Tahoe Hut Trip: Frog Lake Huts
1200
Location - Truckee, California
Dates
December 29, 2022 - January 1, 2023 January 5, 2023 - January 8, 2023
Tahoe Backcountry Hut Trip – Frog Lake Huts
Want to wake up in a backcountry hut with excellent terrain right out the door? Join us at Frog Lake Hut, for 3 nights and 4 days of backcountry skiing or splitboarding. Enjoy cozy propane stoves, electric outlets, flushing toilets in our 4 person, 1 bathroom hut! In another building we have a huge kitchen and stone fireplace for gathering. Enjoy a variety of ski terrain on the crest of the Sierra and ring in the New Year in a very special place!
Meet us at the Donner Pass Sno-park. We’ll hike in about 5 miles to our hut, you’ll need to carry your ski gear, group food and a sleeping bag. Our experienced guides will share their knowledge and lead us through open slopes, ridgelines and treed terrain depending on avy conditions and matched to our group’s ability. We offer instruction and coaching along the way so you can grow your skills with professional guidance and support from our group! We’re proud of our high quality trips, guides, and clients. Just ask our return clients. References available upon request. Hope you can join us!
Want to turn this into a hut based AIARE 1 Course? Send an email to [email protected]
From $1200
Highlights
- Enjoy 4 days backcountry skiing or splitboarding
- Professionally guided trip
- Relax in large, living room/kitchen space and socialize with other guests from other huts.
- Ring in the New Year together Backcountry Babes style!
Frog Lake Hut Trip Details
8:30am
On Day 1, we’ll meet at the Castle Peak (Donner Summit) Sno-Park! Repack your bags to add some group food, and we’ll start our ~5mi hike into the huts! We’ll hike in a casual, steady pace and arrive at the lodge in the afternoon. Warm up by our fireplaces and get ready for a casual kick off dinner. Socialize with other guests in the common building, and retreat to our cozy 4-bunk room with it’s own bathroom each night.
Enjoy breakfast & coffee in our lodging and head out for an all day ski tour. Explore open faces, bowls, ridge lines, and chutes. Progress in your backcountry ski ability throughout the weekend. Learning new skills and gain confidence in steeper terrain. Return to our cozy, new huts, and enjoy another well deserved dinner!
Ski Donner Summit’s majestic terrain all day, rest, eat well, relax, have fun, socialize, repeat all week! Ring in the New Year with new friends!
Optional sunrise ski lap for the intrepid January 1st New Years Kick Off! Pack up personal gear, and check out of the lodge by 10am. Begin touring back, plan to arrive at our cars by afternoon.
What to Expect
- 4 Days Guided Backcountry Skiing or Splitboarding
- A mix of terrain crafted to meet the conditions and our groups preferences
- Brand New 2020 Lodges with heat and running water
- Professional and experienced ski guide
- Steep skiing instruction, for those who like pointers
- 2500 – 4000 vertical gain each day, depending on our energy level
- 3 nights at a beautiful new, off the grid backcountry hut
- max 4 clients per room, 1 bathroom
- large social room for dining and meeting other lodge guests
- Breakfast and Dinner included, casual family style meals
- Camaraderie and fun in a supportive environment
- Have any questions? Email us at [email protected]
Not Included
- Alcohol – BYO, and also hike it in!
- Lunches. Bring your own favorite packable lunch foods. This has been a good lunch format for our groups in the past.
- Gratuities for guides
- Additional restaurant meal if the group feels like going out for a lunch or dinner when we return to town
Gear Needed for Backcountry Skiing
- Backcountry skis, ski poles, backcountry ski boots & bindings, climbing skins
- Avalanche beacon, probe, shovel
- Backcountry backpack (40-55L)
- Proper outerwear, ski gear, and warm layers for spending all day outdoors in various weather conditions
Lodging
We will stay at the Rockwood Hut, operated by the Truckee Donner Land Trust, new in 2020! The Albert M. Rockwood Hut is a duplex with each unit sleeping 4 with a shared bath between the two units. Inside your hut, there are drying racks for boots, clothes and skins as well as ports for phone charging.
In another building, there is a commercial kitchen and big dining room / living room where we can eat and socialize with other lodge guests
Getting There
FLY: to Reno Airport, and rent a car to Donner Summit.
DRIVE: To Donner Pass Sno-Park at the base of Castle Peak, 5 miles West of Truckee, CA.