Private Guiding
She Sends Collective is a woman-owned rock-climbing-specific guiding platform based Colorado!
It is our mission with our private guiding programs is to create safe space for ALL climbers, regardless of gender or sexual orientation, to have a positive experience climbing outdoors! Whether you are looking to try outdoor rock climbing for the very first time, explore new-to-you areas, gain some outdoor experience with friends, learn new skills or expand upon existing skills, we will tailor your guided experience to help you meet your goals.
As women and gender queer guides, we make up only 15% or less of the total rock climbing guides in the world. By hiring us you are supporting us as outdoor rock climbing minority groups, and we really appreciate it!
Let’s go!!
All guides and instructors with She Sends Collective are women and gender queer folks. We all have formal training from the American Mountain Guides Association (AMGA), the professional training and certification body for guides and climbing instruction within the US, as well as specific training by She Sends Collective to uphold our standards and values as an organization.
Scroll down to see some of our specific guiding offerings
Private Guiding Rates
Half Day Guiding (4 hours):
1 participant → $275
2 participants → $165 / person
3 participants → $145 / person
4 participants → $135 / person
5+ participants → $120 / person
Full Day Guiding (4-8 hours):
1 participant → $350
2 participants → $225 / person
3 participants → $200 / person
4 participants → $175 / person
5+ participants → $150 / person
If another guide is needed to accommodate a larger group, we will add on $180 for a half day guiding and $200 for a full day of guiding.
Guided experiences
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Flatiron Summit
$300+
The Flatirons are rock formations that sit above Boulder, Colorado and offer up to 1000 feet of beginner to intermediate climbing terrain with views that do not disappoint. They are a MUST CLIMB! Suggested climbs are the First Flatiron’s Direct East Face, Third Flatiron’s Standard East Face, and the Maiden’s East Ridge.
The Flatiron summit is a 6-8 hour day that includes orientation regarding the climb, and hiking to and from the rock formation, and of course superb climbing. The cost of the day includes an AMGA certified guide/instructor, all group gear including ropes, climbing protection, etc, as well as personal climbing equipment (shoes, harness, helmet) if needed.
Prerequisites: Participants must be able to hike on uneven terrain with a pack on for a mile or less.
We maintain ratios of 1 guide for every 4 climbers. If you want 3 of your friends to join, it is only $50 extra per person.
Trad Climbing Skills
$550
Traditional climbing is a type of route climbing that utilizes removable gear for protection and anchors, as opposed to utilizing bolts and bolted anchors like sport climbing relies on. Learning how to place ‘bomber’ gear, read routes, and setting up multidirectional anchors are all critical in becoming a proficient trad leader.
This two-day experience is designed to teach the basics of leading trad climbing, or help you expand your existing trad experience. Depending on your experience, you will learn anything between how to properly place gear to learning advanced anchoring and potentially leading your first trad climb!
Prerequisites: Participants must have the ability to safely top rope belay and climb a minimum of 5.8 on top-rope. Additionally participants must feel comfortable tying in with a figure-8 follow through knot, and be able to hike on uneven terrain with a pack on for less than a mile.
We maintain ratios of 1 guide for every 4 climbers. If you want 3 of your friends to join, it is only $50 extra per person.
Outdoor Leading: Sport Climbing
$250+
Leading sport climbing routes outdoors opens up your access to a variety of routes that are not accessible via top rope anchors alone. However, there are some significant differences between taking ‘the sharp end’ indoors at your local climbing gym and doing so outdoors that one of our SSC professional instructors/guides can help you with. So whether you are a proficient leader at your gym or not, we will teach you the basics for leading sport climbing routes and help you develop a strong foundation of leading skills that will serve you for years to come.
Learning and/or creating a strong foundation of leading skills for the outdoors is a 6-8 hour climbing day.
Prerequisites: Participants must have the ability to safely top rope belay and climb a minimum of 5.8 on top-rope. Additionally participants must feel comfortable tying in with a figure-8 follow through knot, and be able to hike on uneven terrain with a pack on for less than a mile.
We maintain ratios of 1 guide for every 4 climbers. If you want 3 of your friends to join, it is only $50 extra per person.
Meet our Guides
Meg loves to spend long days outdoors, striking a balance between epic-ing and relaxing in the mountains. It’s not only about what we climb, but who we share the experience with! Some of her most memorable venues for climbing (and quality time) are the Mendenhall Towers, the Cordillera Blanca, and the Wind River Range. Meg started her career in the outdoors working as an instructor on the East Coast. She led a variety of climbing based experiential leaning trips from New York, West Virginia, and the DC metro area. Her favorite part of working with SSC is the mission for a more equitable climbing world. Sharing experiences, with climbers from diverse backgrounds, allows for a collaborative learning environment where anything is possible. Learning something new is the goal everyday.
- Apprentice Rock Guide, AMGA
- Single Pitch Instructor, AMGA
- AIARE I snow certificate
- Wilderness First Responder
Carlyn was born and rasied in the mountains of Colorado and to this day can’t get enough of the great alpine climbing, skiing, and mountaineerings to be found here. Their main pursuits are alpine trad, ice and mixed climbing. They have a MSci in Outdoor Education, have completed the AMGA Rock Guide Course and have been leading adventures since 2012. Carlyn is a patient instructor and guide who is always stoked to get out and share their love of climbing!
- Single Pitch Instructor, AMGA
- Apprentice Rock Guide, AMGA
- Wilderness First Responder
- AIARE Pro 1
- MSCi in Outdoor Education
Ari’s first formative experiences in the outdoors were car camping with her family in Northern California where she was born and raised. While she lost touch with recreation for many years, she rekindled that relationship while hiking and mountaineering in Colorado where she now calls home. Ari later found rock climbing, has instructed for volunteer-led organizations, and is now a guide with She Sends Collective. While Ari’s daytime job is for the Colorado Department of Education, her weekend life centers around her passions to increase access to and recreation in the outdoors by way of climbing, skiing and mountaineering. Ari is fluent in Spanish.
- Single Pitch Instructor, AMGA
- Wilderness First Responder
They/Them
Ada has been climbing for almost their entire life and loves to share their passion with new climbers. After growing up in Northern California, they have become a well rounded climber, althugh always favoring traditional climbing and multi-pitch climbs for the summit views. As a guide, Ada is committed to creating more space and inclusivity in the outdoor community, especially for queer and trans climbers. When they aren’t guiding they can be found trail running with their pup or working on their van!
- Single Pitch Instructor, AMGA
- Wilderness First Responder
Chelsea Rude
She/her
Chelsea has 25 years of rock climbing experience and 19 years of coaching + teaching experience. She started coaching/teaching climbing outdoors over a decade ago through various climbing festivals and loved it so much that she pursued her single pitch instructor certification through the AMGA and became a wilderness first responder, too. Chelsea is one of the most supportive and encouraging guides you’ll find as she takes the time to teach you all you need to know to make your experience the best possible one. Her goal is to create spaces where women + other marginalized gender identities feel safe to ask questions and show up & experience climbing just as they are. It’s extremely important to her to create spaces where people can feel comfortable trying, failing, and getting up to try again and feel supported along the way. She believes it is her greatest accomplishment and joy to teach others to climb and give them the experience that changed her own life.
- Single Pitch Instructor, AMGA
- Coaching + instructing for 19 years
- B.A. in Integrative Physiology from CU Boulder
- Wilderness First Responder
- Performance Climbing Coach
- Climbs up to 5.14b, onsights 5.13c
- AIARE Level 1
