Golden State Guiding has partnered up with the highly acclaimed Colorado guide service, Alpine to the Max, woman’s sports top industry leader and long time partner Tera Kaia, world renowned outerwear manufacturer and outdoor industry leader Rab Equipment, and our friends over at The Spot Climbing Gym, for an all ladies weekend of climbing in Colorado, September 29th - October 1st! Twelve lucky ladies will have the opportunity to climb at some of Colorado’s most popular rock climbing areas with our professionally trained, AMGA Guides. All three days will be packed with fun climbing for all abilities, technical clinics introducing you to outdoor climbing, community, and camaraderie! All participants will also have the option to purchase an additional day of multi pitch climbing at the world famous Flatirons in Boulder, Colorado!
Ladies Weekend Out Mammoth // Mental Approach to Climbing
Our highly anticipated Ladies Weekend Out Mammoth // Mental Approach to Climbing Clinic is back and this time we’re hosting 2 separate weekends! 12 Lucky Ladies each weekend will have the opportunity to join Golden State Guiding’s awesome female Guide team for another 3 day weekend in Mammoth Lakes this summer filled with mental coaching, centered around how to create a positive mental space while climbing. Click the button below to learn more and to register for Ladies Weekend Out Mammoth today!
Ladies Weekend Out 2.0 Bishop
Our Ladies Weekend Out 2.0 event is back! Our highly anticipated Ladies Weekend Out 2.0 is back this Spring 2023 in Bishop, California! 14 Lucky Ladies will have the opportunity to join Golden State Guiding’s awesome female Guide team for a 3 day weekend on the Eastside filled with exciting multi pitch and single pitch climbing, camping in Bishop, California, and a social event Saturday evening at the Têra Kaia retail store in downtown Bishop! Click the button below to register for our Ladies Weekend Out 2.0 Bishop climbing event today!
Ladies Weekend Out // San Diego
Our Ladies Weekend Out event is back this February in beautiful San Diego! Golden State Guiding and our good friends Têra Kaia, Fixe Hardware, Pure Project Brewing, and Rove Adventure Beer are throwing another awesome Ladies Weekend Out event in San Diego, running February 10th to the 12th! Eighteen lucky ladies will have the opportunity to climb some of San Diego’s most coveted rock climbing crags with our professionally trained AMGA guides. Both days will be packed with fun climbing for all abilities, technical clinics introducing you to outdoor climbing, camaraderie, community and fun for all! Click the button below to learn more and to register for LWO San Diego today!
Sunshine and Stoked at the Inaugural Ladies Weekend Out Splitboard Event in Mammoth Lakes, CA
Words AND PHOTOS by Rachel Lightner (@rachellightner)
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Golden State Guides ran their first Ladies Weekend Out splitboard event in Mammoth Lakes, CA on March 12th and 13th. Six participants, along with myself and GSG guides Tailer Grey and Jessica Olsen, took to the backcountry to dial in splitboard skills and hangout with a group of awesome ladies. I had the pleasure of tagging along for the event and capturing some of the moments over the two-day course, from the high vibes to the parking lot apres beers.
Day one began at the Visitor Center in Mammoth Lakes, where the ladies were introduced to their gear provided by GSG. This included all of their avalanche safety gear: beacon, shovel, probe, as well as touring gear, including bindings, skins and Weston Backcountry splitboards. Several of the ladies were really excited about the partnership with Weston Splitboards and were looking forward to giving them a try, including participant Carman Cheung. “I was already looking into demoing a Weston board and then my friend sent me the class and was like well you could demo a board, take a class, have a guide and learn to splitboard. And there’s beer!”, said Cheung. “So it was the whole package. I signed up as soon as I saw it.”
After some binding adjustments and demonstrating how to pack all of the new gear into packs, we did a round of introductions. We learned everyone’s favorite snack and the fact that every participant had come up from somewhere in southern California for the event, so the comradery was instant. The ladies were stoked to get onto snow, so we headed to the Mammoth Rock trailhead and began our day.
We started off with our first transition, learning how to turn our complete board into touring mode, which can be one of the hardest parts of learning how to splitboard. Tailer walked everyone through her methodical steps on how to take the board apart and keep your gear organized, ensuring that all the ladies felt confident with each step along the way.
