Dates and Rates – 2025
Opening day will be December 20th, and closing day on March 29, 2025
Snowcat Skiing – $9,500 private cats and $950 per seat; 10-guests maximum per snowcat
Alpenglow Experiences – add an extra hour onto your snowcat trip for $1200 extra. Alpenglow tours only offered in Feb and March with private cats.
Avalanche Course – Level 1 Course : $725 for a 3-day, Level 1 AIARE course.
Level 2 Course : $800 for a 3-day, Level 2 AIREA course.
Backcountry Ski and Splitboard Tours (non-motorized) – $600 for first guests and $250 for each additional (4ppl maximum).
All rates include a 10% booking fee.
A Day SNOWCAT SKIING With Us Includes:
8 – 16 runs
8,000 – 14,000 vertical feet per day
3 guides per snowcat
Use of our Atomic Bent 110 powder skis and Never Summer Swift or Big Gun snowboards
BCA Tracker S avalanche beacons, shovel and probe
Light breakfast snack/hot beverages in the morning, snacks provided in the cat, and a full catered lunch (Level I and II trips head to our cabin for a hot lunch while our Level III groups eat sandwiches in the snowcat)
Courtesy shuttle to and from your lodging to our office and up to Buffalo Pass
A photographer capturing the magic on 2-3 runs. $5 per image or $50 for full download of all images. Check out images from our trips here.
Post trip party at our office
Does this sound like a deal? For some, it just might. Comparing costs for a day with us to a day at a ski area is interesting because lift tickets are between $150-300 dollars with an additional $60 per day for the unguided first tracks (2-3 runs fresh turns), powder ski rentals are $50, an avalanche beacon $20, coffee and breakfast can be $20, lunch is $20-40. Finally, most ski photography companies will charge $65-$350 for their time and images. With all that we provide, and of course, the amazing snow we get to ski and ride, the price comparison to a day at a ski area isn’t to far off.
DEEP
Freshies all day – experience the deepest snowpack anywhere in Colorado
EPIC
Aspen groves so perfectly spaced, it’s like they were placed there just for us to enjoy
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Our terrain and awesome guides make for one unforgettable day in the backcountry
Our 3 heated snowcats allow us to group our guests by their ski and snowboard ability so everyone is at their comfortable level. We separate our groups by intermediate, advanced, and expert groups, which we call Level I, II, and III. We look to match terrain to your ability level and that of the group. It’s very important to figure out which snowcat you should be on.
If you are new to us, please review our ability level chapter here to understand more about how we distinguish between our ability levels.
Buffalo Pass, our point of operations, annually records some of the deepest snow depths in all of Colorado. In May of 2011, Buffalo Pas actually recorded the deepest snowpack level ever seen in Colorado’s history. The cold, dry and stormy weather in Steamboat Springs makes for localized orographic uplifting conditions that provide us with, at times, extraordinary snow quantity and quality.
