About

Boot Top Guides is an independent guide service that specializes in creating small group mountain adventures that cater to your goals and dreams. All trips are run by IFMGA licensed mountain guide Jake Skeen. The brand name was born out of the bliss that skiing boot top powder provides.

I offer skiing and climbing trips domestically and internationally. Dates for each trip are selected based off the location and activity.

Custom dates and trips are also available. I will happily put together skiing and climbing trips that aren’t advertised on my website. Shoot me a message here to explore this possibility.

Providing educational experiences in the mountains is very rewarding for me. I offer avalanche courses, glacier travel and crevasse rescue training, ski mountaineering rope systems training, rock rescue training, and intro to trad/multi pitch climbing courses. Most of these are set up on a custom basis - so reach out if you don’t see what you’re looking for.

I always abide by local permitting regulations and best practices. This means that certain trip offerings will be channeled through a local concessionaire that has operating permits. In this case, all trip related communications and guiding services will still be run by me.

My ratio for ski trips max out at 4 guests to 1 guide. For multi pitch climbing trips and technical ski mountaineering my maximum ratio is 2:1.

Let’s make some turns or share a rope together!