After everyone transitioned to split mode, we went over the basic functions of our beacons and how to do a beacon check. Once we were all checked and beeping, we were ready to begin walking. Tailer gave some pointers on how to best walk with skins on and we hit the trail. Some slips and falls happened, always followed by laughter and words of encouragement. It was all of the ladies' first time split boarding, so it was a comfortable and supportive space to learn in. “Being in an all women's group is awesome.” said participant Lindsey Walkemeyer. “It takes away so much of the intimidation or trying to prove anything, it was super supportive and the women in this group were down to encourage each other and ask good questions and pick up the slack where we needed it and just work together. I don't know if that would've been exactly the same if it wasn’t an all women's group.”
We walked to an open knoll and Tailer talked through kick turns and downhill travel with skins on, which we put into practice by skiing down the hill, then climbing back up and working on kick turns. After taking a few cycles through these motions, we began our ascent to Mammoth Rock.
The sun was glistening through the pines, conversations were flowing, and the ladies were beginning to piece together the details of touring. When we arrived at the top of our run, Tailer walked through transitions again then the ladies put it into practice, this time nailing it down even faster than the first time around. Everyone was getting more familiar and comfortable with their gear. We posed for pictures in front of Mammoth Rock, gave high fives, and got stoked for our first downhill riding.
We took it in sections, weaving through some low angle trees and gullies, until we arrived back at our trailhead. We then practiced more transitions by cruising up to a small knoll and riding down twice. This was a valuable decision on Tailer’s part, because dialing in your transition can be one of the hardest parts to learn, so doing this multiple times on the first day is really helpful for your progression. We finished off the day in the parking lot with some ice cold beers provided by Pure Brewing and shared some highlights and thoughts on what we were looking forward to the next day.
The following morning, we met at the trailhead for the Sherwins and we had an unexpected visitor, Miss Gale force winds. We were nearly blowing over huddled behind our vehicles, as Tailer shouted over the sound of the wind to give the ladies a few options for the day. As a group, we decided to shelter inside and wait out the wind a little bit. There was still a lot of meaningful information that could be taught indoors, so we headed to Black Velvet Coffee and got cozied up with a hot beverage in their upstairs nook.
Tailer went over her online resources she uses when planning a trip to the backcountry, including maps, avalanche information, and weather reports. The ladies got familiar with Gaia and Caltopo on their phones, learning how to plan out their routes and how to look over the avalanche center’s online resources. Tailer then exploded her backpack and showed everyone what she typically brings on a tour, along with helpful tips for packing everyone efficiently. The skies had cleared a bit and the wind died down, so we decided to go out for a short tour to put all of our new skills into practice.
Although the wind was still blustering, the ladies were excited to get out for a walk. We found some protection in the trees and walked up the base of the Sherwins, practicing skinning, kicksteps, and even boot packing on the way up. Upon reaching the top of our tour, we transitioned and celebrated with smiles, cheers, and clanking our poles together.
We rode through some trees and gullies, hooting and hollering the whole way down, until we arrived back at our cars. We wrapped up the weekend by sharing some takeaways from the course, and Lindsey commented that, “it's really important to find women who enjoy doing similar things and to partner with them. It's also important to learn how to do things the right way from the beginning and finding the right people to teach you to do that is huge. Having a fantastic attitude and having a good time no matter what circumstances come up, because it's all about being outside in the first place and having a good adventure.”
All the ladies left stoked to continue their pursuits as split boarders, complete with confidence in their abilities and a new group of awesome lady friends. We look forward to seeing how all these ladies take their skills and adventure in the future, and we hope to see you at the next Ladies Weekend Out splitboard event!
Ladies Weekend Out San Diego is Back!
Our Ladies Weekend Out event is back this February in beautiful San Diego! Golden State Guiding and our good friends T êra Kaia, Fixe Hardware, Saint Archer Brewery, and Bivouac Ciderworks are throwing another awesome Ladies Weekend Out event in San Diego, running February 11th to the 13th! Fifteen lucky ladies will have the opportunity to climb some of San Diego’s most coveted rock climbing crags with our AMGA certified guides. Both days will be packed with fun climbing for all abilities, technical clinics introducing you to outdoor climbing, camaraderie, community and fun for all! Click the button below to learn more and to register for LWOSD!
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!
