Mountain Adventure Specialists

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Mountain Adventure Specialists
Trekking Climbing Backcountry Skiing
Custom Adventures
Co-Owners - Kirk Bachman Erik Leidecker Stanley,
Idaho
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Personal BackgroundNative Idahoan Graduate
Idaho State University Life-long Recreationist
on Public Land

• Founded Sawtooth Mountain Guides 1985
• Licensed Idaho Outfitter and Guide since 1980
• Permittee Sawtooth National Recreation Area
  Salmon-Challis National Forest City of Rocks
  National Reserve
• Certified Alpine Ski Mountaineering Guide
  American Mountain Guides Association
• Certified Avalanche Instructor American
  Avalanche Association

Love where I work and what I do! Sharing sense
of Place.
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Sawtooth Mountain GuidesArea of Operation
Services

• 2 Principal Seasons of Operation (Winter
  Summer)
• Operation relies on Quality Environments on
  Public Land (Wilderness non-Wilderness)

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Avalanche Education
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Terrain Recognition Route Selection
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Classroom for Decision-making
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Who is the SMG Customer?
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SMG CustomersCome in all Shapes Sizes

• Summer

Winter
Enjoy natural settings Sense of Adventure Time to
getaway in secluded environments
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Adventure Outfitting Rural Idaho

• Variety of Pristine environments is the Draw
• Need to draw Quality Customers- Place Quality
  of Service Key
• The local Economy often shares the same
  Customer-Networking with lodges, Services, other
  Outfitters

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The Adventure Network
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Quality Environments Special Experiences
Provide a Lifetime of Dividends for a Broad
Spectrum of Adventure People
Season after Season