diff --git a/dvc/repo/experiments/__init__.py b/dvc/repo/experiments/__init__.py
index 9bd64a309..bdac7b6bb 100644
--- a/dvc/repo/experiments/__init__.py
+++ b/dvc/repo/experiments/__init__.py
@@ -11,16 +11,9 @@ from dvc.env import DVCLIVE_RESUME
 from dvc.exceptions import DvcException
 from dvc.utils import relpath
 
-from .base import (
-    EXEC_APPLY,
-    EXEC_BRANCH,
-    EXEC_CHECKPOINT,
-    EXEC_NAMESPACE,
-    EXPS_NAMESPACE,
-    EXPS_STASH,
+from .exceptions import (
     BaselineMismatchError,
     ExperimentExistsError,
-    ExpRefInfo,
     InvalidExpRefError,
     MultipleBranchError,
 )
@@ -36,6 +29,15 @@ from .executor.manager.local import (
     WorkspaceExecutorManager,
 )
 from .executor.manager.ssh import SSHExecutorManager
+from .refs import (
+    EXEC_APPLY,
+    EXEC_BRANCH,
+    EXEC_CHECKPOINT,
+    EXEC_NAMESPACE,
+    EXPS_NAMESPACE,
+    EXPS_STASH,
+    ExpRefInfo,
+)
 from .stash import ExpStash, ExpStashEntry
 from .utils import exp_refs_by_rev
 
diff --git a/dvc/repo/experiments/apply.py b/dvc/repo/experiments/apply.py
index 71fb28ee1..bdf923174 100644
--- a/dvc/repo/experiments/apply.py
+++ b/dvc/repo/experiments/apply.py
@@ -7,13 +7,13 @@ from dvc.repo import locked
 from dvc.repo.scm_context import scm_context
 from dvc.utils.fs import remove
 
