Timberline Mountain Guides

Specialties

We guide hundreds of climbers to the summit of Mt. Hood every year — as the only AMGA accredited guide service that leads summits of all the Oregon Cascades, as well as peaks in the North Cascades of Washington.

We offer alpine climbing seminars, glacier climbing education, and nearly year-​round ice climbing on glacier and water-​ice. Our guides are experienced at providing first time mountaineers with a great educational experience. We also cater to experienced climbers looking for advanced instruction and difficult routes like the Cooper Spur, or the Jefferson Park Glacier.

We employ AMGA Certified Alpine Guides, and all of our guides have AMGA training. We can accommodate individuals and groups, and we design custom programs if the dates listed on our calendar don’t fit your needs.

History

Established in 1983.

Timberline Mountain Guides, Inc. and Smith Rock Climbing School were originally created in 1983 by Mike Volk. He operated the small company out of his house, right across the street from the world famous Smith Rock State Park. In 1989, Bill Soule became partners with Mike and the two ran the company until Roy Holland took the helm in 1992. In 2000, Steve Baldwin and Pete Keane took over for Roy and ran the company together until 2007. In 2008, Steve left to pursue other interests in Bishop, California and currently, Pete Keane runs the company.

Meet the Business Owner

Pete K.

Business Owner

Pete Keane is an IFMGA Certified Mountain Guide and a former board member of the American Mountain Guides Association. He is the owner of Timberline Mountain Guides, Smith Rock Climbing School, and Oregon Ski Guides. He has been climbing since 1982 and guiding since 1989. He lives in Bend minutes away from year-​round desert rock climbing and a short ride up the hill to excellent back-​country skiing. In the off-​season Pete loves to spend as much time as possible with his sons, Finn and Calvin.