We are happy to announce our Spring Technical Meeting for 2026...
The first week of November the IFMGA held its General Assembly in Baden...
The Association of Austrian Mountain and Ski Guides (VÖBS) and the...
The International Federation of Mountain Guides Associations...
From Canada to Stubai: mountain guide championships in the...
On the occasion of World Glacier Day, the Association of...
IFMGA board member, vice president of the Technical Commission and...
Catch the Polar Bears International first seasonal webinar for...
25 to 27 April 2025 - Kaunertal, Austria From 25th to 27th...
Mountain talks #4: An easy way to calculate cabon footprint of...
On the weekend of the 14 through the 17th of November, the...
The first final evaluation for mountain guides under the IFMGA...
This year the General Assembly will take place in Prague from...
The South American Instructor Conference in Peru, scheduled to...
Last weekend, the third technical meeting dedicated to...
We are proud to be workinhg side by side with LENZ as our Official...
This year, the first training course on ski mountaineering...
The International Canyoning Meeting is aimed at everyone who...
The Consulate General of Switzerland in San Francisco will...
Big thanks to Manuel and Jono for joining to assist to the...
The International Federation of Mountain Guide Associations...
Once a year in Spring, the technical directors from all our...
The International Federation of Mountain Guides Associations...
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He who climbs upon the highest mountains laughs at all tragedies, real or imaginary.
TECHNICAL COMMISSION
The Technical Commission is responsible for the worldwide implementation and promotion of mountain guide training, professional development and quality assurance in IFMGA member countries, as well as assessments, observation and support for interested and applicant countries. The current...
MOBILITY
The Mobility work is done not by a commission, but as a workgroup of the competent persons from the big members associations, coordinated by Javier Garrido from the Managing Committee of the IFMGA in collaboration with all the members of the Commission, specially by Hanno Dönz. Our work is...
ENVIRONMENTAL AND ACCESS COMMISSION
The Environmental and Access commission (constituted in Kathmandu 2018) works to strengthen both sustainable travel and work and the rights of the...
ROPE ACCESS
The Mobility work is done not by a commission, but as a workgroup of the competent persons from the big members associations, coordinated by Javier Garrido from the Managing Committee of the IFMGA in collaboration with all the members of the Commission, specially by Hanno Dönz. Our work is...
CANYONING
The Technical Canyoning Committee is engaged in developing best practices in canyoning for IFMGA guides through collaboration with other professional organizations and leading industry experts. The goal is to building a strong culture of common techniques and risk management practices in the...
TREKKING AND EXPEDITIONS
The IVBV/IFMGA/UIAGM Subcommittee on Trekking and Expeditions has been dealing with the topic of leadership at high altitudes for many years. The Commission's task is to implement the high safety and quality standards of IFMGA in international trekking and expedition mountaineering. To this...
ETHICS COMMITTEE
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FEMALE MOUNTAIN GUIDES
Women make up less than 2% of all mountain guides certified by the International Federation of Mountain Guides Association (IFMGA). Here, we examine the gender disparity, talk about what it takes to attain this highest guide certification, and briefly profile some prominent female mountain...