-from .base import (
-    EXEC_APPLY,
+from .exceptions import (
     ApplyConflictError,
     BaselineMismatchError,
     InvalidExpRevError,
 )
 from .executor.base import BaseExecutor
+from .refs import EXEC_APPLY
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from scmrepo import Git
diff --git a/dvc/repo/experiments/base.py b/dvc/repo/experiments/base.py
deleted file mode 100644
index d8c815fc1..000000000
--- a/dvc/repo/experiments/base.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,144 +0,0 @@
-from typing import Optional
-
-from dvc.exceptions import DvcException, InvalidArgumentError
-
-# Experiment refs are stored according baseline git SHA:
-#   refs/exps/01/234abcd.../<exp_name>
-EXPS_NAMESPACE = "refs/exps"
-EXPS_STASH = f"{EXPS_NAMESPACE}/stash"
-EXEC_NAMESPACE = f"{EXPS_NAMESPACE}/exec"
-EXEC_APPLY = f"{EXEC_NAMESPACE}/EXEC_APPLY"
-EXEC_CHECKPOINT = f"{EXEC_NAMESPACE}/EXEC_CHECKPOINT"
-EXEC_BRANCH = f"{EXEC_NAMESPACE}/EXEC_BRANCH"
-EXEC_BASELINE = f"{EXEC_NAMESPACE}/EXEC_BASELINE"
-EXEC_HEAD = f"{EXEC_NAMESPACE}/EXEC_HEAD"
-EXEC_MERGE = f"{EXEC_NAMESPACE}/EXEC_MERGE"
-
-
-class UnchangedExperimentError(DvcException):
-    def __init__(self, rev):
-        super().__init__(f"Experiment unchanged from '{rev[:7]}'.")
-        self.rev = rev
-
-
-class BaselineMismatchError(DvcException):
-    def __init__(self, rev, expected):
-        if hasattr(rev, "hexsha"):
-            rev = rev.hexsha
-        rev_str = f"{rev[:7]}" if rev is not None else "invalid commit"
-        super().__init__(
-            f"Experiment derived from '{rev_str}', expected '{expected[:7]}'."
-        )
-        self.rev = rev
-        self.expected_rev = expected
-
-
-class ExperimentExistsError(DvcException):
-    def __init__(self, name: str):
-        msg = (
-            "Experiment conflicts with existing experiment "
-            f"'{name}'. To overwrite the existing experiment run:\n\n"
-            "\tdvc exp run -f ...\n\n"
-            "To run this experiment with a different name run:\n\n"
-            f"\tdvc exp run -n <new_name> ...\n"
-        )
-        super().__init__(msg)
-        self.name = name
-
-
-class CheckpointExistsError(DvcException):
-    def __init__(self, name: str):
-        msg = (
-            "Reproduced checkpoint experiment conflicts with existing "
-            f"experiment '{name}'. To restart (and overwrite) the existing "
-            "experiment run:\n\n"
-            "\tdvc exp run -f ...\n\n"
-            "To resume the existing experiment, run:\n\n"
-            f"\tdvc exp apply {name}\n"
-            f"\tdvc exp run\n"
-        )
-        super().__init__(msg)
-        self.name = name
-
-
-class InvalidExpRefError(DvcException):
-    def __init__(self, ref):
-        super().__init__(f"'{ref}' is not a valid experiment refname.")
-        self.ref = ref
-
-
-class InvalidExpRevError(InvalidArgumentError):
-    def __init__(self, rev):
-        super().__init__(
-            f"'{rev}' does not appear to be an experiment commit."
-        )
-
-
-class MultipleBranchError(DvcException):
-    def __init__(self, rev, ref_infos):
-        super().__init__(
-            f"Ambiguous commit '{rev[:7]}' belongs to multiple experiment "
-            "branches."
-        )
-        self.rev = rev
-        self.ref_infos = ref_infos
-
-
-class ApplyConflictError(InvalidArgumentError):
-    def __init__(self, name):
-        super().__init__(
-            f"Experiment '{name}' cannot be applied to because your current "
-            "workspace contains changes which would be overwritten. Either "
-            "'git stash' your current changes before applying this "
-            "experiment, or re-run this command with '--force' to overwrite "
-            "your current changes."
-        )
-        self.name = name
-
-
-class ExpRefInfo:
-
-    namespace = EXPS_NAMESPACE
-
-    def __init__(
-        self, baseline_sha: Optional[str] = None, name: Optional[str] = None
-    ):
-        self.baseline_sha = baseline_sha
-        self.name: str = name if name else ""
-
-    def __str__(self):
-        return "/".join(self.parts)
-
-    def __repr__(self):
-        baseline = f"'{self.baseline_sha}'" if self.baseline_sha else "None"
-        name = f"'{self.name}'" if self.name else "None"
-        return f"ExpRefInfo(baseline_sha={baseline}, name={name})"
-
-    @property
-    def parts(self):
-        return (
-            (self.namespace,)
-            + (
-                (self.baseline_sha[:2], self.baseline_sha[2:])
-                if self.baseline_sha
-                else ()
-            )
-            + ((self.name,) if self.name else ())
-        )
-
-    @classmethod
-    def from_ref(cls, ref: str):
-        try:
-            parts = ref.split("/")
-            if (
-                len(parts) < 2
-                or len(parts) == 3
-                or len(parts) > 5
-                or "/".join(parts[:2]) != EXPS_NAMESPACE
-            ):
-                raise InvalidExpRefError(ref)
-        except ValueError:
-            raise InvalidExpRefError(ref)
-        baseline_sha = parts[2] + parts[3] if len(parts) >= 4 else None
-        name = parts[4] if len(parts) == 5 else None
-        return cls(baseline_sha, name)
diff --git a/dvc/repo/experiments/branch.py b/dvc/repo/experiments/branch.py
index 0ca5e8f19..addde1042 100644
--- a/dvc/repo/experiments/branch.py
+++ b/dvc/repo/experiments/branch.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ from dvc.repo import locked
 from dvc.repo.scm_context import scm_context
 from dvc.scm import RevError
 
-from .base import InvalidExpRevError
+from .exceptions import InvalidExpRevError
 from .utils import exp_refs_by_rev
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
diff --git a/dvc/repo/experiments/exceptions.py b/dvc/repo/experiments/exceptions.py
index 527200fdc..15b32c374 100644
--- a/dvc/repo/experiments/exceptions.py
+++ b/dvc/repo/experiments/exceptions.py
@@ -1,15 +1,97 @@
-from typing import Collection, Iterable
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Collection, Iterable
 
