About

Mountains and Canyons

Mountains and Canyons, Inc is a guide service owned and operated by husband and wife, Brian Muller and Jennifer Shields. We work with only experienced guides familiar with the level of product we provide. The company was created in 2020 to offer and create adventures for everyone, from first timers to well experienced individuals. We offer a limited amount of public trips, mainly on our desert adventures, but find that varying skill levels and desires can lead to challenges when deciding on objectives. Mountains and Canyons excels in creating custom itineraries for groups looking to experience these activities on their own schedule, from solo travelers to large groups or families. Offering bespoke trips in this style allows us to ensure we can cater to your needs and wants as best as we possibly can.

We encourage you to reach out to us if you are interested in planning a custom adventure in our offered activities of worldwide ski trips, worldwide mountain climbs, and US desert based canyoneering. We have experience in a vast array of locations worldwide, and if we do not have the ability to provide the trip you are looking for, we will help you get in touch with the people in the industry that can.

Taking a trip with Mountains and Canyons is a special occasion, and with our company, you are in touch with the guide providing the trip from start to finish. This allows you to ensure everything is setup exactly as you would like. The itineraries provided on our website are only a guide for the many varieties of adventures that can be created. Thank you for your consideration in working with us. We are happy to provide references of our many happy customers upon request.

Our Guides:

Brian Muller, the co-owner of Mountains and Canyons, in the middle of a ski trip.

Brian Muller

Brian grew up in New Jersey. He started off as an avid skier, and then joined the ski team, racing in high school and part of college. In 2008 he moved out to Utah to finish school. He joined a program “Winter at Westminster,” which allowed him to learn about the recreation potential in Utah. He started guiding up in Alaska, after taking a 24 day guide training course. Quickly after he learned about the American Mountain Guide Association, and went through the process to become an AMGA Certified Ski Guide. Skiing, Canyoneering, and Mountaineering are Brian’s favorite activities, including traveling abroad for these activities as well. Brian has been to and guided in many destinations including Argentina, Canada, Chile, Ecuador, Greenland, Iceland, India, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Mexico, Nepal, Russia, and Tanzania.

Brian has been guiding since 2009, is an AMGA Certified Ski Guide, holds a Professional Level 3 Avalanche Certification from the American Avalanche Institute, and is a NREMT- Advanced EMT and WFR.

Jennifer Shields

Jennifer Shields, the co-owner of Mountains and Canyons, on top of a mountain range during a mountaineering trip.

Jen grew up in the north­east explor­ing the white moun­tains in her back­yard. She now spends her win­ters in Eden, Utah as a ski guide and sum­mers per­form­ing moun­tain search & res­cue in the Cas­cades. Dur­ing her time off, she loves trav­el­ing inter­na­tion­al­ly for ski­ing, climb­ing, and scu­ba div­ing — South Amer­i­ca, Japan, Ice­land, New Zealand to name a few. She also enjoys desert canyoneer­ing and chat­ting about astronomy.

A person in winter gear skiing down a mountain.