We are just returning from the Sawtooth Huts: Bench and Fishhook where we were conducting the annual intern/apprentice training and orientation as well as opening the huts for the season. We found excellent early season coverage and snow depths in the Sawtooth, ranging form 50+cm in the valley bottom to over 190cm in the alpine. The snowpack itself is relatively dense providing a great early season base for both skiing and stability. Both the Sawtooth Huts are in excellent condition heading into the season and the skiing is great (see pics). Bench is booked pretty solid starting around the Christmas holiday, but there are still many free nights available in December and the skiing is on. So if you want to experience the awesome ski terrain and cozy accommodations at Bench, now is the time to sneak in before it is too late!
190cm at 88OO’-top of Surprise!
Winter beauty on the way to Fishhook Yurt
Fishhook Huts look great and are ready for your enjoyment
Heyburn looms above the approach to Bench Hut
Dumping above Bench Hut
Love it when it snows!
The crew above the Gun Barrel
mmmm…..
New intern, James, testing the powder above 3rd lake
Returning apprentice, Alisa, stoked to be back in the Sawtooth
Coverage into the alpine is good, on the way to Yo Yo Ma
A goat in his home
Returning apprentice, Niels, stoked to be high in the Sawtooth
New intern James, discovering the beauty of his new office.
Alisa squeezing the waning light out of the day.
hard to beat…
Full moon rising above the Bench Hut
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Stoked to be at bench late December! Praying for snow from Oregon!