Leviathan Mountain Guides was founded with the vision of offering custom mountain trips and clinics with a modern touch—led by talented, young, and passionate guides who create experiences that are engaging, relatable, and authentic. Climbing has evolved rapidly as a sport — at Leviathan we have embraced these changes and seek to meet the needs of modern climbers by offering tailor-made courses, clinics and private instruction.We believe the keys to success in the mountains lie in solid foundations of movement skills, tactics and technical systems. We have created performance-focused courses and clinics for people seeking to grow as climbers and push their limits within the sport.
Mission
At Leviathan, every member of our team is not only a professional guide but also an active athlete, continually pushing their own climbing and skiing at a high level in their free time. We believe in fostering balance between work, training, and recreation—supporting our guides in pursuing their own mountain goals. That passion and drive bleeds into our guiding and creates a higher quality experience for both clients and guides.
We are committed to paying all our guides a true living wage, ensuring our guides can live comfortably in the mountain towns where they work and play. When you book a course or private guided objective you can feel confident that the majority of your fees are going directly to your guide.
Balance
Our Guides
Braeden Ennis
Owner - ACMG Alpine Guide
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Growing up in Vancouver, Braeden was lucky to have Squamish and the Coast Mountains as his backyard. He discovered climbing in high school and has been obsessed ever since.
A performance-focused sport climber and boulderer at heart, Braeden has spent years projecting hard routes and boulders around the world. In recent years, he’s expanded his focus to include big walls and technical alpine climbing, bringing his sport climbing precision to complex mixed terrain.
Braeden has worked extensively in safety and rigging for film and television productions—from lush rainforests to the Arctic and remote regions of Alaska.
Guiding has given Braeden an outlet to share his knowledge and passion with a wider audience.
His jokes are bad and his stoke is contagious.
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Ojas (5.14a) - Canmore, AB
Freerider (5.13a, 1000m) - Yosemite, CA
Crusader for Justice (V11) - Moes Valley, Utah
Men at War (5.13c) - Canmore, AB
Deseo En Vida (5.13b) - El Chorro, Spain
Nolan Haas
Owner - IFMGA/ACMG Mountain Guide
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Known for his lighthearted personality, Nolan brings an easygoing energy to even the longest mountain days, making them as fun as they are rewarding. His passion for climbing and skiing shines through in his guiding, offering guests a refreshing and youthful take on time in the mountains.
In addition to Leviathan, Nolan also guides heli skiing through the winters.
When he’s not guiding, Nolan can be found sport climbing at home in the Canadian Rockies or traveling abroad. He continues to push his personal climbing to new levels and has a seemingly endless stoke for mountain pursuits. Off the mountain, Nolan can be found dialling in the perfect espresso shot or spending time with his partner. He still can’t do latte art..
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Whaleback (5.13c) - Canmore, AB
Army Ants (5.13c) - Canmore, AB
Jolly Jump (5.13c) - Leonidio, Greece
Trippett Out (5.13a, Trad) - Squamish, BC
Flight of the Challenger (5.12c, Trad) - Squamish, BC
Monkey Finger (12a, 9 pitches) - Zion, UT
Sara-Jo Howatt
ACMG Rock Guide & Ski Guide
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Sara lives in Canmore, AB, where she is drawn to the high density of quality climbing, the natural beauty of the area, and its community. Her guiding style is shaped by her attention to detail, her balanced approach to seriousness and fun, and her quirky personality.
In the winter, Sara works as a heli-ski guide in the Monashee Mountains, where she enjoys the fast-paced environment and collaborating with a team of guides.
Outside of guiding, she travels widely to sport climb, seeking new cultures, different foods, and enjoys climbing in new places around the world with her partner and friends. -
Kopa Kabana (5.13a) - Leonidio, Greece
Wings of Steel (5.12d) - Skaha, BC
Skin of a Lion (5.12d) - Skaha, BC
Century Box (5.12a, Trad) - Squamish,BC
Brian Shannon
ACMG Alpine Guide & Apprentice Ski Guide
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Brian is a passionate, driven, and adaptable guide and mountain safety specialist based out of Squamish, BC.
While he loves tackling ambitious objectives and exploring the mountains, Brian is happiest connecting with people and sharing laughs. Drawing on his diverse training background - from English Literature, to clown college, to the ACMG - Brian is known for bringing levity, humour, and personal connection to each day in the mountains. His guiding career has also led him to extensive experience in the film industry, with a range of credits as a safety consultant, stunt rigger, and medic both nationally and internationally.
When not guiding or climbing, Brian is probably in his home - which feels more like a zoo - wrangling his dogs and cat.
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Kingdom Come Traverse - Lake Lovely Water skyline
Dub Side of the Moon (5.10c, 200m) - First Ascent - Spetch Creek, BC
Monarch Icefield Traverse (Self Supported) - Coast Mountains
Slesse NE Buttress (TD, 5.9) - Guided ascent
The Oracle (5.12a) - Squamish, BC
Shep Howatt
IFMGA/ACMG Mountain Guide
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Shep was born and raised in Revelstoke and was introduced to skiing and climbing at a very young age by his father, a Mountain Guide. He spent his childhood climbing and skiing in the Selkirk Mountains of British Columbia.
Shep loves sport climbing with friends, exploring new mountains and hunting for new ski lines. He is a passionate route developer and has put up countless climbing routes in the Revelstoke area. His first ascents span a variety of styles, ranging in difficulty from 5.8 to hard 5.13.
Although he is still based in Revelstoke, Shep loves to travel and guide across Canada and abroad.
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Mt. Oubliette central buttress (5.10. 850m) - First Ascent
Defiance Disorder (13c) - First Ascent
Grady Train (5.8 900m) - First Ascent
Devil on my shoulder (13c) - First Ascent
Howatt’s Townley (N face of Mt. Cheops) - First ski decent