Our winter in the central Colorado mountains has been dwindling as of late. The continuous soft powder days enjoyed during December and January are now a distant memory. While Vail Mountain has a snow water equivalent of 67% of average, Fremont Pass (closest to our hut) enjoys 111% average equivalent. Overall the Upper Colorado basin sits at an 85% index; on the drier side still, but I’ll never complain about an earlier start to the backpacking season.
The Weston Pass Hut is a recently finished four season structure just below Weston Pass at 11,921′. I was given a unique opportunity by one of the part-owners to bring in a group of friends, free of charge, to test out the private hut in exchange for honest feedback and recommendations for the future.