-from dvc.exceptions import InvalidArgumentError
+from dvc.exceptions import DvcException, InvalidArgumentError
 
-from .base import ExpRefInfo
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from .refs import ExpRefInfo
+
+
+class UnchangedExperimentError(DvcException):
+    def __init__(self, rev):
+        super().__init__(f"Experiment unchanged from '{rev[:7]}'.")
+        self.rev = rev
+
+
+class BaselineMismatchError(DvcException):
+    def __init__(self, rev, expected):
+        if hasattr(rev, "hexsha"):
+            rev = rev.hexsha
+        rev_str = f"{rev[:7]}" if rev is not None else "invalid commit"
+        super().__init__(
+            f"Experiment derived from '{rev_str}', expected '{expected[:7]}'."
+        )
+        self.rev = rev
+        self.expected_rev = expected
+
+
+class ExperimentExistsError(DvcException):
+    def __init__(self, name: str):
+        msg = (
+            "Experiment conflicts with existing experiment "
+            f"'{name}'. To overwrite the existing experiment run:\n\n"
+            "\tdvc exp run -f ...\n\n"
+            "To run this experiment with a different name run:\n\n"
+            f"\tdvc exp run -n <new_name> ...\n"
+        )
+        super().__init__(msg)
+        self.name = name
+
+
+class CheckpointExistsError(DvcException):
+    def __init__(self, name: str):
+        msg = (
+            "Reproduced checkpoint experiment conflicts with existing "
+            f"experiment '{name}'. To restart (and overwrite) the existing "
+            "experiment run:\n\n"
+            "\tdvc exp run -f ...\n\n"
+            "To resume the existing experiment, run:\n\n"
+            f"\tdvc exp apply {name}\n"
+            f"\tdvc exp run\n"
+        )
+        super().__init__(msg)
+        self.name = name
+
+
+class InvalidExpRefError(DvcException):
+    def __init__(self, ref):
+        super().__init__(f"'{ref}' is not a valid experiment refname.")
+        self.ref = ref
+
+
+class InvalidExpRevError(InvalidArgumentError):
+    def __init__(self, rev):
+        super().__init__(
+            f"'{rev}' does not appear to be an experiment commit."
+        )
+
+
+class MultipleBranchError(DvcException):
+    def __init__(self, rev, ref_infos):
+        super().__init__(
+            f"Ambiguous commit '{rev[:7]}' belongs to multiple experiment "
+            "branches."
+        )
+        self.rev = rev
+        self.ref_infos = ref_infos
+
+
+class ApplyConflictError(InvalidArgumentError):
+    def __init__(self, name):
+        super().__init__(
+            f"Experiment '{name}' cannot be applied to because your current "
+            "workspace contains changes which would be overwritten. Either "
+            "'git stash' your current changes before applying this "
+            "experiment, or re-run this command with '--force' to overwrite "
+            "your current changes."
+        )
+        self.name = name
 
 
 class AmbiguousExpRefInfo(InvalidArgumentError):
     def __init__(
         self,
         exp_name: str,
-        exp_ref_list: Iterable[ExpRefInfo],
+        exp_ref_list: Iterable["ExpRefInfo"],
     ):
         msg = [
             (
diff --git a/dvc/repo/experiments/executor/base.py b/dvc/repo/experiments/executor/base.py
index 18d25d7b3..b7c5cbeca 100644
--- a/dvc/repo/experiments/executor/base.py
+++ b/dvc/repo/experiments/executor/base.py
@@ -25,17 +25,19 @@ from dvc.stage.serialize import to_lockfile
 from dvc.utils import dict_sha256, env2bool, relpath
 from dvc.utils.fs import remove
 
-from ..base import (
+from ..exceptions import (
+    CheckpointExistsError,
+    ExperimentExistsError,
+    UnchangedExperimentError,
+)
+from ..refs import (
     EXEC_BASELINE,
     EXEC_BRANCH,
     EXEC_CHECKPOINT,
     EXEC_NAMESPACE,
     EXPS_NAMESPACE,
     EXPS_STASH,
-    CheckpointExistsError,
-    ExperimentExistsError,
     ExpRefInfo,
-    UnchangedExperimentError,
 )
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
diff --git a/dvc/repo/experiments/executor/local.py b/dvc/repo/experiments/executor/local.py
index 221e3116e..a720bee58 100644
--- a/dvc/repo/experiments/executor/local.py
+++ b/dvc/repo/experiments/executor/local.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ from scmrepo.exceptions import SCMError as _SCMError
 from dvc.scm import SCM, GitMergeError
 from dvc.utils.fs import remove
 
