10th Mountain Hut – PMags.com https://pmags.com Practical advice and musings on the outdoors, hiking, backpacking, ski touring, and camping. Thu, 21 Feb 2019 04:20:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://pmags.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/cropped-fav-ico-160x160.jpg 10th Mountain Hut – PMags.com https://pmags.com 32 32 81463906 Festivus Hut Trip – 2017 https://pmags.com/festivus-hut-trip-2017 https://pmags.com/festivus-hut-trip-2017#comments Wed, 27 Dec 2017 23:22:02 +0000 https://pmags.com/?p=17085 Festivus Hut Trip – 2017

Another holiday spent in the mountains of Colorado. Read More ...

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A holiday weekend spent at the Sangree M. Froelicher Hut outside of Leadville. Read More ...

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A three-day trip to Skinner Hut near Leadville, CO.

I love hut trips.  They combine several things I enjoy in life: Great scenery, good friends, an enjoyable meal…“A dinner party with a ski trip attached” is how I always think of hut trips.

A bit more of a European-like experience in the Colorado backcountry during winter.

For those not familiar with the 10th Mtn hut system, they are backcountry huts accessible by skis or snowshoes in the Colorado Rockies.

Perhaps a bit decadent, but immensely enjoyable.

The hut of choice would be Skinner Hut. At 10.5 miles and almost 2600′ elevation gain (1500′ of it in the last three miles), the hut is a challenging one to reach but, like every hut, so worth it.

We started at the Turquoise Lake winter trailhead at Leadville, CO and made our way up Hagerman Pass Road.

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Snow, skiing, food and drink: A trip report of spending Christmas at the 10th Mountain Hut.

 

The 10th Mountain Division Hut system has left a legacy in Colorado.  "Rustic luxury" where a person can ski or snowshoe into the backcountry. enjoy the glories of the Colorado winter during the day and a warm fire, a hot drink and shared laughter at night.

When offered the chance to spend Christmas Eve and Christmas Day at the hut, it was an opportunity too good for someone and I to pass up.

The hut would be the actual 10th Mountain Hut.  Nestled near the Continental Divide, it is near a historic place. The namesake 10th Mountian Division had training manuevers at the nearby Homestake Peak and Slide Lake. With our modern gear and relaxed pace, it would be a much more casual weekend compared to the men who trained here seventy years ago.

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