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Pacific Alpine Guides

Mountain guide service specializing in backcountry skiing and riding, ski mountaineering, and alpine We are a guide owned and operated company.

Pacific Alpine Guides is a ski and mountain guide service based in the Pacific Northwest. We operate year-round, around the world, specializing in human-powered skiing as well as alpine climbing/mountaineering, and AIARE avalanche training. Beyond our back yard, some of the places we go include Alaska's Wrangell-St. Elias National Park, British Columbia's Selkirk Mountains, the volcanoes region of

Southern Chile, Japan's northern island of Hokkaido, Russia's Caucasus Mountains, and the Antarctic Peninsula. We emphasize safety & professionalism, high quality mountain experiences (= fun), small groups, and low ratios.

04/25/2026

April at Tebay. Days, moments, and people. Our 7th and final week of the season starts today!

04/03/2026

Adventure skiing last week in Alaska’s Wrangell-St. Elias National Park. Each day we set off with an open-minded definition of fun, and each day we are rewarded. Exploring new zones, new point-to-point tours, new peaks, and new mega-descents. With the arctic temps relegated to the morning hours, it’s starting to feel like spring at Tebay.

03/24/2026

Last week at Tebay Lodge. Human-powered skiing and riding in wild places. ✨

03/15/2026

Tebay Lodge is open for business ✨ A cold AF and beautiful AF week-one with blue-hued ice-crystal-suspended atmospheric clarity. Thanks to the Methow crew for opening our season. New peaks, new valleys, a wolverine sighting, and one morning waking up to -32F! Especially cool to have our longtime Chile Volcanoes outfitter join us here in Alaska.

03/05/2026

You might not think you want to go spring skiing in October. But you do. The novelty of summer will have worn off by August and you’ll be thinking about snow again.

Visuals from our trip with and , featured in the recent Ski Journal piece, Thermal Anomalies.

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02/27/2026

Vibes from The Esplanades…

1 - “Kashmir” on Midship
2 - Shadows
3 - Sentry Lodge
4 - Rasta Peak (+ snowy skis)
5 - Jonny Dake out front (sunset views)
6 - Secret Valley
7 - Large surface hoar ⬇️ 40cm
8 - The Albatross commutes to work ()
9 - Goodness from Michelle, a true professional
10 - More evening views
11 - Moonlight
12 - Pretty light
13 - Contrast
14 - Sunrise

01/29/2026

GIVEAWAY ⚡️ Win your choice of .eyewear sports glasses 🕶️ up to a $400 value! To enter:

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We’ll put all eligible entries in a hat next Wednesday, Feb 4th and announce a winner in our stories. 😎

🖼️ This photo is from the window of a sunglasses shop in Chamonix. was wandering around town and these stylie shades caught his eye. His daughter (6-years-old at the time) insisted he get the white ones and the rest is history. Now our guide team is fully hooked!

Check out evileye.com for the full range of styles, also available with prescription.

01/01/2026

Conditions update from Japan 🇯🇵 yesterday. Drew Lovell is doing some preseason scouting and exploring along with ❄️ ❄️ ❄️ Interesting fact: Drew has been studying Japanese language every day for the last year. Enhanced capabilities! Yoi otoshi wo!

12/21/2025

Watch The Periphery on our YouTube channel NOW! Link in profile and story. Happy Winter Solstice ✨

The Premise: Hokkaido is a magical place, but it’s also a happening place and finding untracked solitude is not quite as easy as it used to be. Last winter guides and set off on a scouting trip to explore unknown terrain, off the beaten path.

With as much emphasis on nature as the skiing itself, The Periphery: Searching the Outer Edges deviates from your typical “Japow” content. The wilderness that is the Hokkaido backcountry, captured in a hypnotic cadence, and two guides in matching blue jackets.

12/18/2025

Today in 🇨🇦 Woke up to 34cm new up high ❄️

📍 Revelstoke backcountry
⛷️ Drew Lovell
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12/09/2025

Welcome to The Periphery. Coming Winter Solstice. Watch the trailer on our YouTube channel now (link in profile).

Skiing & Cinematography: and

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