Last Saturday marked the beginning of a 5 day backcountry ski fest. I went into the Bitterroot mountains South of town to ski couloirs, then traveled to the Swan mountains and hour East of town to yurt ski.
The couloirs were awesome. Two different lines, both about 2,000ft long. One with wild exposure and the other, a tight avalanche chute.

Couloir #1

Boot'n up the line

Brian


Ben


Ben skinning up couloir #2

Ben and I at the bottom
Sunday night I got home, unpacked, tried gear, and repacked. My roommate Erin and four of our friends head out for a few days of yurt skiing. The terrain was short, but excellent and the yurt was an amazing place to heads back to every night. We had great turns, amazing food, and wonderful company.

Erin

Erin ripping it

Chris

Charging it

Nate


Martin and Travis

Martin

Travis dropping in

The yurt

Chris skinning the ridge line

On top of Morel Mountain

The crew

Self pic
2 comments:
Gibisch,
What's up, brother. Rory here. You may remember me from my climbing days in Missoula. Not quite sure how I found your blog, but I'm lovin' the pics. It's making me nostalgic for MT. Where is that Bitterroot couloir, anyway?
Keep up the good work.
Chris -
Your photos are looking really good - cris, nice colors, good portraits & good action shots. Good to see some great shots from home.
blase
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