-from ..base import (
+from ..refs import (
     EXEC_APPLY,
     EXEC_BASELINE,
     EXEC_BRANCH,
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ if TYPE_CHECKING:
 
     from dvc.repo import Repo
 
-    from ..base import ExpRefInfo, ExpStashEntry
+    from ..refs import ExpRefInfo
+    from ..stash import ExpStashEntry
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
diff --git a/dvc/repo/experiments/executor/manager/base.py b/dvc/repo/experiments/executor/manager/base.py
index 6116f8afc..62003cfa7 100644
--- a/dvc/repo/experiments/executor/manager/base.py
+++ b/dvc/repo/experiments/executor/manager/base.py
@@ -7,14 +7,8 @@ from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Deque, Dict, Generator, Optional, Tuple, Type
 
 from dvc.proc.manager import ProcessManager
 
-from ...base import (
-    EXEC_BASELINE,
-    EXEC_HEAD,
-    EXEC_MERGE,
-    CheckpointExistsError,
-    ExperimentExistsError,
-    ExpRefInfo,
-)
+from ...exceptions import CheckpointExistsError, ExperimentExistsError
+from ...refs import EXEC_BASELINE, EXEC_HEAD, EXEC_MERGE, ExpRefInfo
 from ...stash import ExpStashEntry
 from ..base import EXEC_PID_DIR, BaseExecutor
 from ..local import TempDirExecutor, WorkspaceExecutor
diff --git a/dvc/repo/experiments/executor/manager/local.py b/dvc/repo/experiments/executor/manager/local.py
index fbeae7684..dd4c9b1e0 100644
--- a/dvc/repo/experiments/executor/manager/local.py
+++ b/dvc/repo/experiments/executor/manager/local.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import logging
 from collections import defaultdict
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Dict, Optional
 
-from ...base import EXEC_BASELINE, EXEC_BRANCH, EXEC_HEAD, EXEC_MERGE
+from ...refs import EXEC_BASELINE, EXEC_BRANCH, EXEC_HEAD, EXEC_MERGE
 from ...stash import ExpStashEntry
 from ..local import TempDirExecutor, WorkspaceExecutor
 from .base import BaseExecutorManager
diff --git a/dvc/repo/experiments/executor/ssh.py b/dvc/repo/experiments/executor/ssh.py
index 6d96480fc..f384c0852 100644
--- a/dvc/repo/experiments/executor/ssh.py
+++ b/dvc/repo/experiments/executor/ssh.py
@@ -8,14 +8,14 @@ from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Callable, Iterable, Optional
 from funcy import first
 
 from dvc.fs import SSHFileSystem
-from dvc.repo.experiments.base import (
+
+from ..refs import (
     EXEC_BRANCH,
     EXEC_CHECKPOINT,
     EXEC_HEAD,
     EXEC_MERGE,
     EXEC_NAMESPACE,
 )
-
 from .base import BaseExecutor, ExecutorInfo, ExecutorResult
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
diff --git a/dvc/repo/experiments/pull.py b/dvc/repo/experiments/pull.py
index 1316d954c..3bed3aa87 100644
--- a/dvc/repo/experiments/pull.py
+++ b/dvc/repo/experiments/pull.py
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ from dvc.repo.scm_context import scm_context
 from dvc.scm import TqdmGit, iter_revs
 from dvc.ui import ui
 
-from .base import ExpRefInfo
 from .exceptions import UnresolvedExpNamesError
+from .refs import ExpRefInfo
 from .utils import exp_commits, exp_refs, exp_refs_by_baseline, resolve_name
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
diff --git a/dvc/repo/experiments/push.py b/dvc/repo/experiments/push.py
index cbc146636..5407170c3 100644
--- a/dvc/repo/experiments/push.py
+++ b/dvc/repo/experiments/push.py
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ from dvc.repo.scm_context import scm_context
 from dvc.scm import TqdmGit, iter_revs
 from dvc.ui import ui
 
