Backcountry Splitboarding Retreat
Get out into the backcountry with an unforgettable, all-inclusive splitboarding retreat.
From February 21-23, 2025, we’re hosting a backcountry splitboarding retreat with Weston, a premier ski and snowboard brand, and local experts from KMAC Guides. This adventure is for beginners and advanced boarders alike! Guests will have the option to choose between a beginner/intermediate group and an intermediate/advanced group.
Retreat includes two days of guided splitboarding excursions, free Weston product demos (pending inventory availability), swag giveaways, a backyard bonfire with s’mores, breakfast for two on Saturday and Sunday, and a group dinner on Saturday.
This package price is for two guests. If you would like to book as an individual guest, we would be happy to provide a partial refund. Please reach out to trm-reservations@staytrailborn.com with any questions.
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Itinerary
Friday, February 21st
Arrival and welcome bonfire at Trailborn Rocky Mountains
Saturday, February 22nd
Breakfast burritos, homemade pastries, and Huckleberry Roasters coffee at Casa Colina
Splitboarding Day 1 (details below)
Tacos & margaritas group dinner at Casa Colina
Sunday, February 23rd
Breakfast burritos, homemade pastries, and Huckleberry Roasters coffee at Casa Colina
Splitboarding Day 2 (details below)
Depart or add another night at Trailborn Rocky Mountains!
Monday, February 24th
For those who add an extra night to their reservation, join us for a morning yoga class before heading home!
Beginner/Intermediate Splitboard
Considering making the jump from resort riding to backcountry? This is the adventure for you! If you can ride blacks at a ski area, you have enough experience to participate (we will mostly ride much easier terrain than this, but some sections can be narrow, icy, or rocky). We will get hands on practice with all of the equipment indoors before we head up to Hidden Valley to enjoy one of the best beginner areas in the state. Here we can practice skinning, terrain identification, transitions, and powder hunting in the familiar environment of a ski area (without lifts).
Splitboarding Day 1: Hidden Valley in Rocky Mountain National Park. We will meet at Trailborn to review the skills and equipment needed for the day. Once everyone feels comfortable, you will drive 20 minutes to Hidden Valley (in your own cars). Here, at the site of the old ski area (closed in 91′) we will start with basic skills and progress upward until we are standing atop a beautiful run. We will spend the day making turns in the best snow we can find before heading back to Trailborn.
Splitboarding Day 2: Hidden Valley, Rocky Mountain National Park. We will explore some of the more remote and less visited zones to use our new skills. Up here, above the trees, we will work on finding the deepest snow and best conditions in the region to develop a base of skills that will last a lifetime of winter adventures.
Intermediate/Advanced Splitboard
This is the perfect adventure for the progressing backcountry rider. Ideally you have taken your level 1 avalanche course and a rescue course, though anyone with awareness of avalanche problems and enough fitness to skin 2-3 thousand vert each day is welcome. We will spend the first day hunting the best powder we can find at Hidden Valley (at places you most likely have never been). After that we will head to Bear Lake Trailhead to dive into some of the deeper stashes of Rocky. We will chase the best pow we have and spend some time discussing how we found it and why we think it is safe so this will be a great learning environment as well.
Splitboarding Day 1: Hidden Valley, Rocky Mountain National Park. We will head straight for the more remote and deeper lines at Hidden Valley. We will get to know each other and our skills, and sample powder in bowls, trees, and gullies.
Splitboarding Day 2: Bear Lake, Rocky Mountain National Park. This area has a much more diverse selection of runs and terrain. Here we can get into more serious terrain (as conditions allow) and work under the mentorship of guides to practice advanced movement skills and avalanche mitigation techniques.
Friday, February 21st
Arrival and welcome bonfire at Trailborn Rocky Mountains
Saturday, February 22nd
Breakfast burritos, homemade pastries, and Huckleberry Roasters coffee at Casa Colina
Splitboarding Day 1 (details below)
Tacos & margaritas group dinner at Casa Colina
Sunday, February 23rd
Breakfast burritos, homemade pastries, and Huckleberry Roasters coffee at Casa Colina
Splitboarding Day 2 (details below)
Depart or add another night at Trailborn Rocky Mountains!
Monday, February 24th
For those who add an extra night to their reservation, join us for a morning yoga class before heading home!
Considering making the jump from resort riding to backcountry? This is the adventure for you! If you can ride blacks at a ski area, you have enough experience to participate (we will mostly ride much easier terrain than this, but some sections can be narrow, icy, or rocky). We will get hands on practice with all of the equipment indoors before we head up to Hidden Valley to enjoy one of the best beginner areas in the state. Here we can practice skinning, terrain identification, transitions, and powder hunting in the familiar environment of a ski area (without lifts).
Splitboarding Day 1: Hidden Valley in Rocky Mountain National Park. We will meet at Trailborn to review the skills and equipment needed for the day. Once everyone feels comfortable, you will drive 20 minutes to Hidden Valley (in your own cars). Here, at the site of the old ski area (closed in 91′) we will start with basic skills and progress upward until we are standing atop a beautiful run. We will spend the day making turns in the best snow we can find before heading back to Trailborn.
Splitboarding Day 2: Hidden Valley, Rocky Mountain National Park. We will explore some of the more remote and less visited zones to use our new skills. Up here, above the trees, we will work on finding the deepest snow and best conditions in the region to develop a base of skills that will last a lifetime of winter adventures.
This is the perfect adventure for the progressing backcountry rider. Ideally you have taken your level 1 avalanche course and a rescue course, though anyone with awareness of avalanche problems and enough fitness to skin 2-3 thousand vert each day is welcome. We will spend the first day hunting the best powder we can find at Hidden Valley (at places you most likely have never been). After that we will head to Bear Lake Trailhead to dive into some of the deeper stashes of Rocky. We will chase the best pow we have and spend some time discussing how we found it and why we think it is safe so this will be a great learning environment as well.
Splitboarding Day 1: Hidden Valley, Rocky Mountain National Park. We will head straight for the more remote and deeper lines at Hidden Valley. We will get to know each other and our skills, and sample powder in bowls, trees, and gullies.
Splitboarding Day 2: Bear Lake, Rocky Mountain National Park. This area has a much more diverse selection of runs and terrain. Here we can get into more serious terrain (as conditions allow) and work under the mentorship of guides to practice advanced movement skills and avalanche mitigation techniques.
