San Juan Hut Systems

Fat Biking

Colorado mountain biking taken to a whole new level

Spring Creek Hut

Fat biking is the newest hut option we have to offer. The over-sized bike tires allow you to ride on packed snow. This is a great option for riders who want to get out in the mountains in winter, skier types waiting for the real ski season to start, or people looking for remote bike adventures.

The Spring Creek Hut is also great for cross-country skiers and snowshoeing! It is our easiest to access winter hut and great for families with kids!

Please take into consideration that fat biking is more weather dependent than any of our other trips. If it snows a foot of new powder or warms up and turns the snow isothermic, you will not be riding anywhere. You can check the grooming status at CSA Trail Grooming under the Uncompahgre Plateau.

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Price

$30 per person per night
General Info

Located around 20 miles outside of Montrose or 27 miles outside Ridgway (depending on the chosen route). The Spring Creek hut sits tucked into the Uncompahgre National Forest. This hut is ideal for cross country skiing & fat-biking.
Location

The Spring Creek Hut (9,225') sits just off of Spring Creek Rim Road in Montrose County.
Route

- Dave wood Rd. @ Forest Boundary: 5.7 miles | +1,203' gain | -27' loss
- Dave wood Rd. @ Divide parking: 1.2 miles | +138' gain | -55' loss
- Horsefly Mesa: 9 miles | +936' gain | -674 loss

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What You Get

Comfortable Huts to Stay in
Sleeping Bags (please bring your own liner)
Crazy Creek Chairs
Custom Maps
Custom GPS Tracks
Turn by Turn Directions
An Adventure of a Lifetime

Accommodations

Our mountain huts hold eight people per night. The wooden huts are equipped with padded bunks, sleeping bags, a propane cook stove, propane light, wood stove, and necessary utensils, cookware, food and drinking water. Food supplies are replenished regularly, and each hut is equipped with a composting toilet facility.

Fat Biking FAQs

Adventure Without the Weight

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San Jan Huts is based in Ridgway, Colorado. Contact us for planning your next mountain bike trip, ski tour or hiking adventure. Let's talk maps, trails, food, terrain and huts. The San Juan Hut Systems extends from the high mountains around Ouray, Telluride & Durango, descending hundreds of miles toward Moab, Utah. We are passionate about supporting you in all Rocky Mountain outdoor sports & adventures; backcountry skiing, nordic trails, alpine climbing and snowshoeing, backcountry mountain biking trails with vast single track, trail running, backcountry camping & alpine hiking. Durango to Moab and Telluride to Moab are classic mountain bike trails in Colorado & Moab.

The San Juan Huts are located in the Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre, Gunnison, San Juan, and Manti La Sal National Forests and maintains licenses under Special Use Permits from the US Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management as well as permit agreements with several private ranch owners.