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Hut and Overnight Car Trips - 2011-2012 Season Hut TripsPhoto by Bill Heitz
10th Mountain Hut, near Leadville, Colorado. Guy Miller is the Hut & Overnight Car Trip Chair Hut Trips IntroductionEach year, our Club offers backcountry ski tours to huts in Colorado, mostly those in the 10th Mountain Division hut system. Unless indicated otherwise, we reserve the entire hut for our group. This is done up to a year in advance, and sign-up commences immediately upon confirmation of the reservation. Therefore, trips are often already full at the beginning of the new ski season. We generally do 3-night trips into a single hut, although on occasion we do longer hut-to-hut adventures. Trip Report on the Francie's Hut trip, 6-7 January 2003 2011-2012 Season Hut TripsThe following dates include travel to and from the trailhead, including an extra day to get back home, if needed, after exiting the hut. Some skiers may elect to drive all the way home the day we exit the hut. Both of the following hut trips are for three nights at the hut. No hut-to-hut trips planned for this season. All Hut Trip participants should read Photo by Bill Heitz
Day tour on a hut trip. Everyone going in different directions. Continental Divide Hut (beginner trip) Cost is $108, including dinners at the hut. This relatively new hut is located off of Tennessee Pass, near Leadville, Colorado. Skiers of unproven capability will not be turned away as long as they are capable of skiing at a Class II level, and are able to carry a full pack. They must possess appropriate backcountry skis, boots and bindings. We did this as a beginner trip a few years ago with good results. The ski in from Tennessee Pass is less than half a mile, with very little elevation gain. This is intended as a FUN learning experience. No pressure; no worries; just do it! Photo by Bill Heitz
Home stretch on the way to Section House, at Boreas Pass. Fowler-Hilliard Hut Cost is $147, including dinners at the hut, fees and taxes. We will depart Albuquerque on Saturday, March 3. We will occupy the hut March 4-6, and ski out and return on Wednesday, March 7. All skiers should allow an extra day, March 8, in the event we are unable or unwilling to get all the way home. The first night we will stay at the hostel in Leadville, which we did this past season. We will stay there again on this and other trips that take place in the Leadville area. Photo by Mike Meier
Yellowstone National Park, Feb 2007 Overnight Car Trips IntroductionOvernight car trips vary widely. Some are weekend trips planned just weeks ahead of time, occasionally inspired by a good snow year! Others are planned a year ahead. Lodging is generally in motels or condos. You will need to consult each trip description for the level of fitness and level of technical ability required for the trip, or talk with the trip leader. The overnight car trips are open to club members only. Transportation is by carpooling. Lodging in motels or condos. Trip Report on the Winter Park trip, 27 February - 03 March 2003 2011-2012 Season Overnight Car TripsYellowstone National Park Yellowstone has some of the best cross country skiing in the west, in one of the most diverse places on earth. We will have the chance to visit hot springs, follow buffalo herds, and maybe, if they cooperate, observe some of the wolf packs in the wild. We fly into Bozeman, MT, on Saturday, then take the stage (actually a small bus) to Mammoth Hot Springs at the north entrance to the park. The trip starts with an orientation on Saturday evening. We will spend 3 days in Mammoth Hot Springs, 2 days at Old Faithful Lodge, then the last day back at Mammoth before finishing Friday evening. All ski routes into the back country will be guided by park rangers. Cost for the trip is expected to be approximately $3,000, including air transportation, lodging, meals and guides. The trip is limited to 20 people. Chama, NM - Car Trip This trip is intended primarily as a benefit for those who completed the beginner class scheduled for January. However, any and all class I skiers are welcome to join this group. Additionally, between now and mid-winter, should a Class II leader emerge, Class II skiers will also be welcome. This is a challenge to those who have wanted to lead ski trips, to consider taking on the Class II trip responsibilities. Durango, CO - Hostel Trip Hostelling is a relatively new feature of our outings program, and this will be our second foray to Durango. We will stay at the wonderful Durango Hometown Hostel. This trip is unlike other Club outings, in that the format is freestyle; skiers can self-organize and visit the Nordic center, ski any of several backcountry options, or ski the nearby lift-served resort. Those who wish could also drive about 1.5 hours to Wolf Creek Pass to ski backcountry or the Wolf Creek lift-served area. |
