After a short trip to Denver and Winter Park to visit my parents and
friends, Sarah and I loaded up the 4Racer and drove to the great state
of Montana to meet my friends for a backcountry yurt skiing trip into
the Southern Swan's. We have been doing the trip ever since my senior
year in college and this year marked the 3rd annual trip. Although many
members of the original crew have moved to different towns and states
for various reasons, we still were able to rally 11 people for the
weekend including Jennings, Paul, Kristen, and Kirby who drove a 12hr
leg on each side of the 3 day weekend to make the trip!! The snow was
drifted and deep and without Old Man Yurt (Keith Carparelli the original
instigator of the 1st Yurt Weekend) we ended up taking a few extra
hours to reach the yurt. After all the hard work of getting in, we got
settled in and strapped on our skins to head uphill and check out the
goods to be had in the hills. What we found did not disappoint. We made
deep turns all weekend long, ate lots of good food including our yearly
helping of Jimmy Dean sausage, and played many games of Stump with good
friends.
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| The Crew!! (left to right) Myself, Krister, Brad G, Kirby, Paul, Sarah (on the ground), Jared, Brian, Kristen, Jennings, Marc |
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| Skinnin up the ridge |
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| Painting our picture thru the burnt tree's |
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| Paul showin us how to drop a knee |
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| Playing a friendly game of stump! (one of the many) |
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| Getting ready to drop in! |
Sadly the weekend had to come to an end and we will have to find another excuse to rendezvous! Sarah and I are off to Seattle to ski in the Cascades for the next week or so, looks like its gonna be deep! Man I love winter....
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