Ladies Weekend Out Joshua Tree
Golden State Guiding and our good friends T êra Kaia, Fixe Hardware, Saint Archer Brewery, and Bivouac Cider are at it again and throwing another awesome Ladies Weekend Out event in Joshua Tree National Park this October 14th - 17th! Fifteen lucky ladies will have the opportunity to climb at some of Joshua Tree’s most coveted rock climbing crags with our AMGA certified guides. All 3 days will be packed with fun climbing for all abilities, technical clinics introducing you to outdoor climbing, camaraderie, community and fun for all! Click the button below to learn more and to register for Ladies Weekend Out Joshua Tree this October!
Ladies Weekend Out // Mental Approach to Climbing // Mammoth Lakes, CA
Our Ladies Weekend Out // Mental Approach to Climbing event is here! With all the positive feedback we've received regarding our Ladies Weekend Out events we figured we may as well run an impromptu LWO event again in the Eastern Sierra this summer only this time there's a twist! July 30th - August 1st, 12 lucky ladies will once again have the opportunity to come out with our professionally trained, AMGA Guides for a weekend of climbing only this time we're mixing things up a bit! The theme of our LWO Summer event will be "Mental Approach to Climbing" and we'll be focusing on topics such as attentive lead belaying and how to be a good support for your partner pushing their limits, addressing the fear of falling, pushing past physical and mental barriers, and more! Cost for our LWO Mental Training weekend is $350 and includes 2 nights camping and 2 days of mental training in the Eastern Sierra. This was a last minute addition to our schedule so if you're interested in attending please DM GSG Programs Coordinator, Jessica Olson via Instagram at @jessielyse or feel free to send us an email through our website, someone will get right back to you with all the details! Looking forward to pushing past some barriers in a couple of weeks on the Eastside! 📷 @emma.perkuhn
Ladies Weekend Out 2.0 Bishop Recap
Well we just wrapped up the inaugural Ladies Weekend Out 2.0 event in Bishop, CA and what a success it was! Big thanks to all the Ladies who came out and shared in all the fun throughout the long weekend, it was a pleasure seeing new and familiar faces! Also, HUGE thanks to our incredible Guide team, Jessica, Sarah, Emma, Lauren, Lindsay, Krystina, and Kyle for facilitating another incredible event, we couldn’t do it without our talented Guide family! Also, big thanks to our talented photographers Kylie and Emma for capturing all the special moments. And lastly, big shout out to our close friends and partners at Tera Kaia, Saint Archer Brewery, Bivouac Cider and Fixe Hardware, your support is always greatly appreciated! To see a full gallery of our LWO 2.0 photos Click the button below… Enjoy!
Ladies Weekend Out San Diego
An ALL Ladies weekend of climbing is returning to San Diego this Spring!
After a 2 year hiatus our Ladies Weekend Out San Diego event is coming back! Golden State Guiding and our good friends T êra Kaia and Saint Archer Brewery are throwing another awesome Ladies Weekend Out event in San Diego on April 10th and 11th! Fifteen lucky ladies will have the opportunity to climb some of San Diego’s most coveted rock climbing crags with our AMGA guides. Both days will be packed with fun climbing for all abilities, technical clinics introducing you to outdoor climbing, camaraderie, community and fun for all! Click the button below to learn more and to register for this special weekend! 📷 @alex.kereszti
Ladies Weekend Out Registration is Open!
We’re getting back in the saddle with our regularly scheduled events, albeit in a much smaller capacity! Golden State Guiding and our good friends Tera Kaia and Saint Archer Brewery are throwing another awesome Ladies Weekend Out event in Joshua Tree National Park, October 16th - 18th! Twelve lucky ladies will have the opportunity to climb some of Joshua Tree’s most coveted rock climbing crags with our AMGA certified guides. Both days will be packed with fun climbing for all abilities, technical clinics introducing you to outdoor climbing, camaraderie, community and fun for all!
Our Ladies Weekend Out events are quickly becoming the go-to, all female climbing events to attend! The smaller group size sets the stage for a more intimate weekend where participants really get to know one-another and receive more personalized instruction. The relationships formed from our LWO events is what makes these events so special and such a success! Click here to view a photo gallery from our LWO, Fall 2019 event in Joshua Tree! We hope to see you out there, it's going to be another memorable weekend! Click the button below to learn more!
Ladies Weekend Out San Diego
An ALL Ladies weekend of climbing is returning to San Diego this Spring!