-from .base import ExpRefInfo
 from .exceptions import UnresolvedExpNamesError
+from .refs import ExpRefInfo
 from .utils import exp_commits, exp_refs, exp_refs_by_baseline, resolve_name
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
diff --git a/dvc/repo/experiments/refs.py b/dvc/repo/experiments/refs.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7c1448496
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dvc/repo/experiments/refs.py
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+from typing import Optional
+
+from .exceptions import InvalidExpRefError
+
+# Experiment refs are stored according baseline git SHA:
+#   refs/exps/01/234abcd.../<exp_name>
+EXPS_NAMESPACE = "refs/exps"
+EXPS_STASH = f"{EXPS_NAMESPACE}/stash"
+EXEC_NAMESPACE = f"{EXPS_NAMESPACE}/exec"
+EXEC_APPLY = f"{EXEC_NAMESPACE}/EXEC_APPLY"
+EXEC_CHECKPOINT = f"{EXEC_NAMESPACE}/EXEC_CHECKPOINT"
+EXEC_BRANCH = f"{EXEC_NAMESPACE}/EXEC_BRANCH"
+EXEC_BASELINE = f"{EXEC_NAMESPACE}/EXEC_BASELINE"
+EXEC_HEAD = f"{EXEC_NAMESPACE}/EXEC_HEAD"
+EXEC_MERGE = f"{EXEC_NAMESPACE}/EXEC_MERGE"
+
+
+class ExpRefInfo:
+
+    namespace = EXPS_NAMESPACE
+
+    def __init__(
+        self, baseline_sha: Optional[str] = None, name: Optional[str] = None
+    ):
+        self.baseline_sha = baseline_sha
+        self.name: str = name if name else ""
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        return "/".join(self.parts)
+
+    def __repr__(self):
+        baseline = f"'{self.baseline_sha}'" if self.baseline_sha else "None"
+        name = f"'{self.name}'" if self.name else "None"
+        return f"ExpRefInfo(baseline_sha={baseline}, name={name})"
+
+    @property
+    def parts(self):
+        return (
+            (self.namespace,)
+            + (
+                (self.baseline_sha[:2], self.baseline_sha[2:])
+                if self.baseline_sha
+                else ()
+            )
+            + ((self.name,) if self.name else ())
+        )
+
+    @classmethod
+    def from_ref(cls, ref: str):
+        try:
+            parts = ref.split("/")
+            if (
+                len(parts) < 2
+                or len(parts) == 3
+                or len(parts) > 5
+                or "/".join(parts[:2]) != EXPS_NAMESPACE
+            ):
+                raise InvalidExpRefError(ref)
+        except ValueError:
+            raise InvalidExpRefError(ref)
+        baseline_sha = parts[2] + parts[3] if len(parts) >= 4 else None
+        name = parts[4] if len(parts) == 5 else None
+        return cls(baseline_sha, name)
diff --git a/dvc/repo/experiments/remove.py b/dvc/repo/experiments/remove.py
index 01bf07b7d..eb2c9dfd6 100644
--- a/dvc/repo/experiments/remove.py
+++ b/dvc/repo/experiments/remove.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ from dvc.repo.scm_context import scm_context
 from dvc.scm import iter_revs
 
 from .exceptions import UnresolvedExpNamesError
+from .refs import ExpRefInfo
 from .utils import (
     exp_refs,
     exp_refs_by_baseline,
@@ -18,8 +19,6 @@ if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from dvc.repo import Repo
     from dvc.scm import Git
 
-    from .base import ExpRefInfo
-
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -45,7 +44,7 @@ def remove(
         removed.extend(_clear_all_commits(repo, git_remote))
         return removed
 
