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| In a clutch eleventh hour decision we made moves to hitchhike 50 miles across the border into Idaho, to a yurt we had reserved for three days. Three hours into the skin and still going. |
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| After four hours and 3000 vertical feet we make it, and just in time..... |
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| We got a beautiful sunset right out our yurt window, however the mercury was plummeting. |
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| I took this at 8pm, -7.4 f. The temperature would drop to -36 f later that night. |
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| Waking up to start up the fire was a bold move. So cold in the Yurt the door crack stayed frozen all day. |
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| As we started our skin up Beards Mountain we came upon this postcard worthy view of Grand, Middle and South Teton (Left to right) |
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| To the right is the summit of Beards mountain, our objective for the day. This constant 40 degree, NE facing bowl was our plan A goal for the day. After reaching the summit we headed down the saddle to do a pit test. We heard a WHOOOMPH as the snow collapsed beneath us and it was when I noticed a shooting crack about 15 feet in length that we determined we didn't want to ride the slope. Instead we chose a W facing slope that was not as sketchy due to the winds of the previous storm. |
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| Will on the summit of Beards, just before our 2000 ft run of hip deep powder. |
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