Next weekend a group of us are hiking in to the Sierra Club’s Benson Hut, a sturdy mountain cabin at 8,350 feet about 6 miles south of Donner Pass. It’s a 4 mile hike from the the Mt Judah lift at Sugarbowl and offer access to what we hope will be some big fields of late season snow. You have to hike in food, cooking items and sleeping gear, but there’s a wood fired stove and bunks.

Once there you have immediate hiking access to some great high elevation snow fields and can ski runs that hardly a dozen other people will have been on this month. There are four open-to-the-public Sierra Club cabins in the Tahoe area. Anyone can register and all are reachable within a day. It’s $12/night/person.

This shot was taken about 10 days ago. Looks like a lot of snow, though I’ve seen plenty of picture of people having to tunnel down just to get into the TOP windows. Other people speak of walking right OVER it and only spotting it by the exposed chimney.

Skis crossed there’s still be enough snow and nice weather! So excited. I’ve been wanting to do this for years. Thanks Greg.