SVT Guide, Joe St.Onge, remembers a May ski day on his child’s 2nd birthday: It was May, locals had hung up their skis and our busy ski guiding season was coming to a close. It was time to ski for ourselves. My wife was pregnant with our second [click here for more]
For over 12 years, Sun Valley Trekking has run an internship program during the winter season. The goal of the program is to provide training and mentorship to aspiring ski guides. The “job description” is to : Ski from hut to hut throughout the winter, maintain hut supplies, gather snow [click here for more]
A fun weekend skiing with a local family on the peaks of the Boulder Mountains. The backcountry corn factory is in full production!
We are just back from the annual Sawtooth Woodcuts: 4 days of cutting wood and skiing couloirs. Hard labor and Fun Stuff.
Another awesome spring day skiing with the Sirens of Snow on Galena Peak!
Just back from an awesome 2 day trip to the Coyote yurts with the Sirens of Snow. Perfect corn, settled powder and lots of FUN!
Great day with the Professional Leisure Team today. April powder and sun is hard to beat!
Was it April Fools, Niels’ Birthday, or the fact that it was snowing? Regardless, at our morning guide meeting yesterday, we decided to call a “powder day” and go skiing as a team. Nothing short of BIG FUN and pure stoke!
We are just back from a 3 day mission into the Pioneer Yurt with goal of supplying the yurt with cords of firewood and other supplies for the next season. We transitioned from snowmobiles to chainsaws to skis and alpine axes, cutting lots of wood and climbing and skiing some [click here for more]
Wow, what a great 3 days of spring skiing at the new Coyote Yurts! Bob and Kate (from our local backcountry ski shop: the Elephant’s Perch) joined our Canadian friends, Bernard and Sheri, for an action packed 3 days exploring the new burn skiing around Coyote with Joe. Splitter blue [click here for more]