stated, as well as answer any questions. In addition, he […]