Well, with temps pushing into the upper 80's in Bozeman the past few days, I think I'm ready to throw in the towel on skiing serious lines this season. Here's a look back at a spring season filled with corn, powder, bears, baby bison and lots of great days in the mountains.
(However, I wrote up an individual TR for the South Teton from April here: http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/s...ir-South-Teton)
On a cold morning back in April, we skied a steep, aesthetic line in the Absaroka Beartooth Wilderness. A 3 AM wake-up had us up in the alpine a little after dawn.
Y, what a beautiful line!
Booting up the East Branch
Big views in Big Sky Country
Those mountains out yonder sure look Crazy...
Steep
The summit of Black Mountain offers significant vertical relief above its surroundings, with over 5k of vert gained between the trailhead and the summit.
"For Grand Rugged Scenery I know of no portion of the west that surpasses this range." -Ferdinand Hayden
The mighty Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness
Moo
The Eastern Branch of this couloir wasn't skied until July of 1995, when a group of skiers made the first descent. They described it as, "sixty degrees for the first three turns then solid fifty." We agreed.
Looking back up
Admiring our work
One last look back
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