Rock Creek Hut Ski Touring
A winter cabin, a wood stove, and a week of Eastern Sierra skiing out the door.

When the road closes and the summer crowds are long gone, Rock Creek goes quiet. Snow piles up against granite walls, the lakes freeze into white plates, and the high peaks of the Sierra Crest hold their lines deep into spring. In partnership with Rock Creek Lodge, we run small-group ski and splitboard trips based out of one of the lodge’s cabins, right in the heart of it all.

Home base
Getting there is part of the fun. Your trip starts with an easy skin to the cabin: about 2 miles in most years, or up to 9 in big winters. It’s a relaxed half day at most, so there’s usually time to grab a first run before dinner. The cabin is simple and warm. A wood stove dries your skins and boots, snowmelt fills the pot, and your guides cook every meal from the first night’s dinner through the last morning’s breakfast. You bring your own trail snacks and lunch, since everyone eats differently in the mountains, and we’re happy to suggest a list.

Pick your days
Every trip is built from a menu, and each morning we choose the day’s tour together based on the snowpack, the weather, and what you’re after.

• Approachable tours: Patricia Bowl, a friendly bowl close to the cabin and a great place to sharpen your touring skills. The Hilton Lakes, with rolling terrain under granite walls. The Tamarack Lakes, a string of frozen lakes with big views across the drainage.

• Experienced tours: The Francis Lake gullies, steeper chutes for skiers comfortable on firm, committing snow — catch them right, and it’ll be 1500’ of waist deep powder!

• Overnight missions: For the big lines, we leave the cabin with a light camp, sleep near the objective, and ski at first light. Choose the NE Couloir of Mt. Abbot or the Hourglass Couloir on the Sierra Crest.

Along the way
Rock Creek is one of the best places in the range to read the story of the Sierra, from glacier-carved valleys to the whitebark pines holding on at treeline. Our guides weave that story into every day, along with avalanche awareness and backcountry skills you’ll take home.

Trip details
Trips run 3 to 7 days, January through April, with no more than 3 guests per guide. They’re open to skiers and splitboarders. Approachable tours suit confident resort riders with some touring experience. The couloirs are for strong backcountry skiers. Pricing depends on the trip; reach out and we’ll build one that fits your group.