Intro to Backcountry Hut Trip – Colorado 2026
From resort comfort to backcountry confidence, your first guided step beyond the lifts.
Quick Facts

  • Dates: January 16–18, 2026

  • Location: Carner’s Cabin (near Fremont Pass Breckenridge, CO)

  • Duration: 3 days / 2 nights

  • Group Size: 6–8

  • Level: Intermediate

  • Partner: Colorado Adventure Guides

What You’ll Learn

  • Touring gear overview and efficient transitions

  • Intro to avalanche gear, awareness, and hazard management

  • Trip planning and basic navigation

  • Skinning techniques, track setting, and kick turns

  • Hut systems, etiquette, and group operations

Carner’s Cabin, Your Home in the High Country

A warm and welcoming backcountry base with views that make the effort worth it. This cozy cabin is where our group unwinds, shares meals, and settles in after full days on snow.

Learning the Skills That Unlock the Descent

This day is focused on mastering uphill travel, snow awareness, and efficient movement. Build the confidence you need so the downhill powder feels earned and unforgettable.

Learn Together, Right from the Hut

Inside the cabin, you’ll have time to slow down and learn in a comfortable setting, ask questions, and draw from your instructors’ experience. It’s an easygoing environment that builds confidence and creates the kind of camaraderie that makes these trips memorable.

Itinerary

Day 1: Meet, gear check, and travel to Carner’s Cabin. Afternoon hut orientation and field instruction.
Day 2: Classroom-style sessions paired with field time outside the door, focusing on planning and movement.
Day 3: Morning field objectives, debrief, and return to trailhead by 4:00 PM.

What’s Included

  • Local, experienced guides and instructors (max 6:1)

  • Lodging at Carner’s Cabin

  • Group meals during the hut stay

  • Transportation from meeting point to trailhead

  • Discounted demo gear if needed

  • $1,095 per person
    All-inclusive of guiding, hut lodging, meals, land-use fees, transportation, and gratuity.

Not Included

  • Avalanche safety gear: beacon, shovel, probe, pack (rentals available)

  • Personal ski or splitboard equipment and clothing

  • Transportation to the initial meeting point

  • Insurance (trip/rescue)