Intro to Multi Pitch Climbing Program

We’ve revamped our Intro to Multi Pitch Climbing Program and are rolling it our as of today!

Ready to get a few hundred feet off the deck and learn the proper systems and applications needed to climb in a multi pitch setting? In our Intro to Multi Pitch Climbing Program, you'll be taught the necessary skills to climb safely and efficiently in a 2-3 person party, multiple pitches off the ground. This course covers everything you need to know including multi pitch anchors, belay techniques and best applications, rope management, navigation, route selection, transitions, and much more (full curriculum below). All courses offer hands on instruction so you can rest assured you'll learn these valuable technical skills by practicing them yourself with a professionally trained AMGA Guide in your presence. Click the button below to learn more and to register for an Intro to Multi Pitch Climbing Course today!

Ladies Weekend Out Joshua Tree Photo Gallery

10 out of 10 for our a Ladies Weekend Out Joshua Tree event this weekend! Huge thanks to all the Ladies who came out to enjoy these beautiful sending temps with us, it was truly another special weekend for all involved! As always, none of this would have been possible without our incredible Guide team. Big shout out is owed to GSG Lead Guide @jessielyse for her organization and execution of the weekend, awesome job Jo! And big thanks to @paloma_farkas @brieoutside @jacey_alice_denny, Adela and Mija for showing our guests such a great time, you all crushed it! And lastly, thanks to Joshua Tree Climbing Ranger Bernadette Regan (@jtreebee) for dropping in and spreading some park knowledge, to photographer @brookeraines_ for capturing all the moments, and to our generous partners @terakaia @terakaiabishop @fixehardware @fixe.climb @wildcountry_official @saintarcherbrew and @bivouaccider for supplying us with the goods for the event! Click the button below to see the full Ladies Weekend Out Photo Gallery!

3rd Annual BBQ's x BELAY's x BEER's Recap

What a great and fun filled 3rd annual BBQ’s x BELAY’s x BEER’s event last weekend in Joshua Tree, NP! Incredible climbing went down, crack climbing clinics were facilitated, a tasty dinner was served up, new friendships were forged and an overall awesome time was had by everyone! Big thanks to everyone who came out and participated in our 3rd annual BBQ’s x BELAY’s x BEER’s event, it was a pleasure having you all out in one of our favorite places to climb, Joshua Tree!

As always, huge thanks to all the GSG Guides  @senseisplitter  @gregasaurus_flex  @siwamoto  @sarah___bee  @blavacados  @jessielyse  @tytytheclimbingguy  for facilitating another amazing event. Big shout out to @arcteryx athlete and GSG ambassador @cannonjtc for conducting a great crack clinic for all of our guests, that was a real treat. Also, big thanks to our partners for making this all possible! From @saintarcherbrew  and @Blake y_85 for supplying the adult beverages, to   @traegergrills  and  @jerky_george for cooking up a great dinner and supplying us with a Traeger grill to raffle off, to our other partners  @sheltahats  @prana  @outdoorresearch  @verticalhold @officialacsd @yeti and @aacsandiego for donating a bunch of rad gear for our rope coiling contest, you all make these events that much more special for everyone, thank you!!! And lastly big thanks to everyone else who came out and helped with the weekend and shot photos, from  @cody.kaemmerlen  to  @goldencoastgrams  to  @kaiahua and Ernest, your help at our event didn’t go unnoticed, thanks for helping us continue to build this awesome community of climbers!

Click here or on the image below to check out all the photos that were captured at our 3rd Annual BBQ's x BELAY's x BEER's event!

Toop 625 // Joshua Tree National Park

Awesome being back in the park and facilitating a full value day for Boy Scout Troop 625! Lots of instruction, plenty of climbing and as always, a fun rappel to top the day off with! Thanks for having us Troop 625 and big thanks to GSG Guide Greg Davis and Apprentice Guide Ash Gambhir for facilitating, couldn’t do it without you guys!.

Campn' n Crimpn' Wrap Up!

Well the inaugural Campn' n Crimpn' event in Joshua Tree, National Park is officially over and what an amazing weekend we had! We chased shade all weekend long in the park and were rewarded with some fantastic memories. First outdoor climbs and rappels went down, gear and anchor clinics were facilitated and an overall fun time was had in the park and back at camp! We can't thank the Campn' n Crimpn' participants enough for coming out with us this weekend in Joshua Tree. It was a fantastic weekend and we look forward to the next CnC event in the future! Click here for a photo gallery of the weekend.

BBQ's x BELAY's x BEER's 1st Weekend

We couldn't have asked for a better weekend to kick off BBQ's x BELAY's x BEER's! Stellar climbing, perfect temps and a great group! Thanks to everyone who came out for the first of 3 BxBxB events, you guys/gals were awesome! Also, big thanks to our partners Traeger Grills, Black Diamond, Saint Archer, Shelta Hats, Vertical Hold, Arcade Belts, American Alpine Club, Prana, Evolv, Outdoor Research and Headhunter suncare for your support and to photographer Jameson Schultz for the rad pics! Looking forward to the rest of the events coming up soon!

Joshua Tree Multi-Pitch Climbing with Golden State Guiding

Another fun weekend in Joshua Tree National Park with Golden State Guiding and it's multi-pitch climbing participants! GSG guide Allison Terray facilitated another fun day in the park and took graduates from our G2C and Advanced G2C program up various multi-pitch routes throughout the park. Great to see the confidence building in these budding climbers! Keep up the good work guys! 

Busy Weekend for Golden State Guiding!

Golden State Guiding was all over the place this past weekend in Southern California from the cliffs of Mission Gorge to the splitter cracks on Mount Woodson to the high desert in Joshua Tree! Big thanks to all that came out and to our guides Greg Davis, Allison Terray and guide apprentice Tyler Dandurand. It was a great weekend of climbing!