Guided Adventures
Lodge Destinations
Guided Adventures
Tackle Remote Summits with Eleven
Our lodges offer fully personalized alpine outings led by stellar mountain guide teams. In Colorado, try Guide’s Ridge, a classic technical climb, or hone your rock and ice skills. In Chile, Alaska, and Canada, we offer isolated alpine ascents and pristine glacier treks accessible only by heli. In France, explore glaciers or climb protected via ferrata routes. To top it all off, celebrate the climb with après at our outposts and lodges.
Mountaineering Adventures with Eleven
Explore all levels of mountaineering from our lodges. Fly to pristine alpine climbs that are otherwise inaccessible, or try the exciting world of via ferrata.
Via Cordata
A mix of hiking, climbing, and via ferrata, via cordata takes you along exposed rock faces with minimal equipment, offering an immersive mountaineering experience. Securely roped in, you’ll navigate alpine cliffs with expert guidance. Available in France at Chalets Pelerin and Hibou.
Guide’s Ridge Mountaineering
A Crested Butte classic, this roped-in scramble follows an exposed ridge to the 12,162-foot summit of Mount Crested Butte. Ideal for adventurous families and seasoned climbers alike, this alpine challenge delivers big views and an even bigger sense of accomplishment. Available in Colorado.
Glacier Hiking
Traverse ancient ice fields with crampons, ropes, and an expert guide leading the way. Explore deep crevasses, bright blue ice formations, and breathtaking high-altitude terrain on an unforgettable trek across some of the world’s most spectacular glaciers. Available in France, Chile and British Columbia.
Mountaineering
Push your limits on a guided peak ascent, from the rugged summits of Revelstoke to the towering Mont Blanc Massif in the Alps. Whether it’s rock climbing, glacier travel, or technical ridges, our expert guides tailor the challenge to your skill level for an unforgettable summit experience. Available in France and British Columbia.
Via Ferrata
Clip into a steel cable and scale sheer rock faces on a protected climbing route. With ladders, rungs, and suspension bridges, via ferrata offers a thrilling, beginner-friendly ascent high above the alpine landscape. Expert guides lead the way, ensuring a safe and exhilarating experience. Available in France at Chalets Pelerin and Hibou.
Ice Climbing
Strap on crampons, wield ice axes, and climb frozen waterfalls with guidance from expert climbers. Whether learning the fundamentals or tackling advanced routes, this vertical challenge delivers an adrenaline-packed experience. Available in France and Colorado.
Heli-Mountaineering
Fly deep into the backcountry for an unparalleled mountaineering adventure. Scramble across remote ridgelines, scale granite spires, and soak in vast views of untouched wilderness before rappelling back down to your waiting helicopter. Available in Chile.
Meet Our Team
Our Expert Mountain Guides
Our mountain guides are highly experienced, certified professionals with deep local knowledge of routes and conditions. They’re your friends on the ground, always ready to teach you new techniques if you’re looking to advance your skill set.
Ben Ammon
Ben Ammon is an IFMGA-certified guide for Eleven. Based in Crested Butte, he thrives on sharing once-in-a-lifetime experiences with guests across North America’s wildest mountains.
Chris Bradley
Chris Bradley is Eleven’s Guide Operations Manager at Deplar Farm. Originally from England, he now lives in Siglufjörður, Iceland. An avid bikepacker and mountaineer, he leads Eleven’s busiest guide team, delivering world-class adventures.
Jean-Noël Gaidet
Jean-Noël Gaidet is a IFMGA mountain guide based in Sainte Foy, France. With 24 years of guiding experience, he leads skiing, heliskiing, and alpine adventures across Europe and Iceland.
Chris Martin
Chris Martin is an IFMGA-certified guide for Eleven, passionate about creating mountain moments that spark gratitude and reflection. He guides across Crested Butte, Deplar Farm, and Taylor River Lodge.
Enric Llorens
Enric Alacambra Llorens is a Lead Guide at Deplar Farm. Originally from Barcelona, he’s passionate about taking guests beyond their comfort zones through outdoor challenges.
Billy Rankin
Billy Rankin is a veteran ski and mountain guide for Eleven with 30 years of experience. Based in Crested Butte, he’s passionate about deep powder, good people, and unforgettable days outside.
Jimmy Tart
Jimmy Tart is a ski guide with nearly 30 seasons of patrolling, avalanche education, and backcountry guiding experience.
Antoine Ollivier
Antoine Ollivier is a ski guide who splits his winters between the French Alps and Deplar Farm, Iceland. His passion is finding the best powder lines and sharing unforgettable ski days with guests.
Nico Busel
Nicolás “Nico” Busel Niedmann is a Mountain and River Guide for Eleven in Chile. Originally from Santiago and now based in Pucón, he brings a lifelong passion for skiing, kayaking, and adventure to every guest experience.
Nick Jenkins
Nick Jenkins is the Guide Operations Manager at Rio Palena Lodge. Originally from Wyoming and now based in Alaska, he brings years of adventure leadership and a passion for building strong teams in wild places.
Benjamin Bucci
A native of Vercors and raised in Bourg St Maurice, Ben specializes in off-piste skiing, climbing, and canyoning. Passionate about sharing the beauty of wild landscapes, their most memorable moment was descending the Ruitor in untouched powder, under a clear blue sky—an experience of pure freedom.
Dave Bumgarner
Dave Bumgarner is an AMGA-certified guide with over 20 years of experience leading ski, climbing, and river adventures across Colorado and around the globe.
