Exam Preparation
Are you ready to take the AMGA rock exam and want to brush up on your skills before the exam? Do you want to make sure you're prepared? We can help you fine tune the skills you already have and introduce new skills that will help you in the future. Because we actively teach courses and helped create the exam, we can offer valuable insight into the exam process.

Everyone comes to us with a different background and experience and because of this, there is no set curriculum. We'll need to speak at length and get out in the field with you before we can clearly identify your strengths and challenges.

Typically, guides schedule at least 3 days and sometimes as many as 6 days of training. Feedback after this preparation has been overwhelmingly positive. In the last five years every guide that has come to us to prep for their exam has passed.

Alan Jolley is the primary instructor for all our Professional Guide Training programs. He was one of the originators of the Rock Guide Education and Certificaton Program for the AMGA. He helped design and implement their rock guides and advanced rock guides courses as well as their rock exams. This program is internationally recognized by the International Federation of Mountain Guiding Associations (IFMGA). He has been training guides for 18 years.

In the near future there will be lots of climbing schools offering AMGA sanctioned guide training courses. Most just started doing formal guide training at this level. What does this mean for you? Quality instruction is most important when it comes time to take your exam. Be sure you've been prepared by someone that knows the process and the standard at which you'll be examined. Additionally, don't be fooled by a lower price. Remember you get what you pay for and during your exam you don't want to find out you were not properly prepared.

If you'd like to contact guides that have done exam preparation with us to gauge their satisfaction with our preparation, check our references page.