General Info

Established in 1981, Sierra Wilderness Seminars Inc. conducts business under the name of SWS Mountain Guides. Based in Mt. Shasta, Calif., the firm specializes in mountaineering tours and expeditions. It teaches rock climbing, ice climbing, glacier travel, alpine mountaineering, certified avalanche seminars, backpacking, survival, backcountry skiing and mountain ski descents throughout California. SWS Mountain Guides is one of the only three guide services to hold a commercial guiding permit on Mt. Shasta. It also holds the permanent commercial guiding permit for winter and summer mountaineering operations in the Inyo National Forest. The Worldwide Outfitters and Guides Association (WOGA) insures the organization for mountaineering lessons. SWS Mountain Guides organizes international seminars and expeditions in Russia, Tanzania, Nepal, Mexico, Ecuador, Peru and Argentina, among others.