We are a fanatical bunch, here in Bozeman. July is not ski season, by any stretch of the imagination. Yet when my girlfriend and I hiked up Sacagawea on July 5th to make some summer turns, there were probably more skiers up there than any day in the winter. Every last swatch of dirty, sun-pocked [...]
The morning before the wedding and the day we drove out of town we skiing up on Thompson Pass. The first day was only my girlfriend’s second day backcountry skiing ever, so we did a pretty mild and short run on the East side the road, on the shoulder of Odyssey. The second day was [...]
I haven’t been doing much backcountry skiing this season - for a number of reasons - but I got out for a nice (if short) day up Beehive Basin a few weeks ago. Beehive Basin is the actually the first place I ever went on a backcountry ski tour! It’s a favorite spot for locals [...]
All winter I’ve been eyeing this prominent and totally rad line on Saddle. You can see it perfectly each lift ride up Schlasmans, calling to you… well I finally skied it with a couple of buddies. This actually happened a while ago - during the Jan and Feb dry spell, while my back was hurt [...]
