Micah Lewkowitz
Co-Owner/Guide
Micah is a passionate climber and guide who enjoys helping climbers in their progression and sharing some of the more off-the-beaten-path mountain routes. He is an AMGA certified Rock and Alpine Guide, AMGA National Instructor Team member and holds two Bachelor of Arts degrees in Outdoor Education and Psychology from the University of Massachusetts. He lives in Ridgway, Colorado at the foot of San Juan mountains in a home that he is proud to have built, ground-up alongside of his wife and father-in-law. It's from this location that Micah is now able to climb rock, ice, and mountains year-round.
He has been guiding since 2006, working for various guide services in Colorado, Utah, Arizona and Alaska before starting an independent guide service, Splitter Alpine Adventures in 2019. Micah merged with Vince Anderson in spring 2024 becoming a co-owner of Skyward Mountaineering and is excited to be part of an incredibly talented, experienced and fun team of guides. When Micah isn't guiding he enjoys sport climbing, trail running, watching cliché romantic comedies and horror movies, and listening to rap music loudly.
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Climbing and Guiding Highlights
Multiple Grade V and VI big wall ascents in Zion and Yosemite National Park, including roped solo ascents of: Spaceshot (5.7, C2, IV), Touchstone (5.10-, C2, IV), Crack in the Cosmic Egg (5.10, C3, V) and Tangerine Trip (5.9, C3+, VI)
10+ years of extensive guided ascents on alpine routes throughout the North Cascades
Multiple ascents in the Ruth Gorge and throughout the Alaska Range (over 25 individual expeditions) including guided ascents of: Ham and Eggs (M4, AI4, IV) on the Moose’s Tooth, Southwest Ridge (5.8, M4, V) of Peak 11,300, West Face Couloir (M4, AI4, V) and the Harvard Route (5.9, M6, A2, VI) on Mount Huntington
10 summits of Denali via the West Buttress and West Rib routes
35+ guided summits of Takhoma (Mount Rainier) via 4 different routes
First ascent of the Southwest Face of Mt. Emmerich in Haines, Alaska (AI3+, 5.7, V)
Guided ascents of rock climbing in the Black Canyon on routes such as: Comic 2.0 (5.11-, III), Midsummer Night’s Dream (5.11-, III) and Scenic Cruise (5.10+, IV)
Extensive guided ascents of ice climbing throughout the San Juans, including guided ascents of Bridalveil Falls (WI5+, II), Ames Ice Hose (M5, WI5, II), Birdbrain Boulevard (M5, WI4, IV) and The Talisman (M6, WI6, III)
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