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Country Member/Association We would like to introduce you to the member associations of the IFMGA, all these associations have gone through an application and approval process within the IFMGA regulations. They generally represent the majority of official mountain guides in each country and aim to work for the common good.
In some countries (Nepal, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia) training takes place without skis, these are the IFMGA No Ski Associations, which do not train their members in ski mountaineering or other ski related activities. A No Ski association identifies itself as No Ski in all its communication measures. No Ski mountain guides have no rights vis-à-vis other IFMGA countries in the discipline of Ski. Every mountain guide who has not completed ski training must identify himself as an IFMGA mountain guide No Ski in all his activities.
If you want and/or need more information please contact your nearest association directly.
Argentina
Asociación Argentina de Guías de Montaña
Austria
Verband der Oesterreichischen Berg- und Skiführer
Bolivia, Plurinational State of
Asociacion de Guias de Montaña y Trekking de Bolivia
IFMGA No Ski Association Canada
Association of Canadian Mountain Guides
Chile Asociaciòn Nacional de Guías de Montaña CHILE
https://www.angm.cl Czech Republic
CAHV - Ceska asociace horských vudcu
Eastern Europe
East European Mountain Guides Association
Ecuador
Asociación Ecuatoriana de Guias de Montaña (ASEGUIM)
IFMGA No Ski Association France
Syndicat National des Guides de Montagnes
Georgia
Georgian Mountain Guide Association GMGA
Germany
Verband Deutscher Berg- und Skiführer e.V.
Italy
Unione Valdostana Guide di Alta Montagna
Italy
Verband der Südtiroler Berg- und Skiführer
Italy
Collegio Nazionale Guide Alpine Italiane
Japan
Japan Mountain Guide Association
Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyz Mountain Guide Association
Nepal
Nepal National Mountain Guide Association
IFMGA No Ski Association New Zealand
New Zealand Mountain Guides Association
Norway
Norske Tindevegledere
Peru
Asociación de Guias de Montana de Peru
IFMGA No Ski Association Poland
Polskie Stowarzyszenie Przewodników Wysokogórskich
Slovakia
Národná asociácia horských vodcov Slovenskej republiky
Slovenia
Slovenian Association of Mountain Guides ZGVS
Spain
Asociación Española de Guias de Montaña
Sweden
Svenska Bergsguideorganisationen
Switzerland
Schweizer Bergführerverband
United Kingdom
British Mountain Guides
United States
American Mountain Guides Association
The IFMGA, founded in 1965 by guides from Austria, France, Switzerland and Italy, is the international umbrella for mountain guide associations from more than 20 countries in Europe, Asia, the Americas, and Oceania, representing a total of almost 7.000 guides. Each national association represents all of that country’s mountain guides who are qualified according to IFMGA guidelines.
Aims of the federation:
- Regulate the mountain guide profession at a global scale
- Represent the interests of the mountain guiding profession to governments
- Support standardized laws and regulations for the mountain guide profession
- Determine mandatory international training standards
- Implement reciprocal acceptance of IFMGA qualification
- Support free professional activity for mountain guides
- Support existing national mountain guides associations and develop new ones
- Provide services and assistance for mountain guides
Read here the IFMGA history in more details here.
IFMGA Trademark Protection and Use of Logo
The IFMGA brand and our badge with the mountains of the world are protected by law.
The contracts for the international protection of the IFMGA trademark have been filed and renewed with the intellectual property specialists Weinmann / Zimmerli, P.O. Box 1021, Apollo Street 2, CH-8032 Zurich, under registration no. 432278 and ff. in classes 9, 22, 25, 28.
Review here the IFMGA updated brand book
If you have the badge embroidered on clothes, backpacks, hats, etc., you must use the 6cm ø size and the colors as specified.
The badge can be used by IFMGA approved mountain guides. Brochures and websites that use the logo must clearly show which persons are IFMGA approved.
Websites of mountain guides and alpine schools should link to the IFMGA website.
