SWS Mountain Guides & California Ski Guides are divisions of Sierra Wilderness Seminars Inc.our parent company.SWS Mountain Guides is co-owned by Timothy S.Keating (CEO), one of the original founders, and David Cressman (COO, Chief Operations Officer).David takes care of the day to day operations of SWS Mountain Guides out of our Mt.Shasta office.Our newest member of the management team is “JB” James Brown (CMO, Chief Marketing Officer), who takes care of the Social Media and Marketing Development needs of SWS Mountain Guides.Established in 1981 and heading into our 35th season, we are one of only 3 guide services to hold a commercial guiding permit on Mt.Shasta and one of 14 guides services to hold a permanent commercial guiding permit on the Inyo National Forest.SWS is also one of 8 authorized guide services to conduct winter and summer mountaineering operations in the Inyo National Forest which includes Mt.Whitney.We are Insured by Worldwide Outfitters and Guides Association (WOGA) and hold valid commercial use licenses in the following National Parks and National Forest Service Wilderness Areas: Sequoia/King National Park, Lassen