Brendan Burns
AMGA Splitboard Guide
City: Jackson
Province: WY
Bio: The United States first official AMGA certified Split Board Guide. Brendan spends the majority of the year guiding with Exum Mountain Guides and the Jackson Hole Mountain Resort Alpine Guides. As a former NOLS instructor, Brendan focuses on the value of instruction within his guiding. Brendan's summer months are spent guiding in the Teton and Wind River Mountains of Wyoming, as well as, guiding climbing at the City of Rocks National Preserve and Castle Rocks State Park Idaho. Brendan spends his winter months guiding snowboarders and skiers in the Teton Range of Wyoming and the Chugach Range of Alaska. Brendan has developed and is the lead guide and coach for snowboard specific backcountry and mountaineering camps which is run through the Jackson Hole Mountain Resort and Exum Mountain Guides. For fun, Brendan likes to mountain bike, climb, surf, snowboard and ski and eat a lot.
States
Certifications
- AMGA Splitboard Guide
Specialities
AMGA: American Mountain Guides Association
The American Mountain Guides Association (AMGA) is a 501(c)(3) educational non‐profit that is dedicated to supporting the American mountain guiding community. Their mission is to be the leader in education, standards, and advocacy for professional guides and climbing instructors.
As the leading organization of America’s most vibrant, inspiring community of climbers and skiers, the AMGA offers you cutting edge knowledge and hundreds of years of collective experience that you won’t get from any other climbing organization.