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Four levels, roughly in order. Most people start with a backpack trip or a skills course and work up. Some skip ahead. We'll tell you honestly if that's a good idea.

Stepping Stone

No experience needed · Backpacking and trekking

Two to ten days. Real adventures on their own, and the best way to get ready for bigger mountains.

A backpacker in yellow pants hiking down a red rock trail into a canyon Grand Canyon Rim-to-Rim Backpack24 mi Arizona · 5 days / 4 nights Booking now May 17 to May 21, 2027 · $2,095 A woman in a red Peruvian hat hugging a trekker in a village Salkantay to Machu Picchu4,600 m (15,100 ft) Peru With WHOA Travel Spring to fall

Basecamp Clinics

Learn the skills · 3,000 to 5,700 m (9,800 to 18,700 ft)

Four to eight days on approachable but serious peaks. Crampons, ice axe, rope team, crevasse rescue.

Two roped climbers on the snowy summit ridge of Pico de Orizaba Pico de Orizaba5,636 m (18,491 ft) Mexico · 8 days / 7 nights Applications open Jan 21 to Jan 28, 2027 · $3,600 A rope team climbing a snow slope on Mount Baker Mount Baker Mountaineering School3,286 m (10,781 ft) Washington · 6 days, 4 on the mountain Booking now Jul 5 to Jul 10, 2027 · from $1,595 A rope team of young women crossing a steep snowfield on Mount Baker Rope Team Rising3,286 m (10,781 ft) Mount Baker, Washington · 6 days, 4 on the mountain Interest list June to August · $2,250

High Camp

Go higher · 5,500 to 6,200 m (18,000 to 20,300 ft)

Longer trips at real altitude: glaciated peaks in Peru, high passes in Nepal, Kilimanjaro. For people with a skills course or a first big peak behind them.

Three smiling climbers roped together on a snowy glacier in the Cordillera Blanca Ishinca and Tocllaraju6,034 m (19,797 ft) Cordillera Blanca, Peru · 13 days / 12 nights Booking now Jul 12 to Jul 24, 2027 · from $3,900 Four trekkers celebrating on a rocky pass under prayer flags in the Khumbu Nepal Passes and Peaks5,545 m (18,192 ft) Khumbu, Nepal · About 3 weeks Interest list November 2027, dates being finalized Three women cheering at the Uhuru Peak summit sign on Kilimanjaro Kilimanjaro5,895 m (19,341 ft) Tanzania With WHOA Travel Several departures a year

Peak Expeditions

Big, long and cold · Near 7,000 m (23,000 ft)

About three weeks. For people with time at altitude and multi-day backcountry trips behind them.

An AWE team celebrating together on the summit of Aconcagua Aconcagua 3606,961 m (22,838 ft) Argentina · 21 days / 20 nights Booking now Dec 27, 2026 to Jan 16, 2027 · $7,800 Climbers on a snow ridge above the clouds on Lenin Peak Lenin Peak7,134 m (23,406 ft) Kyrgyzstan · 22 days / 21 nights Applications open Aug 1 to Aug 22, 2027 · $6,650 Four women in down jackets standing together on snow on Aconcagua Aconcagua Normal Route6,961 m (22,838 ft) Argentina · 20 days / 19 nights Interest list December to February, on request · $8,200

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