Make the most of your stay at the Frog Lake Backcountry Huts using porters!
Carry in delicious, fresh food, beer, wine, meat, cheese, sleeping bags, Bluetooth speakers - you name it! We carry the load so you can take advantage of the full commercial kitchen, eat and drink in style and save your energy for the fun part. Our porters carry in your heavy creature comforts up to 45lbs. Make your pack light and have a great trip to Truckee's Frog Lake Huts!
Porters are available for your independent trip or you can add an additional porter to a Blackbird Mountain Guides Huts trip if you want to bring extra goodies! We're happy to haul in whatever supplies you need hauled.
Porters have the right to refuse any load or portion of the load if they do not feel that it is safe or are worried about potentially damaging the contents of your load.
Terms
Porters do not serve as guides. They will not accompany you into the Frog Lake Huts. They are paid to carry a porter load (45lbs) into the huts and they move at the pace that they feel is appropriate for them given the load. In many cases they will arrive before you do and will leave your items in the hut that you reserved or your designated space in the refrigerator.
Porters will meet you on the morning of the first day of your trip to pick up your load. Meeting locations are typically at the Donner Summit California State Snopark(Castle Peak Trailhead) or at the Safeway on Donner Pass Road. Porters will weigh the load and will carry up to 45 pounds. If you would like the porter to carry additional weight, discuss this with them beforehand to make sure that they are able and comfortable to carry additional weight given the snow conditions. Weight beyond the 45 lb limit will be charged at $7/pound, payable in cash to the porter.
Items that people often have portered into the Frog Lake Backcountry Huts in Truckee:
Porters will meet you on the morning of the first day of your trip at the Blackbird Mountain Guides office to pick up your load. Porters will weigh the load and will carry up to 45 pounds. If you would like the porter to carry additional weight, discuss this with them beforehand to make sure that they are able and comfortable to carry additional weight given the snow conditions. Weight beyond the 45 lb limit will be charged at $7/pound, payable in cash to the porter and must be accepted by the porter. Some porters will not be willing or able to carry more than 45 pounds.
Your group must be self-supported to the Frog Lake Huts. Porters move at their own pace and will not provide guidance or help for your group.
Porters carry 45lb loads into or out of the Frog Lake Huts. They will move as fast as they can to get the loads in and to get back out to the trailhead in the same day so they will be moving independently of your group after they pick up the load. Porters will weigh the load and will carry up to 45 pounds. If you would like the porter to carry additional weight, discuss this with them beforehand to make sure that they are able and comfortable to carry additional weight given the snow conditions. Weight beyond the 45 lb limit will be charged at $7/pound, payable in cash to the porter and must be accepted by the porter. Some porters will not be willing or able to carry more than 45 pounds.
Note: Any scheduled program can also be run as a private program with customized dates and rates.
Both options offer exceptional guiding and experiences. Choose what works best for you!
Porters are available for your independent trip or you can add an additional porter to a Blackbird Mountain Guides Huts trip if you want to bring extra goodies! We're happy to haul in whatever supplies you need hauled.
Porters have the right to refuse any load or portion of the load if they do not feel that it is safe or are worried about potentially damaging the contents of your load.
Terms
Porters do not serve as guides. They will not accompany you into the Frog Lake Huts. They are paid to carry a porter load (45lbs) into the huts and they move at the pace that they feel is appropriate for them given the load. In many cases they will arrive before you do and will leave your items in the hut that you reserved or your designated space in the refrigerator.
Porters will meet you on the morning of the first day of your trip to pick up your load. Meeting locations are typically at the Donner Summit California State Snopark(Castle Peak Trailhead) or at the Safeway on Donner Pass Road. Porters will weigh the load and will carry up to 45 pounds. If you would like the porter to carry additional weight, discuss this with them beforehand to make sure that they are able and comfortable to carry additional weight given the snow conditions. Weight beyond the 45 lb limit will be charged at $7/pound, payable in cash to the porter.
Items that people often have portered into the Frog Lake Backcountry Huts in Truckee:
Porters will meet you on the morning of the first day of your trip at the Blackbird Mountain Guides office to pick up your load. Porters will weigh the load and will carry up to 45 pounds. If you would like the porter to carry additional weight, discuss this with them beforehand to make sure that they are able and comfortable to carry additional weight given the snow conditions. Weight beyond the 45 lb limit will be charged at $7/pound, payable in cash to the porter and must be accepted by the porter. Some porters will not be willing or able to carry more than 45 pounds.
Your group must be self-supported to the Frog Lake Huts. Porters move at their own pace and will not provide guidance or help for your group.
Porters carry 45lb loads into or out of the Frog Lake Huts. They will move as fast as they can to get the loads in and to get back out to the trailhead in the same day so they will be moving independently of your group after they pick up the load. Porters will weigh the load and will carry up to 45 pounds. If you would like the porter to carry additional weight, discuss this with them beforehand to make sure that they are able and comfortable to carry additional weight given the snow conditions. Weight beyond the 45 lb limit will be charged at $7/pound, payable in cash to the porter and must be accepted by the porter. Some porters will not be willing or able to carry more than 45 pounds.
The porter service blackbird offers means you can take full advantage of the awesome commercial kitchen at the frog lake huts to create a feast or two and you can do it without worrying about anything beyond how long it’ll take you to arrive with your daypack (and emergency overnight blanket - it is the backcountry). So worth it! The porters are young but reliable and fun to talk to . Ask them what they do for recreation!
Excellent!
I loved my Porter. He was very kind and Helpful. He was very punctual.
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