Lodge Destinations
Guided Adventures
Earn Your Turns with Our Local Guides
Expand your horizons on a guided ski touring experience from our lodges in Iceland, France, and Colorado. No matter your experience level, our guide team will safely lead you through pristine terrain on uphill setups, which we’ll provide or help source. The variety of routes is extensive, leading you to untouched powder where your turns feels even more rewarding after the effort you’ve put in to earn them. You'll also be able to tap lift-served touring terrain, plus our outposts, cat-skiing tenure, snowmobiles, and helicopters to start your tour even further off the grid.
Experience Ski Touring with Eleven
The French Alps
With IFMGA-certified guides tailoring every route to your group, you can tour right from the chalets to our alpine huts, from heli-accessed drops to lift-served sidecountry, and more.
Troll Peninsula, Iceland
Ski tour straight from Deplar’s front door, carving fresh tracks through untouched valleys. Combine your ascent with a stop at one of our remote outposts—The Ghost Farm or Lake House—for a meal in the mountains, or elevate the day with a heli drop to a secluded peak. Whether you’re linking glades or tackling steeper terrain, every climb rewards you with long fluid turns.
Crested Butte, Colorado
With tons of touring routes plus our exclusive terrain, outposts, and snowmobiles at Irwin, our guides will plan a custom experience in one of Colorado’s best backcountry hubs.
Meet Our Team
Eleven’s Guide Roster
Our ski guides are international industry professionals. They’ve got the terrain and conditions dialed, and specialize in curating every descent to your ambitions while safely helping you progress your skills.
Mark Hirst
A global whitewater guide since 1994, Mark brings decades of rescue and expedition experience to Deplar Farm. Now based in northern Iceland, he loves sharing raw landscapes and real adventure with guests.
Gregor Gabl
Gregor “Greg” Gabl is a Guide at Eleven’s Deplar Farm. Originally from Tirol, Austria, he brings decades of alpine experience and a lifelong connection to the mountains to his work in Iceland.
Robert McGillicuddy
Robert “Rob” McGillicuddy is a Heli-Ski and Fly-Fishing Guide for Eleven. Splitting his time between Germany and Bozeman, Montana, he brings decades of experience guiding in some of the world’s most iconic mountain and river destinations—from Alaska to Iceland.
Thomas Lindsey
Originally from Texas, Tomas—aka Juice—is now a Crested Butte-based ski, bike, and river guide who lives to share the stoke and chase powder, pedal, and flow.
Megan Paden
Megan Paden has spent 25+ years in the mountains, from ski patrol to avalanche forecasting. Based in Crested Butte, she guides for Eleven at Irwin, Rio Palena Lodge, and Deplar Farm. Off the slopes, she enjoys adventuring with family, gardening, and working with her horses.
Mark Robbins
Mark Robbins is a seasoned guide based in Crested Butte, with over 15 years coaching freeride skiing and exploring Irwin’s legendary powder. A certified PSIA instructor and IFSA coach, he brings deep local knowledge and a passion for sharing Irwin’s wild, uncrowded terrain.
Mars Charlebois
Marissa “Mars” Charlebois is a ski guide at Irwin, known for her enthusiasm, environmental advocacy, and love of big mountain terrain.
Jimmy Tart
Jimmy Tart is a ski guide with nearly 30 seasons of patrolling, avalanche education, and backcountry guiding experience.
Elise Brizes
Elise Brizes is a cat skiing and backcountry guide based in Crested Butte. With a background in engineering and avalanche education, she brings both technical skill and contagious energy to the mountains. When she’s not guiding, she’s outside, writing to friends, or hanging with her two cats, Remy and Ru.
Jean-Charles Vial
Jean-Charles Vial is a Ski Instructor based in Bourg-Saint-Maurice, France. Passionate about skiing since childhood, he’s excited to share his love of the mountains and create unforgettable ski experiences for guests.
Pierre Arpin
With 20 years of skiing experience across the Alps and a love for ski touring and climbing, Pierrot is your friendly expert in the Tarentaise Valley. His goal? To share his love of the mountains and make every day on the slopes your best day ever.
Antoine Ollivier
Antoine Ollivier is a ski guide who splits his winters between the French Alps and Deplar Farm, Iceland. His passion is finding the best powder lines and sharing unforgettable ski days with guests.
Ross Matlock
Ross Matlock has been guiding backcountry and cat skiing in Crested Butte for over 30 years. Originally from Australia, he’s passionate about deep powder and sharing unforgettable ski days with guests.
Claudio Iglesias
Claudio Iglesias brings decades of experience as a guide and ski instructor in both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. Claudio is the Heli-Ski Operations Manager at Deplar Farm and also a key player in our Patagonia operations. A true global citizen, when Claudio is not heli-skiing around the world he enjoys spending time with his family and playing with legos.
Mike Barney
Mike Barney is a veteran Ski and Adventure Guide for Eleven, splitting his time between Chile and Iceland. With over 20 years of guiding experience—including 12 years with Eleven—he’s passionate about exploring Patagonia and sharing unforgettable mountain experiences with guests.
Le Miroir, France
Eleven’s Custom Adventures
From heli-fishing to cat-skiing, every adventure starts and ends with you. Our guides combine your preferences with a savvy way of making you feel like a local.
Heli-Skiing
Our heli operations access some of the world’s most pristine ski terrain. From Iceland to Patagonia, drop into untracked open faces and steeps with skilled guides.
