About
CATHEDRAL MOUNTAIN GUIDES is a New Hampshire-based guide service run by American Mountain Guide Association (AMGA) certified guide Bayard Russell, Jr. A highly experienced climber, Bayard is also a director of the Mountain Rescue Service (MRS), and an MRS Team leader. He has summited both Alaska’s Denali (Mt McKinley) and Mt. Hunter, completed multiple ascents of Yosemite Valley’s El Capitan, and established new routes throughout the northeast; ranging from multipitch 5.12d to M10 sport mixed and multipitch M9 trad. At home on both rock and ice, Bayard is well-equipped to help you further your goals, whether you want to rock climb for the first time, try your hand at mountaineering, or swing tools at steep ice and scratch around on mixed terrain.
Links to online articles:
Climbing.com – John Henry M10
Climbing.com – The Painted Wall Icicle, M9 NEI 5+
Alpinist.com – The Painted Wall Icicle, M9 NEI 5+; Strippers, M8+ NEI4+
Alpinist.com – The Bossman, M9
- Anne Skidmore Photography
- Anne Skidmore Photography
- Anne Skidmore Photography
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