Golden State Guiding and our good friends Tera Kaia and Saint Archer Brewery are throwing another awesome Ladies Weekend Out event in San Diego, April 4th and 5th! Fifteen lucky ladies will have the opportunity to climb some of San Diego’s most coveted rock climbing crags with our AMGA certified guides. Both days will be packed with fun climbing for all abilities, technical clinics introducing you to outdoor climbing, camaraderie, community and fun for all!
Our Ladies Weekend Out events are quickly becoming the go-to, all female climbing events to attend! The smaller group size sets the stage for a more intimate weekend where participants really get to know one-another and receive more personalized instruction. The relationships formed from our LWO events is what makes these events so special and such a success! Click here to view a photo gallery from our LWO, Spring 2019 event in San Diego! We hope to see you out there, it's going to be another memorable weekend!
Ladies Weekend Out Joshua Tree Registration is Open!
Golden State Guiding and partners Tera Kaia and Saint Archer Brewery are throwing another awesome Ladies Weekend Out event in Joshua Tree National Park, October 11th - 13th! Fifteen lucky ladies will have the opportunity to climb some of Joshua Tree’s most popular rock climbing crags with our AMGA certified guides. Both days will be packed with fun climbing for all abilities, technical clinics introducing you to outdoor climbing, camaraderie, community and fun for all!
Our Ladies Weekend Out events are quickly becoming the go-to, all female climbing events to attend! The smaller group size sets the stage for a more intimate weekend where participants really get to know one-another and receive more personalized instruction. The relationships formed from our LWO events is what makes these events so special and such a success! Click the button below to learn more and to register for this event!
Ladies Weekend Out Colorado Recap!
We’re still coming down from an incredible high from this past weekends Ladies Weekend Out Colorado event! 14 Ladies took to the crags of Colorado where they climbed on some of the finest granite the state has to offer, participated in an array of climbing clinics throughout the weekend, and created friendships and memories that will last lifetime! The camaraderie was at an all time high and stoke was through the roof! We can’t thank these amazing Ladies enough for coming out to such an unforgettable weekend, you all truly rock!
BIG thanks to our partner and friends at @coloradomountainschool for accommodating the entire weekend with your awesome Guides @mtnmia, @sarah.b.jamin, @allyfromindy and for putting all the Ladies up in your hostel, it was the perfect touch! Also, big thanks to GSG Guide @lolo_bach for facilitating yet another incredible weekend and to our sponsors and friends at @aretbasewear, @outdoorresearch @saintarcherbrew, @amavaraskincare, @verticalhold, and @aacsandiego we couldn’t do it without your support! Click the button below to view the complete photo gallery of our LWOCO event!
Ladies Weekend Out Colorado - August 2nd - 4th
Ladies Weekend Out is taking it to a national level and going to beautiful Estes Park, Colorado, just outside of Rocky Mountain National Park!
Golden State Guiding has partnered up with world renowned guide service, Colorado Mountain School and woman’s sports top industry leader and long time parter Tera Kaia for an all ladies weekend of climbing in Colorado, August 2nd - 4th! Fifteen lucky ladies will have the opportunity to climb some of Rocky Mountain National Parks most popular rock climbing crags with our professionally trained AMGA guides and enjoy two nights accommodation in the CMS Adventure Hostel, conveniently located in the middle of Estes Park. Both days will be packed with fun climbing for all abilities, technical clinics introducing you to outdoor climbing, community and camaraderie! We hope to see you out there, it's going to be another great weekend! Click the image below to learn more and to register for this awesome event!
Ladies Weekend Out // Spring 2019
Well another amazing weekend of climbing with a great group of Ladies went down for our Ladies Weekend Out, 2019 Spring event in San Diego! It was our largest group of Ladies to date for an LWO event at 15! Throughout the weekend all participants were taught the necessary skills on how to climb outdoors on their own including anchor building, rappelling, and gear placements, and of course, lots of climbing ensued! Saturday night found us at Saint Archer Brewery where the Ladies indulged in some tasty, local craft beer, delicious dessert provide by Riot Cake Co. and they finished off with a good ol’ fashioned brewery tour! Big thanks to all the Ladies that came out for the weekend, it was a pleasure having you all attend our event! Also, big shout out to our GSG Guides, Lauren Breitenbach, Sarah Barille and Tyler Dandurand for facilitating, photographers Jameson Schultz and Albert Cheng for capturing the moments, as well as to our partners, Tera Kaia (formerly Aret), prAna, Outdoor Research, Shelta Hats, Saint Archer Brewery, Riot Cake Co., American Alpine Club and Allied Climbers of San Diego, we couldn't do it without the support of all these amazing guides and companies! Stay tuned for some exciting information regarding our next Ladies Weekend Out, landing in a different state this summer, 2019! Click the button below to view our full Gallery from our Ladies Weekend Out, Spring 2019 event!
