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A mountain guide is a specially trained and experienced professional mountaineer who is certified by local authorities or mountain guide associations. They are considered to be high-level experts in mountaineering , and are hired to instruct or lead individuals or small groups who require this advanced expertise.
In 1979, 12 guides came together to form what was to become the American Mountain Guides Association as we know it today. AMGA aims to support "the guiding profession by providing representation for land use access, education, training, and examination based on international standards for guiding".
The Swan Range is a mountain range in western Montana in the United States. [1] Its peaks typically rise to around 8,000 to 9,000 feet (2,400 to 2,700 m). The range is bounded by the South Fork Flathead River to the east, the Flathead River to the north and northwest, the Swan River to the west, and lie to the southwest of Glacier National Park, just south of the Canada–US border.
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The Sacramento Mountains are approximately 16 miles long. Eagle Pass and Eagle Peak are in the south-center of the range; an unimproved road through Eagle Pass connects Needles to the Ward Valley. Flattop Mountain, at 3,029 feet (923 m), lies at the northwest of the range just south of Interstate 40.
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Ciavarella is serving a 28-year sentence at a North Carolina detention center and isn’t scheduled for release until June 2034, according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons.
A permanent Child Development Center was completed in March 2002, and in December 2003 staff moved into a new Southeast Office Complex. In 2004, the Folsom Lake Center was accredited and renamed as Folsom Lake College , becoming the fourth community college under Los Rios Community College District .