Yesterday my good friend and I Sonny headed up Logan Pass for a September 1 ski day. We have skied many of days from deep December powder to icy summer stuff. This year we were blessed with 3″ of smooth butter snow! It was a great way to ski my 46th month in a row of skiing year round within 75 miles of Whitefish. Who knows what this years La Niña holds…
Looking up Bird Woman Basin in Glacier National Park.
Bird Woman Falls – all 492 feet of her with a fresh coating of snow.
Logan Pass got it’s first 3″ of snow on September 1, 2011 with the famous the Going-to-the-Sun Road in the back left.
Logan Pass visitor center with 3″ of September 1, 2011 snow.
Snow covered flowers.
Fresh snow on Logan Pass water falls.
Who’s kidding who we are skiing!
Sonny getting ready to drop in.
Skiing is believing!
Sonny in the 3″ of butter.
Time to down climb.
Flowers with snow.
Paint brush on Logan Pass.
Kyle Taylor was in town for a few days over Christmas and we skied the resort and hiked some. Zak Anderson with Montana Ski Company came along the day we skied Skookoleel to Seven Sisters. We had some great weather during the holiday season at Whitefish Mountain Resort “Big Mtn” Oh and some great side country access.
Kyle making some big turns in the soft snow.
Kyle booting up Hellroaring.
Kyle digging through the new Blackjack pack by Mystery Ranch.
Dropping in Hellroaring.
Zak coming down Skookoleel.
Kyle at the bottom of Skookoleel before the Seven Sisters.
Zak heading down one of the Seven Sisters.
Zak loves those race poles. They freak me out.
Cool top sheet on Zak’s Skookoleel skis.
Kyle debating left or right… and a close up of the Blackjack without the top.
Kyle headed left.
Zak poking around on the of the Seven Sisters.
Zak checking his line.
Kyle gets the grab for good measure.
Get some Kyle!
The other day my good friend Zak Anderson with the Montana Ski Company asked if I wanted to get towed around the canyon to do some exploring to see what we could access with sleds. Zak, Billy, Dave and myself headed out the resort and poked around looking for some places to ride. Avy conditions weren’t the best so we stuck down lower but had to deal with a wicked rain layer under the foot of fresh snow. As always Mystery Ranch Backpacks was with us. Here are some images from the other day.
Zak catching some air off a little hit we made. He is wearing the Fuze by Mystery Ranch Backpacks.
Billy can’t make up his mind to ride switch or regular wearing the Saddle Peak pack by Mystery Ranch Backpacks.
Chance and Billy head back up the gully for another round.
Zak bouncing off a dead tree.
Zak hangs on to Chance as they zoom up hill. Zak is carrying his Montana Ski Company skis on the Fuze.
Billy rotating off the dead tree hit.
Chance and Zak going back up.
Never a bad day in the backcountry, right Zak?
Dave skinned up higher for a longer run down the side of the gully we played in.
Zak heading down the lower part of the gully wearing the Fuze pack.
Zak starts to open it up a little bit, but the ice layer held us back from shredding to much.
Zak boots back up carrying his Montana Ski Company skis to the top of the kicker wearing Fuze pack by Mystery Ranch.
Billy rocking some Montana Ski Company skis and the Saddle Peak pack by Mystery Ranch Backpacks.
Billy spinning off a hit showing off those Montana Ski Company skis.