-    commit_ref_dict: Dict["ExpRefInfo", str] = {}
+    commit_ref_dict: Dict[ExpRefInfo, str] = {}
     queued_ref_dict: Dict[int, str] = {}
     if exp_names:
         _resolve_exp_by_name(
@@ -69,7 +68,7 @@ def remove(
 def _resolve_exp_by_name(
     repo: "Repo",
     exp_names: Union[str, List[str]],
-    commit_ref_dict: Dict["ExpRefInfo", str],
+    commit_ref_dict: Dict[ExpRefInfo, str],
     queued_ref_dict: Dict[int, str],
     git_remote: Optional[str],
 ):
@@ -99,7 +98,7 @@ def _resolve_exp_by_baseline(
     repo,
     rev: str,
     num: int,
-    commit_ref_dict: Dict["ExpRefInfo", str],
+    commit_ref_dict: Dict[ExpRefInfo, str],
     git_remote: Optional[str] = None,
 ):
     rev_dict = iter_revs(repo.scm, [rev], num)
@@ -156,7 +155,7 @@ def _get_queued_index_by_names(
 
 
 def _remove_commited_exps(
-    scm: "Git", exp_ref_dict: Mapping["ExpRefInfo", str], remote: Optional[str]
+    scm: "Git", exp_ref_dict: Mapping[ExpRefInfo, str], remote: Optional[str]
 ) -> List[str]:
     if remote:
         from dvc.scm import TqdmGit
diff --git a/dvc/repo/experiments/show.py b/dvc/repo/experiments/show.py
index b3ab19388..609c0de0c 100644
--- a/dvc/repo/experiments/show.py
+++ b/dvc/repo/experiments/show.py
@@ -3,12 +3,13 @@ from collections import OrderedDict, defaultdict
 from datetime import datetime
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Callable, Dict, List, Optional, Union
 
-from dvc.repo.experiments.base import ExpRefInfo
 from dvc.repo.metrics.show import _gather_metrics
 from dvc.repo.params.show import _gather_params
 from dvc.scm import iter_revs
 from dvc.utils import error_handler, onerror_collect, relpath
 
+from .refs import ExpRefInfo
+
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from dvc.repo import Repo
 
diff --git a/dvc/repo/experiments/utils.py b/dvc/repo/experiments/utils.py
index a61b27b64..6422158f8 100644
--- a/dvc/repo/experiments/utils.py
+++ b/dvc/repo/experiments/utils.py
@@ -16,8 +16,11 @@ from scmrepo.git import Git
 from dvc.exceptions import InvalidArgumentError
 from dvc.repo.experiments.exceptions import AmbiguousExpRefInfo
 
-from .base import (
+from .refs import (
+    EXEC_APPLY,
     EXEC_BASELINE,
+    EXEC_BRANCH,
+    EXEC_CHECKPOINT,
     EXEC_NAMESPACE,
     EXPS_NAMESPACE,
     EXPS_STASH,
@@ -40,9 +43,7 @@ def exp_refs(
         yield ExpRefInfo.from_ref(ref)
 
 
-def exp_refs_by_rev(
-    scm: "Git", rev: str
-) -> Generator["ExpRefInfo", None, None]:
+def exp_refs_by_rev(scm: "Git", rev: str) -> Generator[ExpRefInfo, None, None]:
     """Iterate over all experiment refs pointing to the specified revision."""
     for ref in scm.get_refs_containing(rev, EXPS_NAMESPACE):
         if not (ref.startswith(EXEC_NAMESPACE) or ref == EXPS_STASH):
@@ -121,6 +122,14 @@ def push_refspec(
         raise GitAuthError(str(exc))
 
 
+def remote_exp_refs(scm: "Git", url: str) -> Generator[ExpRefInfo, None, None]:
+    """Iterate over all remote experiment refs."""
+    for ref in iter_remote_refs(scm, url, base=EXPS_NAMESPACE):
+        if ref.startswith(EXEC_NAMESPACE) or ref == EXPS_STASH:
+            continue
+        yield ExpRefInfo.from_ref(ref)
+
+
 def exp_refs_by_names(
     scm: "Git", names: Set[str], url: Optional[str] = None
 ) -> Dict[str, List[ExpRefInfo]]:
@@ -134,8 +143,19 @@ def exp_refs_by_names(
     return resolve_results
 
