The Mountain Training School (MTS) provides instructive courses in mountaineering related activities including backpacking, skiing, alpinism, and rock climbing in Chile (Patagonia), Alaska, and Spain. Until recently, they enrolled students in a guide school (GS) curriculum covering all these areas of mountaineering in a nearly two year curriculum. Now they have changed their curriculum to individual courses and increased prices per course. When I enrolled in MTS, I was given a choice of three different payment plans. After starting the course, these payment plans were changed (more money asked for with less time to pay it) . Now that the school has changed to individual courses, for those students originally enrolled in the guide school, if they take time off for various reasons (injury, family issues, financial issues, etc.),
even though they signed a contract for the original guide school (which implies they should be entitled to tuition and benefits such as coverage of food as outlined in the original contract) when they return to coursework, the original contract is not always honored (e.g. increased retroactive charges on completed coursework, charged new increased tuition for coursework, food not paid for, etc.) The school ignores inquiries regarding increased costs or discrepancies in costs, but continues to send bills. In general, there are many hidden fees such as ski lift tickets, food costs, transportation costs, costs for showering and laundry that are often ambiguous or not at all explicit in the school's contracts. The school also sells merchandise, but sometimes forgets to send all the items. They have not been timely at all about sending the forgotten item or refunding the cost.
Mountain Guide School Reviews
The Mountain Training School (MTS) provides instructive courses in mountaineering related activities including backpacking, skiing, alpinism, and rock climbing in Chile (Patagonia), Alaska, and Spain. Until recently, they enrolled students in a guide school (GS) curriculum covering all these areas of mountaineering in a nearly two year curriculum. Now they have changed their curriculum to individual courses and increased prices per course. When I enrolled in MTS, I was given a choice of three different payment plans. After starting the course, these payment plans were changed (more money asked for with less time to pay it) . Now that the school has changed to individual courses, for those students originally enrolled in the guide school, if they take time off for various reasons (injury, family issues, financial issues, etc.),
even though they signed a contract for the original guide school (which implies they should be entitled to tuition and benefits such as coverage of food as outlined in the original contract) when they return to coursework, the original contract is not always honored (e.g. increased retroactive charges on completed coursework, charged new increased tuition for coursework, food not paid for, etc.) The school ignores inquiries regarding increased costs or discrepancies in costs, but continues to send bills. In general, there are many hidden fees such as ski lift tickets, food costs, transportation costs, costs for showering and laundry that are often ambiguous or not at all explicit in the school's contracts. The school also sells merchandise, but sometimes forgets to send all the items. They have not been timely at all about sending the forgotten item or refunding the cost.