drinking mimosas, in Sheep Creek, with the ski club

community service

round two.  trail grooming up Republic Creek

Was planning a piece on the subtleties of altruism...

but my old man sent me this Gazette link yesterday, 

reminding me of a few local land management issues.

The one highlighted, pertains to a million dollar facility f#@k up.

the Gardiner RD Chalet.
straight out of the Yellowstone Club.

Now, I've spent a fair bit of time around cornices and seracs and such, but walking under this one (to access the front door) was down right scary.  

I'll spare you readers a long rant about the flaws I find with local FS stewardship

(and the bureaucracy at large), 

and just encourage conscious awareness, and small steps in the right direction.

ski mountaineering today in Yellowstone National Park

bighorn sheep

pine martin

Hoosier's ablaze

Around 8 o'clock this morning, a massive explosion rocked Cooke City.

I thought it was the Birdhouse serac (Suzy thought it was an earthquake), 

but it turned out to be the Hoosier's propane tank.  

Twenty minutes later and halfway up Town Hill, I looked back to see 'er ablaze.

Fortunately, the friendly proprietors were all right, 

but tragically their place burned to the ground...

a window of opportunity

G. Carl, on dawn patrol

Another classic day in Cooke City.

waist deep Town Hill laps with Hawaiian Brian...

though stability is still touchy.

And look who I found in the Birdhouse!

Town Hill-deep

paddled the canoe up Woody Ridge again today.

silly deep trail breaking.  should have kept it closer to town.

storm totals are around 18" thus far.  (with what I'd call a considerable avalanche hazard)

and more on the way...

Tonight Snow Lo 18 °F Wednesday Snow Likely Hi 34 °F Wednesday Night Snow Lo 20 °F Thursday Snow Hi 28 °F Thursday Night Snow Lo 16 °F Friday Snow Hi 29 °F

still snowing! heaps

opened the door to another foot of fresh this morning!

awesome to be back in town,

especially with a renewed perspective on the big picture.

(settling comfortably into ‘project mode’ ;)

Love spring around these parts.

route finding and decision making

Buffalo Bill's Pahaska, our take-out

(raining cats and dogs)

only a hop, skip and a jump from Cooke City

Hilary Eisen.  between Castor and Pollux.

and camp 4, high above the North Shoshone

Yep, ski traversing the Northern Absarokas is a pretty epic experience... blizzards, avalanches, bears and most everything in between.  (maybe I'll make a movie about it some time)