Sawtooths Yurt – Stanley, ID
Conor asked if I wanted to come on a yurt trip with him and his Jackson Hole crew. Oh ya! I was eager to hit the trail for this April late season trip. A trip full of fresh snow, steep lines and even a backcountry rescue. Below are some images from trip.
The Jackson and Whitefish crew hanging out on the porch.
Evan and Kaci inside the main yurt.
Drying skins, boots and melting snow.
Dan reading up on the area near the Williams Peak Yurt.
Main yurt at night with heavy headlamp traffic.
Yurts with stars and only one headlamp trailing to the sauna.
Dan skinning up to the basin to play for the day.
Sam and Dan heading off to the chute Jesus Christ near Thompson Peak.
Sam and Dan in the basin.
Evan and Trevor putting skins back on to go higher.
Aric going to see if he can join Dan and Sam as they start there boot pack up J.C.
Sam and Dan booting up J.C.
Sam on top and Dan just below the top of J.C.
Sam heads down J.C. first.
Sam in J.C. with Dan looking down.
Sam opening it up below J.C. with the shadows of Thompson Peak.
Sam freeing it in the bowl.
Sam heading to another gully below J.C.
He is one tall tele skier!
Dan bombing it past his boot pack up J.C.
Dan ripping a turn below J.C. with Thompson Peak shadows.
Dan looking back at J.C. chute that he just skied.
Sun dog over Thompson Peak.
Dislocated hip at 4:00 with approx. 10 miles to the cars, plus another 60 miles to the hospital.
Thankfully we all came together at the same place and had two wilderness first responders in the crew.
It was slow going for the 8 hour backcountry rescue. Everyone pitched in and helped out our friend.
