Extreme gnar soft shell skiing is about being super dialed. That means getting to the trailhead by lunch, wearing silly hats, eating shit flavored elk infused bars, and letting everyone know that you are sooooooooo Dynafit.
Porter the dog made us look like pussies as usual by fully sending. Lindsy Vonn cameo. 19 consecutive months of shralping. Sorry Tall T Dan, I cant #stopskiing.
Gem Lake Couloir off of Trapper Peak in the southern Bitterroots. Skiing is not in slow motion. I just went really slow to avoid death. Type 2 kind of fun as they say in the streets.
Started out being a beautiful day skiing with the boys. Then a small slide popped on me. Never let your guard down on mellow terrain. Slides dont have to be big and gnarly to put you on the couch.
checking out a little mini golf zone after the wind fuct everything else.
Arlo the golden skied like a champ in the meadows of Beehive Basin near Big Sky Montana.
hiked up hillz and skied decent snow and some variable weird snow. Really fun to get some sun and good cardio for my fat ass.
Got some loose beta about being able to drive to the trailhead of St. Marys in the bitterroots. Not so much. Tacked on a bunch of vert and mileage. Made the ...
Fantastic day conquering the almighty Sugarloaf peak in the Bitterroots. Such a cool line that I have been eyeing for a couple years. So lucky to ski it in great April conditions. Such a great snowpack for spring missions.
This past winter was full of shitty days. Here are a couple shots from the less shitty of the days. Skiing rules.
It snowed a very little bit up in the high country, but of course we had to investigate. The way up looked pretty bleak. Then we found where the wind had blown all the snow off the top of the mountain and created a little snow oasis. It wasn't much but it was enough to make me feel happy again.
2 laps deep in the Rattlesnake Wilderness Area on old Mosquito Peak. The 2nd chute was a new one for me and the choke point did not fill in that great this year obv. Always sketch guinea pigging a line that no one has skied all year. Big line season is upon us. Jazzed for more marathon days in ze mountains.
Toured a little bit last week and found some decent stuff that was not sun/wind fukked. Corn skiing has now taken over with no storms on the horizon.
got weird in the spanish peaks. Got me stoked for spring/summer couloir hunting!!
Skiied a couple laps on lolo peak sunday may 25th....despite sticky snow and a broken dynafit heelpiece I had a terrific day!!
Skiing corn in november is fun, but confusing. Snow is in the forescast. Come on winter!!
ending powder days with a hike up tv mountain is a snowbowl tradition. With a proposed lift going in soon this stony zone may never be the same. #savetvmountain
Set out with low expectations as we were hiking thru 50 mph winds. This was the only zone that didn't get completely wind smashed. So fun sending with the crew.
Had the day off from work to vote, so I went skiing. Weird snow, bad viz, bad ankle, bad binding, shark fins everywhere. pretty much a perfect day!!!!
Trying to find some stashes in the backcountry before high pressure wreaks havoc.
Been poking around some old stashes and some new ones trying to find that white gurrrl.
Expected rain and shitty snow. But we remained optimystical and things got more awesomer.
Skied down to lantern lake off the north face of lolo peak. Twas very fun.
The thick wildfire smoke cleared for one day so we could ski some dirty patches. Thank you baby jesus.
Skied the south chute off of Gray Wolf Peak in the Mission Mountains on a crystal clear day. Perfect carvy corn. Kudos to the the world war 2 era bulldozer that cleared the roads for us. Also kudos to the mountain goat that broke trail for us up the chute.
skiing is a lot like a girl flashing her dumpers. Even the mediocre ones are thoroughly enjoyable.
The lifts have stopped turning at the bowl. Time to start exploring! Kicking it off with a Missoula classic in perfect bluebird pow, good ole Stuart peak. So happy my knee is holding up! lots of spring missions ahead.
forescast called for up to 10 inches overnight, we got a whopping 2. Still had a jolly old time.