Climbing into the alpine above the Pioneer yurt is always inspiring
SVT guide, Joe St.Onge and apprentice Chris Cullaz, led a group of local ladies into the Pioneer Yurt this week. Perfect powder conditions, big peaks and the sublime beauty of the Pioneers worked its magic. What a place we call home!
Approaching the Pioneer Yurt on day 1 with beautiful weather
Climbing the Peanut above the yurt with amazing backdrop
We call this zone “Little Alaska”
Perfect powder above the yurt
Skiers and snowboarders playing happily together
#puremountainstoke
The final turns back to the yurt with the setting sun
good to the last drop
schussing into cocktails, appetizers and a nice sauna after plentiful powder
a little light reading after a sauna
sometimes things can get a bit…… at the yurt
Hyndman Peak, the tallest of the Pioneers commands the view above the yurt
The gals looking back toward Sun Valley and noticing how small Baldy looks
The final steps toward the col du Hyndman
Carving turns beneath the big peaks
Powder, friends and a beautiful setting
It’s getting hot…
The final turns end a prefect 2 days in the Pioneers