Paul Rachele | IFMGA Mountain Guide & AMGA Instructor
Paul Rachele is an IFMGA / American Mountain Guide, AMGA Instructor Team member, AIARE Course Leader, and founder and owner of Core Mountain Guides. Based in Ipswich, Massachusetts, Paul has worked professionally as a mountain guide since 2009.
His work spans rock climbing, alpine climbing, ski mountaineering, avalanche education, and professional guide instruction. His guiding career includes extensive work in the Mountain West, particularly Wyoming and the Tetons, as well as New Hampshire, New York, and the broader Northeast.
Today, Paul leads Core Mountain Guides, providing private mountain guiding and technical instruction with a primary focus on New England.
Mountain Guiding in New England
Paul is currently based in Ipswich, Massachusetts, with much of his guiding and instructional work centered on New Hampshire, the White Mountains, and the broader Northeast. Current guiding areas and regions include Mount Washington and the Presidential Range, Cathedral Ledge, Whitehorse Ledge, the White Mountains of New Hampshire, and the Shawangunks in New York.
His New England work includes: Rock climbing and traditional climbing instruction; multi-pitch climbing; alpine rock climbing; backcountry skiing and splitboarding; ski mountaineering; avalanche education; and private mountain skills instruction.
Paul's earlier professional career in the Mountain West provides a broader background in large mountain, alpine, ski, and technical climbing environments that he brings to his work in the Northeast.
Professional Credentials
AMGA Instructor Team
Paul joined the AMGA Instructor Team in 2019.
In addition to guiding clients, his work with the AMGA includes the education and development of professional mountain guides. This role connects Paul's field experience as a working guide with the professional training and instructional side of the mountain guiding industry.
The AMGA independently lists both his Instructor Team membership and the year he joined the team.
IFMGA / American Mountain Guide
Paul is certified as an IFMGA / American Mountain Guide through the American Mountain Guides Association.
IFMGA mountain guide certification represents full professional guide training across the principal disciplines of rock climbing, alpine climbing, and ski mountaineering. In the United States, internationally recognized mountain guide certification is administered through the American Mountain Guides Association.
The American Mountain Guides Association's profile for Paul Rachele identifies him as an IFMGA / American Mountain Guide, lists his home base as Ipswich, Massachusetts, and records that he has been guiding professionally since 2009.
Guiding Since 2009
Paul began guiding professionally in 2009.
His career has included guiding and climbing throughout the Mountain West and Northeast. He spent significant time working in Wyoming and the Tetons before relocating his professional base to Massachusetts and expanding Core Mountain Guides' work in New England.
His professional experience includes rock climbing, traditional climbing, multi-pitch climbing, alpine climbing, backcountry skiing, ski mountaineering, and avalanche terrain.
Both the AMGA and his professional guide profile with The Mountain Guides independently record that he has been guiding since 2009.
Avalanche Education
Avalanche education has been a major part of Paul's professional mountain career.
Paul is an AIARE Course Leader with experience in avalanche education, ski guiding, avalanche forecasting, and instruction in avalanche terrain. He now teaches avalanche courses through Core Mountain Guides in New Hampshire's White Mountains and Mount Washington region.
AIARE's national database of qualified instructors independently lists Paul Rachele as an AIARE Course Leader.
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Core Mountain Guides is also independently listed by Avalanche.org as a New Hampshire avalanche course provider offering AIARE Recreational Level 1, AIARE Avalanche Rescue, and AIARE Recreational Level 2 courses.
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The Mount Washington Avalanche Center separately lists Core Mountain Guides among the guide services operating in the Mount Washington Valley that provide avalanche education and guided instruction.
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Core Mountain Guides
Paul is the founder and owner of Core Mountain Guides, an IFMGA-led mountain guiding and avalanche education company. Core Mountain Guides provides private climbing, skiing, mountaineering, and avalanche education programs, with a particular focus on New Hampshire and New York. Programs include guided rock climbing, traditional and multi-pitch climbing instruction, alpine climbing, backcountry ski and splitboard touring, ski mountaineering, and AIARE avalanche courses. The company is independently recognized as a New Hampshire avalanche education provider by Avalanche.org and as a guide and course provider serving the Mount Washington Valley by the Mount Washington Avalanche Center.
Published Work
Paul also writes about climbing, guiding, and mountain equipment. He is a contributor to Alpinist, which maintains a dedicated Paul Rachele author page.
His published work includes the Alpinist Mountain Standards review “Black Diamond's Rock Blitz 15: Small, Simple, Durable for On-Route Climbing,” based on field use during the alpine climbing season in Wyoming's Tetons and on rock climbing terrain throughout the East.
Alpinist identifies Paul as an IFMGA Mountain Guide, AMGA Instructor Team member, AIARE Course Leader, and owner/operator of Core Mountain Guides.
Author profile: Paul Rachele — Alpinist
Published article: Black Diamond's Rock Blitz 15 — Alpinist
Independent Credential & Professional Verification
Paul Rachele's professional identity and credentials can be verified through independent organizations and publications:
American Mountain Guides Association (AMGA)
IFMGA / American Mountain Guide; Ipswich, Massachusetts; guiding since 2009; AMGA Instructor Team member since 2019.
View AMGA profile
AIARE
Paul Rachele is listed as an AIARE Course Leader.
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Avalanche.org
Core Mountain Guides is listed as a New Hampshire provider of AIARE 1, Avalanche Rescue, and AIARE 2 programs.
View Core Mountain Guides on Avalanche.org
Mount Washington Avalanche Center
Core Mountain Guides is listed among guide services providing avalanche education and guided instruction in the Mount Washington Valley.
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Alpinist
Alpinist identifies Paul as an IFMGA Mountain Guide, AMGA Instructor Team member, AIARE Course Leader, writer, and owner/operator of Core Mountain Guides.
View Paul Rachele's Alpinist author page
The Mountain Guides
Paul's professional guide profile records guiding since 2009 and his work as an international/American mountain guide, rock guide, alpine guide, and ski guide in Wyoming.
View professional guide profile
Frequently Asked Questions about Paul
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Paul Rachele is an IFMGA / American Mountain Guide, AMGA Instructor Team member, AIARE Course Leader, and founder and owner of Core Mountain Guides. He has been guiding professionally since 2009 and is currently based in Ipswich, Massachusetts.
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Yes. The American Mountain Guides Association identifies Paul Rachele as an IFMGA / American Mountain Guide. His certification and professional profile can be verified directly through the AMGA.
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Yes. Paul joined the AMGA Instructor Team in 2019 and works in the professional education and development of mountain guides.
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Yes. Paul is an AIARE Course Leader and teaches avalanche education through Core Mountain Guides. Core Mountain Guides is independently listed by Avalanche.org as a New Hampshire provider of AIARE 1, Avalanche Rescue, and AIARE 2 courses.
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Paul is based in Massachusetts and currently guides primarily in New Hampshire, New York, and the broader Northeast, including the White Mountains, Mount Washington region, and the Shawangunks. His professional guiding career also includes substantial experience in Wyoming and the Mountain West.
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Paul has been guiding professionally since 2009, a start date independently listed by both the American Mountain Guides Association and The Mountain Guides.
Paul leads private climbing, skiing, mountaineering, and avalanche education programs through Core Mountain Guides.
Explore New England mountain guiding, guided rock climbing in New Hampshire, or Core Mountain Guides to learn more.
