Powder
above the
red rock.
Private guided backcountry skiing and splitboarding in Moab's La Sal Mountains. Untracked snow, desert panoramas, and guides who know every slope — tailored entirely to your crew.
Ski powder
while the desert
waits below.
The La Sal Mountains rise to over 12,000 feet from a 4,000-foot desert floor. The contrast is real and it's extraordinary — you're skinning through aspen groves with Arches and Canyonlands spread across the horizon. This is Moab's best-kept winter secret.
Desert-Alpine Contrast
Ski untracked snow while gazing down at the same red rock formations you hiked last summer. It's a landscape experience found nowhere else on Earth.
Locals-Only Stashes
North-facing slopes that hold powder for weeks, hidden valleys, aspect-specific lines — your guide knows where the goods are and how long they last.
Desert Microclimate Expertise
La Sal snow behaves differently than typical mountain snowpack. Our guides read conditions through a desert-specific lens — wind loading, aspect variation, and storm timing that resort forecasts won't tell you.
Fully Custom, Fully Private
No strangers, no fixed itineraries, no compromise. Every tour is built around your abilities, your goals, and what conditions are doing that day.
Choose your
adventure style.
Geyser Pass Powder Tours
The most accessible entry point into La Sal backcountry skiing. Geyser Pass delivers reliable snowpack, moderate grades through aspen glades, open bowls with 360° views, and that jaw-dropping moment when the desert floor appears below your skis.
Mount Mellenthin Adventures
This is the La Sal Mountains at their most serious. Mellenthin tops 12,000 feet — serious vertical, technical route options, and summit views that span red rock country, the Colorado River, and three states. You earn every turn.
Secret Stash Tours
The best skiing in the La Sals doesn't appear in any guidebook. Your guide has spent years finding north-facing pockets that hold untracked powder for weeks, hidden valleys that rarely see another human set of tracks. This is where locals ski.
Multi-Day Ski Expeditions
Day tours don't reach the deepest terrain. Multi-day expeditions with strategic camping or hut-based access open remote valleys and peaks that most skiers will never see. Serious ski touring that creates stories worth telling for decades.
La Sal skiing
runs December to May.
This isn't a short window. A good La Sal snow year stretches five months and offers something different in each one. Here's how to time your visit.
First snow coverage and shorter days. Excellent for getting oriented in this terrain and catching early storms before anyone else does.
Deepest snowpack, most stable weather windows, and optimal access to advanced terrain. This is when the La Sals show their full potential.
Longer days open bigger objectives. Stable freeze-thaw cycles create corn snow unique to low-latitude skiing — silky, fast, and endlessly satisfying.
Snow lingers on north faces and high elevation bowls. The contrast of a green desert valley below and white peaks above is at its most dramatic.
Backcountry means
real risk.
We manage it.
The La Sal Mountains are genuinely remote terrain. Desert proximity creates complex snowpack patterns that differ from typical mountain environments. Our guides don't just lead trips — they assess conditions daily and make go/no-go calls that protect you.
Our guides live in Moab. They ski these mountains on their days off. That changes everything about how a trip runs.
Every trip
starts with a
conversation.
Backcountry skiing is condition-dependent and experience-dependent. We'll talk through your goals, your ski history, and what a perfect day in the La Sals looks like for your crew before recommending a route and date.
Send an Inquiry
Tell us your preferred dates, group size, and skiing background. The form on the right works great, or just call — we're Moab locals and we pick up.
We Talk Trip Details
A quick call or email exchange to match your abilities to the right terrain, confirm the season's conditions outlook, and discuss gear requirements.
Gear Up & Go
We'll send a packing list, coordinate gear rental if needed, and handle all logistics. Day-of, we meet at the trailhead and head into the La Sals.
Turn-by-Turn Decisions
Route decisions are made in real-time based on that morning's conditions, your energy, and what the mountain is telling us. Safety first, always.
Intermediate to expert skiers and splitboarders who are comfortable on groomed intermediate-to-advanced terrain, have reasonable fitness for uphill travel, and are ready to experience something genuinely different from resort skiing.
Tell us about your crew and we'll be in touch within one business day.
Things people
ask before
they book.
Backcountry skiing has real prerequisites and real risks. These are the questions we get most, answered plainly.
Call With Questions
Your best
powder day
is up there.
Private guided backcountry skiing in the La Sal Mountains — tailored to your group, your abilities, and what the mountain is giving that day.
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