- Do you run set departures or private trips?
- Private, almost entirely. The exceptions are the AIARE avalanche safety courses, the season-long women's mentorship program and its camp, and the spring ski mountaineering camp — those run on set dates. Everything else is built around your group and your dates.
- How big are the groups?
- Three guests per guide. Bigger parties add a second guide, which changes the trip price — you'll see exactly where that step happens in your quote.
- Where can you take us?
- The Uinta Mountains and the Wasatch next to Park City Mountain Resort, Solitude, Brighton, Alta, and Snowbird, on Special Use Permits issued by the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache and Ashley National Forests. Where you go on a given day depends on the snow, not on convenience.
- What's the difference between a guided yurt trip and renting one?
- A guided and catered trip is handled tip to tail — a snowmobile ride in, all meals, and two guides with you throughout, three days and two nights minimum. A rental gives you the whole yurt to yourselves with no guide, with add-ons available: snowmobile ride-in support, gear portering, human portering, and demo gear. You rent the whole yurt, not individual beds.
- Do you guide anything other than skiing in the winter?
- No. In winter it's all backcountry skiing or splitboarding (backcountry snowboarding) — no snowshoeing or Nordic skiing. You can add a mentorship focus or a private avalanche course at the yurt if you want the trip to be about learning.
- What does a summer trip include?
- A guided and catered summer hut trip covers guided hiking, all meals, all transportation, and inflatable paddleboards — every one of the yurts sits on a lake. Rock climbing, fly fishing, and hut-to-hut legs (traveling on to another yurt) are add-ons.
- I've never skied in the backcountry. Is that a problem?
- Not at all, and it's a great reason to go private. Inspired Summit is an AIARE education provider as well as a guide service, so a first day can be as much learning as it is skiing. Tell us where you're starting from and your guide will pitch the day right there.
- How do I book?
- Send your dates and what you have in mind, by the form, email or phone. You'll get a plan built around you, quoted with everything that's included spelled out up front, so you know exactly what you're getting before you commit.
