Our guided Grand Teton backcountry hut tours offer memories of a lifetime
Simply put, our hut tours are the best way to ski the Tetons!
All hut tours include:
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Small, private groups: With a 1:4 guide to client ratio. You get personal attention as you receive instruction and improve your skills with the region's best backcountry skiers and guides. All trips have two guides to accommodate for different ability levels. Tours are limited to 6 participants.
Slopeside yurt lodging at 8,000+ feet: We offer the only hut system in the Tetons with unparalleled views and secluded on-mountain locations.
All meals including snacks, appetizers, dessert and apres beverages: Enjoy our healthy meals with organic mixed greens, wild Alaskan salmon, fresh fruit salads, gourmet coffee and homemade treats.
Avalanche safety equipment: Backcountry Access Tracker transceivers and Black Diamond shovels and probes are provided.
Transportation: We offer transportation between Driggs, Idaho and the trailheads.
Porter service to carry in food You simply carry your own personal items. Sleeping bags and pads are furnished at each yurt (we provide clean liners) so your pack can stay small and light.
Tours do not include guide gratuity.
The snowpack of the Tetons is deep and reliable, even when precipitation is slight in other areas of the Rocky Mountain West. Our average snowfall is 500 inches, which usually falls as dry, blower powder, making the skiing here world-renowned.
Hut Tours 2011-2012
If tours aren't available when you are, then create a custom tour. All of our tours can be scheduled at a time that is convenient for you or your group. Space is available unless noted.
Level 1 Backcountry Refresher
Avalanche Safety Clinic
Dec 16-18
This three-day clinic will review Level One avalanche curriculum and is open to both skiers and riders. Enjoy three days in the mountains under our exclusive and personal attention to apply and refresh your existing skills while learning new ones. Clinic is limited to eight participants with two instructors. Transceiver practice, rescue scenario, route finding, map reading, and snow stability analysis are just a few of the topics. Small group size, a fully field-based course with two nights spent in the yurt all make for a great educational weekend getaway.
Early season special: $375. Includes three days of instruction, two nights yurt lodging, two dinners, two breakfasts, rental of avalanche safety equipment and sleeping bag.
Level 2 Backcountry Refresher
Avalanche Safety Clinic
Jan 6 -78
Want to guide your friends around the mountains and feel confident with your uptrack skills, your downhill assessment and your transceiver searches? Join certified Avalanche Instructor Lynne Wolfe and Rendezvous owner Jeff Jung for three days of advanced backcountry skill enhancement. Clinic includes advanced slope assessment skills, realistic transceiver rescue scenarios, the element of the human factor and downhill guiding skills. Take your backcountry skiing skill set to a whole new level by participating in this three day field based clinic.
Early Season Special: $495. Includes three days of instruction, two nights yurt lodging, two dinners, two breakfasts, rental of avalanche safety equipment and sleeping bag.
Holiday Hut Trip
Dec 28 - 30
Give yourself the gift of a yurt trip this holiday season. Get away from the crowds at the busy resorts and immerse yourself in a winter wonderland at one our yurts. This is truly a unique way to celebrate the holiday season. Trip is limited to six participants with two guides to insure a small group travel experience, personalized attention and deep powder technique instruction.
Details: $695/person, includes three full days of guided backcountry skiing, two nights yurt lodging, all meals, use of avalanche equipment, sleeping bag, and porter service.
Powder Days at Baldy Knoll
Jan 24 - 26
Spend three days and two nights touring the fabulous backcountry terrain at our Baldy Knoll Yurt. Situated on the edge of the wilderness at almost 9,000 feet, this yurt has endless possibilities for all ability levels. Come experience a real backcountry yurt trip in snowy Jackson Hole this winter! We take care of all the details so you can enjoy the skiing. Trip includes guides, all meals, two nights cozy yurt lodging with warm sleeping bags and bunks, avalanche safety equipment and porter service.
Details: $695/person, includes three days guiding/instruction, two nights lodging, use of avalanche equipment, sleeping bag rental, porter service and all meals.
Full Moon Hut to Hut Ski Week
Feb 5 - 9
This is our most popular hut tour. Participants will enjoy five full days of skiing between two huts with ample opportunity for lots of powder turns.
Added to the experience of wilderness skiing and two unique yurt locations, this trip is scheduled over the full moon, so participants will experience all the beauty that comes with a moon lit night on snowy mountain slopes. This will be an unforgettable experience for any outdoor enthusiast!
Includes: All meals starting with lunch on day one through lunch on day five, avalanche safety equipment, porter service and sleeping bag rental at each yurt.
Day 1: Depart for the Baldy Knoll Yurt. Afternoon tour around yurt.
Day 2: Full day tour around Baldy Knoll area.
Day 3: Tour to Plummer Canyon Yurt. 5.5 miles (2,000 ft of elevation gain/loss).
Day 4: Full day tour around Plummer Canyon area.
Day 5: Morning tour around yurt. Return to trailhead by 4 pm.
