Up-to-date information on alpine routes, backcountry skiing, and trail conditions for Longs Peak and Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado. Snow conditions and avalanche danger are forecast by Eli Helmuth, an AMGA certified rock, alpine, and ski mountaineering guide and owner of ClimbingLife Guides; a year-round guide service based in Estes Park offering worldwide mountain trips and local seminars in the climbing and skiing arts.

Watch the Climbing Life instructional video series for FREE  and increase your "bag of tricks" in the vertical environment.

Eli Helmuth of ClimbingLife Guides will be offering weekend clinics and seminars in rock climbing systems and techniques for climbers of all abilities.

Sliding through the "Little Switzerland" on the 2010 Alaska Range Ski Mountaineering Trip.

Photos and descriptions from the ClimbingLife Guides 2009 Cordillera Blanca trip in Peru.