Smile Mountain Guides’ Gear Recommendations and Resources

The Smile Mountain Guides team has a deep working knowledge of gear. Collectively, we have decades of experience in the mountains. We use the best gear not because we have an affiliation with a particular brand but because our lives depend on choosing the best and most appropriate tools for any given situation.

Let our experiences in the mountain help guide your next adventure.

We’ll move through all the considerations for proper equipment selection in each discipline listed below and offer some suggestions, referencing some of the most widely used gear in the industry.