Cat-Skiing
Experience day after day of the deepest, fluffiest powder in Colorado at our exclusive cat-skiing tenure, accessed directly from our Crested Butte lodges.
Fly Fishing
From sight fishing for browns on the South Island to targeting Atlantic salmon on the Hölkná, we deliver the best guides, gear, and access in New Zealand, Iceland, Patagonia, Colorado, and The Bahamas.
Hiking
Hiking terrain surrounds our lodges, so you can slow down and connect with nature in otherworldly ecosystems. Spot wildlife, native wildflowers, and have lunch with a view.
Biking
Our lodges offer customized cycling adventures of all kinds, from Tour de France segments to e-mountain biking and lift-served downhill. All levels are welcome.
Mountaineering
From the famed Guide’s Ridge in Crested Butte to a heli-accessed climb in the Andes, summit technical peaks with our guides safely leading you.
Water Sports
Whether you’re looking for thrilling Class-5 whitewater rafting or a Scorpion boat cruise on the Caribbean, Eleven offers it all, from leisurely to demanding adventures on water.
Wellness
Our guided wellness offerings reflect each lodge’s unique setting. Try contrast therapy with a Taylor River plunge, a Viking Sauna Ritual in Iceland, and a personalized massage in Chile.
Music
Experience music the Eleven way with private shows at our alpine huts in France, jam sessions at our recording studio in Iceland, and VIP passes at our venue in Crested Butte.
The Science of Our Snow
At every one of Eleven’s winter lodges you’ll experience a different set of meteorological engines driving snow to our slopes. Learn more about each property and start planning a visit today.
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2026-09-03
How Eleven’s Properties are Perfectly Positioned for Reliable Snowfall
Each one of our lodges has unique geographical and meteorological advantages that help bring consistent snow.
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2026-09-02
Why Eleven’s French Alps Chalets are Geographically Primed for Consistent Snowfall
All-time snow makes for all-time ski trips, and while every great powder day involves a little bit of good luck, some places have more than just luck on their side. Like France’s Tarantaise Valley, home to Eleven’s Hibou and Pelerin Chalets.
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2026-09-02
How Conditions Combine to Bring Snowfall to Eleven’s Iceland Lodge
From skyscraping peaks to geothermal hot springs, the awesome power of nature is on display almost everywhere in Iceland. And for skiers, nature shows off in the best way possible, by delivering some of the heaviest snow totals on the planet, unlocking unforgettable big-mountain terrain on runs that go from the summit all the way down to the sea.
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2026-09-02
Why Eleven’s Crested Butte Cat-Skiing Terrain Gets Some of the Most Snow in Colorado
Winter in the Rocky Mountains means snow, and there are few places that get more of it than Irwin, Colorado, home of Eleven’s Crested Butte cat-skiing operation. A trip to Scarp Ridge Lodge or Sopris House combines the energy of one of the last great ski towns with one of the snowiest places in the Rockies.
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2026-09-02
The Factors That Give Eleven’s Revelstoke Lodge Such Huge Snow Totals
The Monashee Mountains are one of British Columbia’s most reliable snow factories. Skiing the legendary tree runs of British Columbia’s Monashee Mountains, you know you’re experiencing something special. But it’s not until you learn about the spectacular combination of meteorological and geographical forces at play that you realize just how special it all is.
Explore Eleven's Skiing Lodges
France
Eleven Chalet Pelerin
Chalet Pelerin combines a quiet village setting with 360-degree access to Europe's best skiing, hiking, and biking. Tucked away in a French hamlet, the five-bedroom chalet includes year-round guided adventures, an indoor pool, and a terrace hot tub.
France
Eleven Chalet Hibou
Perched in a French village just across from Italy, Chalet Hibou brings guests to the epicenter of the Alps' best ski resorts, cycling routes, and hut-to-hut hikes. The lodge has seven guest rooms, a terrace hot tub, and year-round adventure guides.
Colorado, USA
Eleven Scarp Ridge Lodge
Eleven’s flagship property Scarp Ridge Lodge delivers a rare combination of exclusive cat-skiing and guided summer adventures in Crested Butte, a small mountain town known for its local charm. The lodge has five king rooms and a kids' bunk room.
Iceland
Eleven Deplar Farm
Named on Condé Nast's "Best Hotels in the World" list in 2023, Deplar Farm is a converted 15th-century sheep farm in northern Iceland. With 13 guest rooms and an expansive spa, the lodge also offers guided heli-skiing, sea kayaking, and fly fishing.
Colorado, USA
Eleven Sopris House
Full of historic character, Sopris House is a next-door neighbor to Scarp Ridge Lodge in Crested Butte. Along with exclusive cat-skiing and guided summer adventures, the four-bedroom home offers a private wood-paneled saloon and outdoor courtyard.
Canada
Eleven Revelstoke Lodge
Eleven Revelstoke Lodge offers 300,000 exclusive acres of heli-skiing in the heart of British Columbia. With central access to Revy's local scene and summer adventures, this historic lodge has 12 rooms, a next-door eatery, and a private speakeasy.
New Zealand
Eleven Owen River Lodge
Known for delivering some of the world's best sighted brown trout fishing, Owen River Lodge includes expert guides and access to nearly 30 fisheries on New Zealand's South Island. The remote lodge is made up of three riverfront cottages.
