Hut Tours
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 will be skiing under our personal and exclusive attention. Receive instruction and improve your skills with some of 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 need to carry your own personal items. Sleeping bags and pads are furnished at the yurt (we provide clean liners) so your pack can stay small and light.
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. Rarely do the conditions disappoint us, and that's why this area is an epic-center for skiing adventure!
2010-2011 Tours
Below is a list of scheduled hut tours. Space is available unless noted. 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.
Level 1 Avalanche Clinic
Dec 16-19
This yurt-based Level 1 Avalanche Course is offered in conjunction with the American Avalanche Institute. Course includes 24 hours of instruction and meets AAA guidelines and requirements as a prerequisite for Level 2 training. Students will receive a certificate of completion. Students meet in Driggs, Idaho for one preliminary evening session on 12/17. On 12/18, students depart for three days and two nights at our Commissary Ridge Yurt or Plummer Yurt. Visit www.americanavalancheinstitute.com for a detailed description of the curriculum.
Course is limited to six participants. Cost includes all meals on the yurt trip starting with lunch on 12/18 through lunch 12/20, two nights yurt lodging with use of sleeping bag, avalanche safety equipment, and all course materials. Participants are responsible for their own lodging and meals on 12/17. Participants should have basic skiing/snowboarding skills and be in good physical condition.
Details: $550/person, includes 3 days instruction, 2 nights lodging and all meals on yurt trip.
Powder Days at Baldy Knoll
Jan 25-27, 2010
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 3 days guiding/instruction, 2 nights lodging, use of avalanche equipment 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 5 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 2 we depart on a 4-day, 3-night yurt trip, immersing ourselves in the backcountry. You’ll enjoy cozy yurt accommodations and 5 full days of downhill skiing with as much vertical as you can handle. Group size is limited to 6 people. 2 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 5 days guided skiing, 3 nights yurt lodging, lunch on the day tour and all meals on the yurt trip.
Hut to Hut and Teton High Traverse:
The Teton Powder Tour
Feb 7-11
Mar 13-17
This is our most popular hut tour. Participants will enjoy 5 full days of skiing between 2 huts with ample opportunity for lots of powder turns.
Participants should have basic skiing skills, be in good physical condition, and be prepared for full days in the mountains over varied terrain.
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 5 full days of guided skiing, 4 nights yurt lodging, and all meals.
Steep and Deep Camp
Feb 28 - Mar 4
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 5 days guided skiing, 3 nights yurt lodging, 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 demand
This is our classic Teton ski tour with lots of options for great downhill powder skiing. This 2-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 2, 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 2 days guided skiing, 1 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 12-16
This is the Haute Route of the Tetons. Join us on this 5-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 5 days guiding/instruction, rental/use of all camping and avalanche equipment.
Holiday Hut Trip
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 6 participants with 2 guides to insure a small group travel experience, personalized attention and deep powder technique instruction.
Details: $695/person, includes 3 full days of guided backcountry skiing, 2 nights yurt lodging, all meals, use of avalanche equipment, sleeping bag, and porter service.
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 A.M. 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 or Ortovox F1 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 2 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.