 
+def remote_exp_refs_by_baseline(
+    scm: "Git", url: str, rev: str
+) -> Generator[ExpRefInfo, None, None]:
+    """Iterate over all remote experiment refs with the specified baseline."""
+    ref_info = ExpRefInfo(baseline_sha=rev)
+    for ref in iter_remote_refs(scm, url, base=str(ref_info)):
+        if ref.startswith(EXEC_NAMESPACE) or ref == EXPS_STASH:
+            continue
+        yield ExpRefInfo.from_ref(ref)
+
+
 def exp_commits(
-    scm: "Git", ref_infos: Iterable["ExpRefInfo"] = None
+    scm: "Git", ref_infos: Iterable[ExpRefInfo] = None
 ) -> Iterable[str]:
     """Iterate over all experiment commits."""
     shas: Set["str"] = set()
@@ -147,9 +167,7 @@ def exp_commits(
     yield from shas
 
 
-def remove_exp_refs(scm: "Git", ref_infos: Iterable["ExpRefInfo"]):
-    from .base import EXEC_APPLY, EXEC_BRANCH, EXEC_CHECKPOINT
-
+def remove_exp_refs(scm: "Git", ref_infos: Iterable[ExpRefInfo]):
     exec_branch = scm.get_ref(EXEC_BRANCH, follow=False)
     exec_apply = scm.get_ref(EXEC_APPLY)
     exec_checkpoint = scm.get_ref(EXEC_CHECKPOINT)
diff --git a/tests/func/experiments/executor/test_ssh.py b/tests/func/experiments/executor/test_ssh.py
index 70835aad9..bb84292dd 100644
--- a/tests/func/experiments/executor/test_ssh.py
+++ b/tests/func/experiments/executor/test_ssh.py
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ import pytest
 from dvc_ssh.tests.cloud import TEST_SSH_KEY_PATH, TEST_SSH_USER
 
 from dvc.fs import SSHFileSystem
-from dvc.repo.experiments.base import EXEC_HEAD, EXEC_MERGE
 from dvc.repo.experiments.executor.base import ExecutorInfo, ExecutorResult
 from dvc.repo.experiments.executor.ssh import SSHExecutor
+from dvc.repo.experiments.refs import EXEC_HEAD, EXEC_MERGE
 from tests.func.machine.conftest import *  # noqa, pylint: disable=wildcard-import
 
 
diff --git a/tests/func/experiments/test_checkpoints.py b/tests/func/experiments/test_checkpoints.py
index 015041b2c..014ad97c3 100644
--- a/tests/func/experiments/test_checkpoints.py
+++ b/tests/func/experiments/test_checkpoints.py
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ from funcy import first
 from dvc.config import NoRemoteError
 from dvc.env import DVC_EXP_AUTO_PUSH, DVC_EXP_GIT_REMOTE
 from dvc.exceptions import DvcException
-from dvc.repo.experiments import MultipleBranchError
-from dvc.repo.experiments.base import EXEC_APPLY, EXEC_CHECKPOINT
+from dvc.repo.experiments.exceptions import MultipleBranchError
 from dvc.repo.experiments.executor.base import BaseExecutor
+from dvc.repo.experiments.refs import EXEC_APPLY, EXEC_CHECKPOINT
 from dvc.repo.experiments.utils import exp_refs_by_rev
 from dvc.scm import InvalidRemoteSCMRepo
 
diff --git a/tests/func/experiments/test_experiments.py b/tests/func/experiments/test_experiments.py
index 55a302960..a3742a4c3 100644
--- a/tests/func/experiments/test_experiments.py
+++ b/tests/func/experiments/test_experiments.py
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ def test_new_simple(tmp_dir, scm, dvc, exp_stage, mocker, name, workspace):
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("workspace", [True, False])
 def test_experiment_exists(tmp_dir, scm, dvc, exp_stage, mocker, workspace):
-    from dvc.repo.experiments.base import ExperimentExistsError
+    from dvc.repo.experiments.exceptions import ExperimentExistsError
 
     dvc.experiments.run(
         exp_stage.addressing,
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ def test_add_params(tmp_dir, scm, dvc, changes):
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("queue", [True, False])
 def test_apply(tmp_dir, scm, dvc, exp_stage, queue):
     from dvc.exceptions import InvalidArgumentError
-    from dvc.repo.experiments.base import ApplyConflictError
+    from dvc.repo.experiments.exceptions import ApplyConflictError
 