Details: $1289/person, includes five full days of guided skiing, four nights yurt lodging, and all meals.
Heart of Winter Powder Weeks at Baldy Knoll Yurt
Feb. 13-17
Ready to rack up some vertical in the Teton backcountry? With five full days of skiing, this trip gives participants ample time to hone their alpine, telemark or snowboard skills in some of the finest backcountry terrain. A day tour on Teton Pass or in Grand Teton National Park is our introduction to the region. Day two we depart on a four-day, three-night yurt trip, immersing ourselves in the backcountry. You’ll enjoy cozy yurt accommodations and five full days of downhill skiing with as much vertical as you can handle. Group size is limited to six people. Two guides will be available to accommodate all interests and ability levels in the group. Advanced skiers ski up to 6,000 vertical or more in a day; options for shorter tours are available.
Details: $1179/person, includes five days guided skiing, three nights yurt lodging, avalanche safety equipment, sleeping bag rental, porter service, lunch on the day tour and all meals on the yurt trip.
Full Moon Yurt Trip at Plummer Canyon
Mar 5 - 7
Spend three days and two nights in the Teton Backcountry exploring the vast and diverse terrain at our Plummer Canyon Wilderness yurt. Being up at a yurt in the winter during a full moon is something not to miss! This is your opportunity to experience a backcountry ski trip during your visit to Jackson Hole with the added bonus of skiing powder under the moon. Two guides, gourmet meals and porter service add to the value of this special trip.
Cost: $695 per person. Includes three days guided skiing, two nights lodging, all meals, avalanche safety equipment, rental of sleeping bag and porter service.
Steep and Deep Camp
Mar 12 - 16
Spring in the Tetons can yield a variety of conditions: powder snow, corn snow and everything in between. Join us for this 5-day clinic with a focus on improving your skills in backcountry conditions – the true wild snow. Bring your telemark skis or AT equipment—guides will be instructing in both disciplines. We’ll work on downhill technique in trees, open bowls and couloirs at a time of the year when the snowpack is the deepest and the days are getting longer, allowing for more time outside. Day one is a tour in Grand Teton National Park. On day two, we’ll depart for the Plummer Canyon yurt, our home in the wilderness for the next four days.
Details: $1179/person, includes five days guided skiing, three nights yurt lodging, avalanche safety equipment, porter service, sleeping bag, lunch on the day tour and all meals on the yurt trip.
Teton High Traverse
As seen in Men’s Journal, October 2004
Scheduled on demandThis is our classic Teton ski tour with lots of options for great downhill powder skiing. This two-day ski tour traverses the Tetons from our Baldy Knoll Yurt to Grand Teton National Park on the east side of the Tetons. Day 1 is spent traveling 5.5 miles with 2,200 feet of elevation gain to the Baldy Knoll Yurt. Once at the yurt, we will access the local bowls and glades for an afternoon of powder fun. On day two, we travel 7.5 miles to Grand Teton National Park with many options for ski descents back to the valley floor. A descent of Housetop Mountain can be made en route, with numerous aspects for a great turns, as well as other options for downhill descents throughout the tour, allowing skiers to rack up lots of vertical, views, and travel miles.
All-Inclusive Tour: $540/person, includes two days guided skiing, one night lodging, and all meals.
Guided Traverse Only: $400/group. A guide will meet your group at the end of your self-catered hut trip and lead the traverse through the Tetons.
Teton Crest Traverse
Rated by Outside Magazine as one of the “25 Trips of a Lifetime”
April 16 - 20
This is the Haute Route of the Tetons and our most popular winter ski traverse. Join us on this five-day winter camping expedition from Teton Pass to Grand Teton National Park. Learn how to stay warm and comfortable while traveling through the Teton high country. Participants should be strong intermediate skiers in good physical condition with a sense of adventure.
Details: $1170/person, includes five days guiding/instruction, rental/use of all camping and avalanche equipment.
Tour Details
Cancellation Policy
A 50% deposit is required to confirm reservations. Balance is due one month prior to trip departure. The deposit is non-refundable but can be used for another trip within the calendar year, less a $50 cancellation fee. Cancellations that occur less than one month to trip departure are subject to forfeiture of all monetary transactions. If Rendezvous cancels your tour, your payment will be refunded in full.
Tours depart from either Driggs or Victor between 8 and 9 am. If you need transportation from Jackson Hole, we can arrange a shuttle for you for an additional cost. Transportation to/from Driggs, Idaho, to the trailheads is provided. Participants must supply their own skis/snowboard, boots and poles. We can arrange equipment rental for you and make suggestions for the appropriate gear for snow conditions. The right equipment will make a world of difference.
We provide Backcountry Access Tracker avalanche transceivers, Black Diamond shovels, and probes. Mountain Hardware zero-degree sleeping bags supplied at the yurts with clean liners and sleeping pads for bunks.
All trips have a minimum of two participants. We fully refund deposits if the trip is canceled due to lack of participation.
All trips are subject to a 3% Forest Service user fee.