2025 schedule
Our home base will be the Headwaters Event Center in Winter Park, CO. From there each day we will bring the stoke with a happy hour, gear demos, raffles, and educational speakers. It will serve as our rallying point for the entire event. You will need to find lodging in town or bring your van!
730 BAKER DRIVE
WINTER PARK, CO 80482
**IMPORTANT**
*DEMO GEAR MUST BE PICKED UP THE NIGHT BEFORE YOU PLAN TO USE IT
Return locations are Headwaters at 6 pm on Saturday and Vicious Cycle Brewing 3-6pm on Sunday unless other arrangements are made with the brand you demo from!
Do not contact FRSF to set up other pickups/drop-offs, please.
Intro To Split Group Tour
Reserve your spot with Winter Park Guides for a guided Intro to Splitboarding uphill tour Saturday 3/22 at 9am. We will cover everything you need to know to get into splitboarding the right way including gear selection, touring basics, and tips from professional guides. Your guide will also give you some tips on what avalanche courses and future guided courses might be right for you. You will even find some awesome partners at your same ability level in this class to link up with for the rest of the weekend. SIGN UP HERE!
Intermediate Split Tour + Avy Refresher
Join Colorado Adventure Guides 8:30AM Saturday for an avalanche refresher with an intermediate splitboard tour. This course is for those who have the basics of gear and movement down, and are ready to expand their knowledge about avalanche zones and their ability to travel in the backcountry on a splitboard at the intermediate level. Your splitboard guide will cover terrain planning as a splitboarder, split-specific travel techniques both uphill and down, and will refresh avalanche awareness/rescue and terrain recognition in the field. Your guide will give you tips on what the next steps are for your progression, and you will have a chance to meet potential touring partners with a similar ability level as yours. SIGN UP HERE!
2025 EVENT SCHEDULE
Day 1 (Friday)
March 21
6 pm - Doors open at the Headwaters Center
Check-in, Raffle/SWAG sales, Demos, and Bevs are all on the Main Event Floor & educational talks will be upstairs in the Higher Minds Loft
6 pm - Upslope Happy Hour - Complimentary beverages for registered attendees! Mingle & find new touring buddies for the weekend! - Main Floor
6:30 pm - Epic Destination Discussion: Splitboarding in Japan - with Leo and the Weston Crew - Higher Minds Loft
7:30 pm - Tour Planning and Terrain Management Workshop with Ortovox & Colorado Adventure Guides. Free, but registration preferred to preserve quality of education - Higher Minds Loft
9pm - Splitfest G.N.A.R. Challenge Announcement & Official Rules - Higher Minds Loft
Day 2 (Saturday)
March 22
6 pm - Doors open at the Headwaters Center
8:30am - Intermediate Splitboard Tour & Avy Refresher with Colorado Adventure Guides
9 am - Intro to Splitboarding Course with Winter Park Uphill Program
10 am - 2 pm - Beacon Park & Transceiver Checkpoint presented by Ortovox & Colorado Adventure Guides - Berthoud Pass East Trailhead (Main Lot)
6 pm - Upslope Happy Hour - Complimentary beverages for registered attendees! Mingle & find new touring buddies for the weekend! - Main Floor
7 pm - onX Backcountry Mapping Masterclass with onX Backcountry and Sarah Mac - Sarah Mac just became one of the first 2 AMGA Certified Female Splitboard Guides and is a member of the Weston guide team - Higher Minds Loft
8 pm - MASSIVE GEAR RAFFLE to support Friends of Berthoud Pass and the Friends of the CAIC!!! DON’T MISS THIS! - MAIN FLOOR
3-6 pm - Gear Return - Vicious Cycle Brewing
12pm - Split Ski Competition at Berthoud Pass East Trailhead (Main Lot)
3 pm - Demo returns open
5 pm - G.N.A.R Challenge Awards Ceremony
6 pm - Last Call for Demo Return at Vicious Cycle Brewing in Winter Park / Fraser