Why Outrider

We go first

An outrider is the one who goes first. They ride ahead of the group, scout the route and have everything ready before anyone else arrives. That's our job on every trip.

Why us

Why it’s better with us

  1. Four friends on skis, arms linked, laughing as someone throws a handful of powder at them in falling snow.

    One price, everything in it

    Your room, three days of lift tickets and rentals, rides from Montrose, the parties and our team. Flights are the only thing you book, and there are no surprise fees at check-in.

  2. The Peaks Resort from above on a winter night, its windows lit and the heated outdoor pool glowing, with snowy peaks behind.

    The whole group under one roof

    Everyone stays at The Peaks, ski-in, ski-out. Walk out the door, click in, go. Pick a room for four or two, or take a whole penthouse with your eight.

  3. Three snowboarders riding a chairlift up a darkening run at dusk, snowy pines on either side.

    Small on purpose

    Every trip is capped before it goes on sale, so it never turns into a crowd. Anyone from any school can come, and by day two you know everybody.

  4. A gondola cabin crossing a snowy ridge, the town far below in the valley.

    We've been there first

    We stayed at the hotel, held the rooms and lined up the rides before a single spot went on sale. Nothing on this trip is a guess.

  5. Gorrono Ranch's old timber barns mid-mountain, skiers in Adirondack chairs on the snow out front and the San Juans behind.

    Our team, all week

    We're with you from pickup to drop-off. Everyone pays their own way, so nobody fronts the money, and the friend who planned it finally gets to ski.

Side by side

Other trips, and ours

Same mountain, very different week. Here’s how the big college trip companies do it, and how we do.

  • The price

    Other trip companiesA cheap number up front, then lift tickets, rentals, shuttles and resort fees piled on top.

    With Outrider

    One price. Everything in it.

    Your room, lifts, rentals, rides and the parties. The only thing you book yourself is your flight.

  • Where you stay

    Other trip companiesWhatever is cheapest, usually a budget hotel or condos scattered around town.

    With Outrider

    A great hotel, ski-in, ski-out

    Everyone under one roof at The Peaks, ski-in, ski-out, with its own spa. Walk out the door, click in, go.

  • Lift tickets and gear

    Other trip companiesSold separately, plus a rental line on the first morning.

    With Outrider

    Already sorted

    In every package and fitted before you land. Two to a Room and the penthouses get performance rentals.

  • Getting there

    Other trip companiesFigure out your own ride from the airport.

    With Outrider

    Your ride is waiting

    Pickup at Montrose and the ride back are booked before you land, just for your group. Penthouses get a private SUV.

  • Paying for it

    Other trip companiesOne friend fronts it and spends the semester chasing Venmo requests.

    With Outrider

    Everyone pays their own way

    Put down 10%, then two installments, or pay in full and take $100 off. Nobody owes anybody.

  • On the trip

    Other trip companiesNobody from the company there. Something goes wrong? Good luck.

    With Outrider

    We've got you all week

    Our team is with you from pickup to drop-off, for anything you need.

  • How many people

    Other trip companiesAs many as will pay, often hundreds.

    With Outrider

    Small and exclusive

    Capped before a single spot sells, with rooms for four or two and penthouses for eight. It feels like a private club.

Carter Busby on a summit ridge above treeline.

Carter Busby

President and Founder

Our story

“Social chair is the job nobody volunteers for twice.”

A trip with your friends should be the best week of your year. A place you've wanted to see for ages, somewhere to stay you'd happily tell your parents about, and everyone you like in one town at the same time.

I went to Auburn, where I was social chair of ATO and then president. Between the two I planned more than thirty trips. Social chair is the job nobody volunteers for twice. You book the formals, move 200 people across state lines, chase deposits for months, and you're the one everybody texts when the rooms are wrong.

Read Carter’s story

Travel is the thing I care most about, and nearly everything I know about running a trip I learned by getting it wrong first, on somebody else's behalf. Being the person who has to fix it with 200 people already on the ground teaches you quickly what matters and what nobody notices.

So Outrider is the company I would have booked. One price with everything already inside it. One property, held before it goes on sale. Someone on the ground for the whole trip. Nobody fronting money for their friends and spending the spring trying to get it back.

College trips should be fun, and ours are. What I care about is where you wake up: a hotel you'd show your parents, a group small enough that faces are familiar by day two, and a town you'll still bring up years from now.

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Vetted by Chptr

Chptr runs the day-to-day for fraternities and sororities: events, dues, vendors. Its Collective is a short list of partners chapters can trust, and Outrider is the one for ski trips. If your chapter is on Chptr, we're already vetted.

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Two trips to Telluride this winter

December 14 to 18, and January 4 to 8.

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