Yosemite Student Trips & Training
Student Programs
About Student Programs
With a guiding staff equally experienced in working with both adults and student groups in technical skills, natural history, ecology, land sciences, interpersonal communication, and group dynamics, Southern Yosemite Mountain Guides offers unparalleled programming options for schools, travel camps, families, and outdoor programs both in Yosemite National Park and in the Sierra National Forest.
Highly respected schools like Head Royce of Oakland, California; The Branson School of Ross, California; Marin Academy; Ojai Valley School; Squaw Valley Academy, The Sage School and the Overlake School of Redmond, Washington have chosen SYMG for good reason. Peggy Proctor of The Branson School sums it up, "Many thanks...for everything you have given all of us. You have opened your heart, your home, and your extensive skills to us and we have all benefited greatly. Thanks for your 100% dedication to the growth & happiness of our students."
We also work with the some of the finest student adventure programs in the country; Adventures Cross Country, Interlochen, the Boy Scouts of America, YMCA groups, Wilderness Ventures. Moondance Adventures, The World Outdoors and America's Adventure.
Guide Training Course
About the Guide Training Course
This course is about teaching you how to be the best possible mountain guide you can be. We designed it to provide experienced outdoors people with the skills they need to make a successful transition to Professional Mountain Guide. Working as a guide requires more than just hard (technical) skills, it requires even better soft skills (communication and management). The bulk of SYMG's program focuses on the "soft skills" required to effectively meet the needs of clients, manage groups in the backcountry and how to successfully plan and execute backcountry trips. With successful completion of this course, graduates should be equipped with the knowledge, confidence, and skills necessary (along with a recommendation from an industry leader) to be hired as a professional guide. At SYMG we feel that a great guide will utilize these skills not only as a guide, but also in any professional environment.