Aaron Peterson
Aaron Peterson is a Crested Butte–based guide for Eleven. A longtime avalanche educator and certified climbing instructor, he’s passionate about breaking down barriers to help others thrive outside.
Lani Bruntz
Lani Bruntz is a Lead Guide at Irwin and Heli Ski Guide in Iceland for Eleven. With over a decade of guiding experience, she thrives on connecting with guests while chasing powder and sharing unforgettable mountain experiences.
Jon Erickson
Jon Erickson is a guide for Eleven based in Crested Butte. He’s passionate about empowering guests through outdoor adventure, deep powder days, and big moments of personal discovery.
Experience Mountaineering with Eleven
Eleven’s Custom Adventures
From heli-fishing to cat-skiing, every adventure starts and ends with you. Our guides combine your preferences with a savvy way of making you feel like a local.
Heli-Skiing
Our heli operations access some of the world’s most pristine ski terrain. From Iceland to Patagonia, drop into untracked open faces and steeps with skilled guides.
Cat-Skiing
Experience day after day of the deepest, fluffiest powder in Colorado at our exclusive cat-skiing tenure, accessed directly from our Crested Butte lodges.
Fly Fishing
From sight fishing for browns on the South Island to targeting Atlantic salmon on the Hölkná, we deliver the best guides, gear, and access in New Zealand, Iceland, Patagonia, Colorado, and The Bahamas.
Hiking
Hiking terrain surrounds our lodges, so you can slow down and connect with nature in otherworldly ecosystems. Spot wildlife, native wildflowers, and have lunch with a view.
Biking
Our lodges offer customized cycling adventures of all kinds, from Tour de France segments to e-mountain biking and lift-served downhill. All levels are welcome.
Water Sports
Whether you’re looking for thrilling Class-5 whitewater rafting or a Scorpion boat cruise on the Caribbean, Eleven offers it all, from leisurely to demanding adventures on water.
Wellness
Our guided wellness offerings reflect each lodge’s unique setting. Try contrast therapy with a Taylor River plunge, a Viking Sauna Ritual in Iceland, and a personalized massage in Chile.
Music
Experience music the Eleven way with private shows at our alpine huts in France, jam sessions at our recording studio in Iceland, and VIP passes at our venue in Crested Butte.
Explore Eleven Lodges
Iceland
Eleven Deplar Farm
Named on Condé Nast's "Best Hotels in the World" list in 2023, Deplar Farm is a converted 15th-century sheep farm in northern Iceland. With 13 guest rooms and an expansive spa, the lodge also offers guided heli-skiing, sea kayaking, and fly fishing.
France
Eleven Chalet Hibou
Perched in a French village just across from Italy, Chalet Hibou brings guests to the epicenter of the Alps' best ski resorts, cycling routes, and hut-to-hut hikes. The lodge has seven guest rooms, a terrace hot tub, and year-round adventure guides.
Canada
Eleven Revelstoke Lodge
Eleven Revelstoke Lodge offers 300,000 exclusive acres of heli-skiing in the heart of British Columbia. With central access to Revy's local scene and summer adventures, this historic lodge has 12 rooms, a next-door eatery, and a private speakeasy.
Chile
Eleven Rio Palena Lodge
Set along the Rio Palena in Chilean Patagonia, this seven-bedroom lodge is a remote adventure base for fly fishing, rafting, and more. Along with expert guides and a helipad, the lodge also offers wood-fired hot tubs and a sauna.
Bahamas
Eleven Bahama House
Bahama House is a hidden retreat on Harbour Island with just 11 rooms. Draped in bougainvillea and dotted with colorful cottages, the property includes a pool, rum bar, and menu of offerings like bonefishing, snorkeling, and a pink sand beach day.
Colorado, USA
Eleven Scarp Ridge Lodge
Eleven’s flagship property Scarp Ridge Lodge delivers a rare combination of exclusive cat-skiing and guided summer adventures in Crested Butte, a small mountain town known for its local charm. The lodge has five king rooms and a kids' bunk room.
France
Eleven Chalet Pelerin
Chalet Pelerin combines a quiet village setting with 360-degree access to Europe's best skiing, hiking, and biking. Tucked away in a French hamlet, the five-bedroom chalet includes year-round guided adventures, an indoor pool, and a terrace hot tub.
Colorado, USA
Eleven Sopris House
Full of historic character, Sopris House is a next-door neighbor to Scarp Ridge Lodge in Crested Butte. Along with exclusive cat-skiing and guided summer adventures, the four-bedroom home offers a private wood-paneled saloon and outdoor courtyard.
New Zealand
Eleven Owen River Lodge
Known for delivering some of the world's best sighted brown trout fishing, Owen River Lodge includes expert guides and access to nearly 30 fisheries on New Zealand's South Island. The remote lodge is made up of three riverfront cottages.
New Zealand
Eleven Cedar Lodge
Accessing some of the South Island's most remote gin-clear water, Cedar Lodge offers a heli-fishing experience complete with expert guides and exclusive access. In addition to sight fishing, jet boating and hiking adventures are also available.
Chile
Eleven Martin Pescador Lodge
With two riverfront lodges in Chilean Patagonia, this multi-destination fly fishing experience delivers an unmatched variety of full-day floats. The expertly guided, seven-day itinerary is split between two lodges and accommodates up to 10 anglers.
Alaska, USA
Eleven Winterlake Lodge
Set deep in the Alaska Range, this rustic collection of lakeside cabins offers one million acres of guided adventures like glacier hiking, rafting, dog mushing, heli-skiing, and fly fishing. Accessed by float plane, Winterlake Lodge has six cabins.
