Here's a few more shots from the weekend, from less tense moments!
The slide wasn't very deep. The crown is maybe a foot tall, but it ran a good long way and it wouldn't have been a fun ride.
While the rest of the slope was stable, this spot was pretty clearly ready to go because of wind loading coming over the top. I'm grateful for my friend's spidey-sense that we were in a risky spot, and grateful for good terrain choices on our skin track up. The slide came close, but never ran over our track.
We did one lower run (not super skiing, breakable crust 🤮) and then three of us decided to head up further and climb one of the peaks since the skiing wasn’t great.
As we hopped up on the shoulder, my friend who was cutting trail had a funny feeling and asked us to hang back a minute while he crossed under a slightly steeper slope.
🧵 Went with some friends to a backcountry yurt last weekend. We had a bit of a close call that I thought I’d share. It’s been a super busy week, so I’m just getting to it. #montana #backcountryski #avalanche #yurt
#yurt #avalanche #backcountryski #montana
Here’s another swing at the same shot in a different spot. #mountains #ski #backcountryski #montana
#montana #backcountryski #ski #mountains
Snow pillows along the creek.
#Silentsunday #photography #backcountryski
#backcountryski #photography #silentsunday
Eine Kleine Nact Skifahren
#photography #nightskiing #Montana #backcountryski
#backcountryski #montana #nightskiing #photography
Not enough for confortable skiing, but the snow was good.
#backcountryskiing #backcountryski
#backcountryski #backcountryskiing
Trails that were 'impossible' for a 5-year old are now 'too short to be worth the trouble' for 15-year old. #SkideFond #backcountryski
#blackandwhitephotography #monochrome #mountains #greatbasin #Nevada #indigenous #backcountryski #climbing #peakbagging
Doso Doyabi, Great Basin National Park, Nevada
(Once named Jeff Davis Peak which was replaced with the Shoshone name for White Mountain to honor their cultural heritage for places that had names before they were renamed)
#blackandwhitephotography #monochrome #mountains #greatbasin #Nevada #indigenous #backcountryski #climbing #peakbagging
Cold and windy in the Tetons.
#skiing #backcountryski #tetons #photography
#skiing #backcountryski #tetons #photography
Frosty forest.
So many gods, so many creeds, So many paths that wind and wind, While just the art of being kind is all the sad world needs. -Ella Wheeler Wilcox, poet (5 Nov 1850-1919)
#Montana #backcountryski #photography
#photography #backcountryski #montana
Winter wonderland #montana #backcountryski #photography
#photography #backcountryski #montana