Ladies Weekend Out // Spring 2019
An ALL Ladies weekend of climbing is returning to San Diego this Spring!
Golden State Guiding has partnered up with Aret Basewear and Saint Archer Brewery once again for an all ladies weekend of climbing March 30th & 31st! Twelve lucky ladies will have the opportunity to climb some of San Diego's most popular rock climbing crags with our AMGA certified guides. Both days will be packed with fun climbing for all abilities, technical clinics introducing you to outdoor climbing, and good vibes!
Our inaugural Ladies Weekend Out last Spring was a huge success! The smaller group size sets the stage for a more intimate weekend where participants really get to know one-another and receive more personalized instruction. Click here to view a video from our last LWO event and here to view a photo gallery! We hope to see you out there, it's going to be another great weekend!
Ladies Weekend Out Event // Joshua Tree National Park
What an incredible weekend out with all the Ladies who attended our Ladies Weekend Out, Fall 2018 event this past weekend in Joshua Tree National Park! Stoke levels were through the roof and it showed in all the Ladies climbing! First climbs outdoors, camaraderie, crack climbing, new friendships forged, demos, it all went down! We can’t thank everyone enough for coming out for the weekend. It was truly inspiring to see the Ladies sending so hard, well done!
HUGE thanks to our partners of the LWO event, Saint Archer, Aret Basewear, Yeti, Outdoor Research, American Alpine Club - San Diego Chapter, Vertical Hold and Shelta Hats, we couldn’t do it without your support.
Lastly, we always need to pay our finest respects to the GSG Guides and Ambassadors that facilitate these amazing outings for us. Lauren Breitenbach, Greg Davis, Tyler Dandurand, Sarah Barille and Scott Iwamoto, all of you are truly talented in the field, we can’t thank you enough for your continued efforts! And last but not least, we can’t forget our incredibly gifted GSG Ambassador and photographer Jameson Schultz for shooting the entire event, thanks for everything you do Jamo! Check out his link above for some amazing photos!
To see a full gallery shot by Jameson click here, you’ll be happy you did!
Ladies Weekend Out // Spring 2018 Recap
Well the first ever Ladies Weekend Out event with Golden State Guiding is in the bag and what a success it was! We were blessed with an amazing group of talented women who came to the event ready to climb, learn and have a great time! Education was at the forefront of the weekend and all of our Ladies soaked up the knowledge our certified AMGA guides had to offer. Sport anchors were built, rappelling lessons facilitated, gear placement and anchor demonstrations provided and of course the ever so popular tape gloves were put into action because our Ladies got on some crack! The #Sladies were out in full force this weekend and really took home some great memories! Big thanks to everyone who came out for the first ever Ladies Weekend Out event with Golden State Guiding! It was an amazing event and we couldn't be more pleased with the outcome!
A special thanks goes out to GSG's head Guide for the weekend Lauren Breitenbachfor facilitating an amazing event. Big thanks to GSG Guide Tyler Dandurandfor helping out throughout the weekend and to GSG's newest apprentice/ SPI Aspirant Sarah Barille for keeping the girls safe and running her own lessons with the participants. Also, a large shoutout goes out to Oliver Dela Cruz for filming the entire weekend and to Margaret Chiu, Vertical Hold Instructor, for working with the Ladies on technique and movement both days, we couldn't have done it without any of these talented individuals.
And last but not least, a HUGE thanks to all our partners who supported this event, Aret Basewear, Saint Archer, Riot Cake Co., Vertical Hold Climbing Gym, Evolv, Shelta Hats, American Alpine Club, and prAna. The girls were given their goody bags at our party at Saint Archer Brewery Saturday night and they were beyond stoked to say the least, thanks for your support!
Keep an eye out for the next Ladies Weekend Out event this Fall 2018!