Backcountry Skiing/Splitboarding – Uphill touring at Keystone

We will be doing an uphill tour at Keystone Ski Resort. We will tour from the Mountain House area up Schoolmarm > Jaybird > Spring Dipper to Dercum Summit. This will be ~3 miles and ~2,400 feet of gain (then the same downhill). We will only do one lap.

I expect a moderate pace. We will start at 5:30pm (this means ready to go!) with the goal of being at Dercum Summit by 7:30pm. (If we are moving slower we may not make it all the way to the summit). We will then ski back down to Mountain House, with the goal of being back at the cars by 7:45pm. It will have just started getting dark but not be too dark to see by this time. You might enjoy a headlamp, though!

Access to uphill tour at Keystone is free but may close at any time. I will confirm morning-of that access is open and this trip can still run. There will be a backup route option for those interested (Keystone Gulch Road). I will send details if needed. More information on uphill access at Keystone Ski Resort (including a map of our ascent/descent route) can be found at their Mountain Info page, Uphill Access section.

We will park in Lot D. We will meet on the snow at the base of Schoolmarm where we will start our tour at 5:30pm (ready-to-go!). This is very close to Lot D. There is plenty of parking.

Those interested will meet at Wooly Mammoth Park n’ Ride, ready to leave by 4:15pm. Meeting spot is the SW portion of the parking lot, across from the Exxon. The exact location can be found here on Google Maps.