KMAC Guides
We are proud to partner with KMAC Guides, professional mountain guides and Estes locals since 1987! As highly skilled teachers, educators and experts in their field, their guides will provide you with the highest quality experience during your visit to Rocky Mountain National Park. KMAC Guides meets you at your skill level, whether you’re a beginner or an experienced climber. And, our guests enjoy special rates on all of KMAC Guides experiences!
Originally constructed in European mountains during the world wars, these cable and ladder systems quickly became a popular recreational activity to climb in the post war era.While they have been popular in Europe for decades, Via Ferrata’s are just now gaining traction in the United States.
Book your Via Ferrata trip today to experience Estes Park from up high – sweeping views of Rocky Mountain National Park and the thrill of the vertical world await you!
- Trip Length: 4 -5 Hours
- All tours are private
- Via Ferrata access is not open to the public. Users must be accompanied by a KMAC Guide
- Introductory and intermediate routes available
Book a private guide and cater your climbing trip to your ability and goals. Customize a day of climbing in Estes Park, from beginner climbs with excellent views to challenging and steep test pieces, KMAC Guides’ local knowledge will help put you exactly where you need to be!
- Choose from 4-, 6- or 8-Hour Experiences
- Specific Skills Training Available, including Rock Rescue, Mountaineering and Snow Climbing
Interested in climbing? Maybe you’ve climbed some in a gym or outdoors and want to experience the vertical world outside. With KMAC Guides, you’ll sample the various disciplines of rock climbing in the legendary Rocky Mountain National Park and surrounding areas, learn the fundamentals of climbing and establish safe habits and practices right off the bat to establish a background of lifelong safety in the vertical world.
You’ll go bouldering, sport climbing, trad climbing, and practice many of the techniques it takes to climb slabs, cracks, and faces. Just some of KMAC’s rock climbing experiences include:
- Foundations Climbing Camp
- Progression Climbing Camp (Rope Climbing)
- Bouldering Camp