About Aimee

 

Aimee Barnes is a 20 year veteran guide and professional member of the AMGA. A life long skier and climber Aimee grew up in South East Idaho. She learned to Ski at an early age in the Tetons. She was introduced to climbing around Pocatello Idaho, including the City of Rocks, in the early eighties. She has in-depth knowledge of the intermountain region.

 

 
 

Aimee first became involved with outdoor education working for the Idaho State University Outdoor Program while she attended college there in 1980. Her energies left the Outdoor Program setting and she began Guiding for the Stanley Idaho based Sawtooth Mountain Guides in 1986.

In 1990 she took a brief hiatus from guiding to run the pro-purchase program for Black Diamond Equipment. In 1996 she was offered a position at Valdez Heli Ski Guides in Alaska. From there Aimee was back full time to pursue her passion for climbing, skiing and the love for the outdoors and guiding.

 
 

Spending time between her homes in Southern Utah and Jackson Hole, Aimee's personal ambitions make her a motivated climber and skier. She continues to climb and ski at a high level along with developing her guiding skills and guiding clientele.

Aimee is a past member of the US Women's climbing team and competed at the World Cup level. She has climbed extensively throughout the Western United States, Canada, South America and Southeast Asia. In the early 80's She had the opportunity to develop over 30 routes at the City of Rocks along with many other routes in the region. Growing up on skis, her accomplishments include free- heel descents of the volcanoes of Ecuador .She spends the winter skiing daily in Jackson Hole.
 

If you are interested in climbing in areas which include the Sawtooth Mountains, City of Rocks. The Tetons, Devils Tower the Red Rocks of Las Vegas and the Desert sandstone of Moab please contact Aimee. She can be reached in Moab where she is the director for Jackson Hole Mountain Guides Moab.


 

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