     metrics_original = (tmp_dir / "metrics.yaml").read_text().strip()
     results = dvc.experiments.run(
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ def test_apply(tmp_dir, scm, dvc, exp_stage, queue):
 
 
 def test_apply_untracked(tmp_dir, scm, dvc, exp_stage):
-    from dvc.repo.experiments.base import ApplyConflictError
+    from dvc.repo.experiments.exceptions import ApplyConflictError
 
     results = dvc.experiments.run(exp_stage.addressing, params=["foo=2"])
     exp = first(results)
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ def test_apply_untracked(tmp_dir, scm, dvc, exp_stage):
 
 
 def test_get_baseline(tmp_dir, scm, dvc, exp_stage):
-    from dvc.repo.experiments.base import EXPS_STASH
+    from dvc.repo.experiments.refs import EXPS_STASH
 
     init_rev = scm.get_rev()
     assert dvc.experiments.get_baseline(init_rev) is None
@@ -642,7 +642,7 @@ def test_checkout_targets_deps(tmp_dir, scm, dvc, exp_stage):
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("tail", ["", "~1", "^"])
 def test_fix_exp_head(tmp_dir, scm, tail):
-    from dvc.repo.experiments.base import EXEC_BASELINE
+    from dvc.repo.experiments.refs import EXEC_BASELINE
     from dvc.repo.experiments.utils import fix_exp_head
 
     head = "HEAD" + tail
diff --git a/tests/func/experiments/test_show.py b/tests/func/experiments/test_show.py
index afb596222..8ec268aa4 100644
--- a/tests/func/experiments/test_show.py
+++ b/tests/func/experiments/test_show.py
@@ -7,13 +7,13 @@ import pytest
 from funcy import first, get_in
 
 from dvc.cli import main
-from dvc.repo.experiments.base import EXPS_STASH, ExpRefInfo
 from dvc.repo.experiments.executor.base import (
     EXEC_PID_DIR,
     EXEC_TMP_DIR,
     BaseExecutor,
     ExecutorInfo,
 )
+from dvc.repo.experiments.refs import EXPS_STASH, ExpRefInfo
 from dvc.repo.experiments.utils import exp_refs_by_rev
 from dvc.utils.fs import makedirs
 from dvc.utils.serialize import YAMLFileCorruptedError
@@ -392,8 +392,8 @@ def test_show_running_executor(tmp_dir, scm, dvc, exp_stage):
 def test_show_running_checkpoint(
     tmp_dir, scm, dvc, checkpoint_stage, workspace, mocker
 ):
-    from dvc.repo.experiments.base import EXEC_BASELINE, EXEC_BRANCH
     from dvc.repo.experiments.executor.local import TempDirExecutor
+    from dvc.repo.experiments.refs import EXEC_BASELINE, EXEC_BRANCH
 
     baseline_rev = scm.get_rev()
     dvc.experiments.run(
diff --git a/tests/func/test_gc.py b/tests/func/test_gc.py
index d1d48990c..d2ce935d0 100644
--- a/tests/func/test_gc.py
+++ b/tests/func/test_gc.py
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ def test_gc_external_output(tmp_dir, dvc, workspace):
 
 
 def test_gc_all_experiments(tmp_dir, scm, dvc):
-    from dvc.repo.experiments.base import ExpRefInfo
+    from dvc.repo.experiments.refs import ExpRefInfo
 
     (foo,) = tmp_dir.dvc_gen("foo", "foo", commit="foo")
     foo_hash = foo.outs[0].hash_info.value
diff --git a/tests/unit/repo/experiments/test_utils.py b/tests/unit/repo/experiments/test_utils.py
index 5ce9f3746..7447d6da4 100644
--- a/tests/unit/repo/experiments/test_utils.py
+++ b/tests/unit/repo/experiments/test_utils.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import pytest
 
 from dvc.exceptions import InvalidArgumentError
-from dvc.repo.experiments.base import EXPS_NAMESPACE, ExpRefInfo
+from dvc.repo.experiments.refs import EXPS_NAMESPACE, ExpRefInfo
 from dvc.repo.experiments.utils import check_ref_format, resolve_name