TR: Beehive Basin 11/10/06

**vcrewpc06** · 11-11-2006, 05:04 PM

Powder on the rocks...

Yesterday, me and a few friends headed out to Beehive not knowing what to expect in terms of snow conditions. We were greeted with about 4" of fresh on top of a crusty base left from last week's warm temperatures. Of course, this meant for a fair share rock encounters on the sun affected aspects, but it also meant little danger of getting buried. My only concern was that the fresh would not be bonded well to the base creating substantial sluff on the steeper slopes.

Lone Peak on the hike in:

Scenic boot packing:

After a 2-mile hike, we arrive at this:

Looking out at the basin and Lone Peak from the top:

As I had expected, when I did a ski cut the fresh snow started to break lose from the base, however it only slid a few feet before stopping from the compression below, meaning slabs would not be too much of a concern. It did however motivate me to ski the line more aggressively in the event of having to out run the sluff.

Another motivation to rip: a chick that rips

Our tracks on the runout:

Scenic shot up the basin:

The chick that rips stoked for run #2:

Me:

Some crazy looking clouds approaching:

Another scenic:

Hiking out after a successful day:

It was a day full of stoke, definitely worth the long hike. Heck it was so nice up there I wouldn't have minded if we hadn't found anything ski-able. Not bad for this time of year for sure.

Hope you enjoyed!

BTW its puking in Bozeman right now...

**TyWebb** · 11-11-2006, 05:07 PM

Nice shots...looks like a good day

**leroy jenkins** · 11-11-2006, 05:08 PM

Sweet tr.

I guess I know where I'm headed tomorrow.

**Hutch** · 11-11-2006, 05:24 PM

great pics! scenic area.

**KillingCokes** · 11-11-2006, 06:32 PM

Nice photos. I think we need some more pics of the girl though

**lifelinksplit** · 11-11-2006, 06:36 PM

lookin good, more people should steer clear of this area

it really sucks

and yes more pics of girl

**springsproject** · 11-11-2006, 06:58 PM

hell yeah, nice pics all around but I really enjoyed the scenic ones

**2FUNKY** · 11-11-2006, 07:04 PM

You guys are making me jealous! I Moved away to N. Idaho 2 years ago and miss that stuff! Nice pics.

**Lone Star** · 11-11-2006, 07:31 PM

looks like a lot of fun and good country to play in!

**vcrewpc06** · 11-11-2006, 09:27 PM

Thanks for the comments

Definitely some sweet terrain up there, will be thoroughly exploring it this winter.

**IridePow** · 11-11-2006, 09:39 PM

Some great panorama shots!
Keep it up!

**bubba-k** · 11-12-2006, 02:37 AM

Awesome work, looks like the snow held up well down south, hooray for colder temps this week and hopefully some more moisture.

**nhtele** · 11-12-2006, 10:53 AM

Heu guys - looks like I'm gonna try to hit that area up this afternoon on my drive back to Jackson. As far as directions go, it's something like the lft turn before the yellowstone club or whatever?

Any input would be appreciated.

And thanks to the folks who chimed in on my thread yesterday - snow was definitely piling up by late afternoon @ Bridger.

**vcrewpc06** · 11-12-2006, 11:18 AM

Actually, its a right turn just before the gate to Moonlight. Then it will wind around in some houses before you get to a steep hill, the trail head is at the bottom of that. Good luck

**Alpine Dreams** · 11-12-2006, 11:45 AM

Good photos, good TR!

I dig chicks who rip!

**nhtele** · 11-12-2006, 11:57 AM

Originally Posted by vcrewpc06

Actually, its a right turn just before the gate to Moonlight. Then it will wind around in some houses before you get to a steep hill, the trail head is at the bottom of that. Good luck

Cool, thanks - I just had a look on topozone and it looks pretty straightforward.

Great shots, btw.

**workinforturns** · 11-12-2006, 12:31 PM

ya i need to find me a chick that rips.

**AdironRider** · 11-12-2006, 01:31 PM

Thank god I already found my chick who rips.

**leroy jenkins** · 11-12-2006, 04:02 PM

Originally Posted by vcrewpc06

Scenic boot packing:

Hey, were you up there again today?

I didn't think anything of it until I looked at this thread again, but I think I might have seen you two. (Lone skier on the way down, when you were on the way up).

**vcrewpc06** · 11-12-2006, 04:32 PM

I wasn't up there, but the snowboarder in that shot was.

BTW how was it?

**leroy jenkins** · 11-12-2006, 04:37 PM

Originally Posted by vcrewpc06

I wasn't up there, but the snowboarder in that shot was.

BTW how was it?

Cold, and that ice layer is definitly still very noticeable, and I killed my skis on rocks, so yea, pretty good.

I think I enjoyed the skin out the most actually.