Contract Climbing Services

Red Mountain Rigging crews are trained and certified arboriculture climbers and aerial rescue technicians. If you’re a tree service company looking for some additional assistance with a difficult tree or complex climbing job, our crews can lend a hand!

Tree Felling

Experts in a variety of tree felling techniques, Red Mountain Rigging can bring your trees down safely and affordably. Trees can behave unpredictably when their holding wood is cut through. There is no one method that fits all situations, and adaptability is key. Our crews undertake extensive continuing education to ensure they have all the tool in the tool box to make the best decision for your unique removal.

Hazardous Tree Removal

Trees with compromised structure or severe rot can fall unexpectedly and cause considerable damage to your home and property. Our crews can diagnose hazard trees and ensure their safe removal using an arsenal of industry-leading equipment and techniques.

Difficult & Dangerous Trees

These trees often require specialized climbing techniques and intricate rigging to ensure a safe removal. Whether they’re hanging ominously overtop of your house or are surrounded by structures, Red Mountain Rigging has the tools, equipment and knowledge to get the job done. After all, ‘Rigging’ is in our name! As climbing arborists, we can access and remove trees without the use of elaborate machinery, offering a more cost-effective solution to our customers and completing work in areas or at heights machinery just can’t reach.

Tree & Shrub Pruning

Pruning is just as important to your trees and shrubs’ health as your regular dentist or doctor check-ups. Keeping them well pruned ensures vibrant new growth and a long life. Utilizing industry-leading rope access techniques, our crews can prune trees heavy platform machinery could only DREAM of accessing!

Storm Clean-Up

Nestled at the base of the Rocky Mountains, our community can experience the extremes of weather. From severe thunderstorms to chinook winds, trees can be damaged or come down unexpectedly. Our crews can help you clean-up and remove the any debris from your property. Trees that come down on your home, garage, or shed are extremely hazardous, and the weight can shift unpredictably during removal. It’s incredibly important to ensure you have professional assistance in these situations! Storms can also cause branches on your trees to tear out, leaving large open wounds for disease and rot to penetrate. Torn out branches need to be trimmed back to the collar or closest lateral branch to give your tree the best possible chance at healing.

Stump Grinding

Stumps around your yard can become a real pain. Whether you’re tripping over them, mowing around them or tired of looking at them, our crews can help you take back your yard! Depending on your location and the provision of utility services to your home, we may ask you to contact Alberta One-Call for a utility locate prior to stump grinding. This helps protect our crews as well as you & your property from unforeseen hazards. Utility locates are provided free of charge to homeowners by visiting Alberta One-Call.

FireSmart Compliance

Our community is nested into a beautiful mixed-conifer and deciduous forest. It’s why we love living here so much. However, the risk of a devastating wildfire inflicting damage to your home is a reality we face in return. Red Mountain Rigging can help you FireSmart your assessments and bring your property up to compliance. It’s critical to ensure any advice you receive on preparing your property comes from experts backed by the latest research and recommendations. Our crews have been intricately and directly involved in planning and mitigation efforts for wildland/urban interface fires in our community, ensuring you get the most up-to-date information possible.

Tree Risk Assessments

Trees have a natural life span, and the shallow root systems and high water tables of our area don’t do them any favors. Using a variety of tools and techniques, our crews can advise you on which trees are at risk or present a hazard to your home and recommend a course of action. Best of all, our tree risk assessments are free of charge.

Tree Top Cat Rescue

At Red Mountain Rigging, we’re pet people too. We understand how much pets mean to their owners, and seeing your cat stuck up in a tree can be a frightening ordeal. Cats love trees, but occasionally lack the confidence to descend and get trapped and scared. While often they do find their way down, a stranded cat can become so frightened it may stay in the tree for days. Our crews can utilize a variety of low-impact rope access techniques to safely get in to your tree tops and rescue your precious family member.