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Where it’s snowing right now, which resort to ski, and who guides the climb or the tour. Every number comes from the source and links back to it.
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Resorts, ski tours and avalanche courses
The same national curriculum from the Cascades to Colorado — and prices that range from $479 to $759 for it.
Courses · CanadaAST 1 & AST 2, compared27 avalanche courses near Whistler, Revelstoke, Banff and the Kootenays. Refund rules vary more than prices.
Ski tours · AlpsHaute Route & Vallée BlancheEvery company that guides them, side by side: what the price includes, and how well you need to ski.
Resorts302 ski resortsVertical, lifts, passes, day-pass prices and avalanche ratings, each from the resort’s own site.
Climbing
Guided climbs: who guides it, and what it costs
Chamonix companies charge less than half what US outfitters do. A Goûter hut bed is required by law and sold out for 2026.
6 companies · from €2,390 4,478 m · SwitzerlandThe MatterhornEvery operator makes you climb with them first. Your rock grade, not your fitness, decides which trip will take you.
7 companies · from €3,610 5,364 m · NepalEverest Base CampKathmandu operators charge about a third of what US outfitters do for the same 14-day trek. Island Peak and Mera add a roped climb above 6,000 m.
12 companies · from £1,120 5,895 m · TanzaniaKilimanjaroEvery climb has to go through a licensed operator. Tanzanian companies charge about a third of what US outfitters do for the same route, and tips are always extra.
13 companies · from $2,059 14,410 ft · WashingtonMount RainierThree companies hold the Park Service contracts. RMI is cheapest; Alpine Ascents is the only one that refunds much if you cancel.
3 companies · from $2,595 4,061 m · ItalyGran ParadisoThe cheapest 4,000 m peak to be guided up. Italian guide offices start around €270 a head before huts; UK week-long courses cost about £1,800.
10 companies · from €270Also compared: Monte Rosa The Breithorn The Eiger The Grossglockner The Zugspitze Triglav Hvannadalshnúkur Mount Toubkal Mount Fuji Kazbek Patagonia Denali Aconcagua Ecuador's volcanoes Mount Shasta Mount Baker Mount Whitney The Grand Teton Longs Peak Mount Hood Mount Adams Mount Washington Mount Robson Mount Assiniboine
Compare every program in one table → How to book a guided climb → All peaks and courses → All 326 summits →
Field Notes
Long reads from the data
Every peak above 8,000 m, ranked, with who got there first and when.
ResortsThe biggest vertical drops in North AmericaLift-served vertical, top to bottom, from each resort’s own numbers.
ClimbingThe cheapest guided 4,000 m peaks in the AlpsSix Alpine 4,000ers ranked by the cheapest way to be guided up them.
How these pages are made
From the operator’s own site.Every price, length, prerequisite and refund rule links to the page it came from, with the date we checked.
No guessing.When a company’s pages disagree with each other, we say so and leave the price blank.
Nobody pays to be listed.Some lodging and tour links earn us a commission. Guide companies can’t pay to change what we say.