Last month we ran the 1st ever backcountry snow-bike hut trip to Tornak Hut. The low early season snow left many us searching for the powder stashes and scraping by, cracking the occasional joke about running snow bike trips instead of ski trips. That’s when serendipity hit and an old friend and one time guide with SVT suggested a fat bike hut trip for an upcoming article he was writing for the New York Times. Why not? We kept the plan was loose, made sure the participants were strong and unfortunately waited 3 days too long, biking in after 8″ of fresh Idaho powder fell. The biking conditions were perfect before the new snow, but good times were had even if the uphill biking was a bit tough with the fresh powder. This trip showed us that Fat Bike trips to the huts is both possible and FUN. So for those of you more inclined to pedal than skin: this is another great way to have an adventure in the Idaho backcountry!
You can check out the NYT article here:
Ahh, spinning on the way to Tornak
Taking a break and releasing some tire pressure for the deep snow
Yep, its deep off the trail
Some spots were a bit soft, but spirits were not!
The final downhill to Tornak Hut
Unloading gear, from bike to hut
the cozy hut life
and cold beer was earned
flowing the 9 mile down hill
cruising
