![Climbing into the alpine above the Pioneer yurt is always inspiring](https://i0.wp.com/blog.svtrek.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/IMG_0514.jpg?resize=695%2C521&ssl=1)
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](https://i0.wp.com/blog.svtrek.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/IMG_0368.jpg?resize=695%2C521&ssl=1)
Approaching the Pioneer Yurt on day 1 with beautiful weather
![Climbing the Peanut above the yurt with amazing backdrop](https://i0.wp.com/blog.svtrek.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/IMG_0369.jpg?resize=695%2C521&ssl=1)
Climbing the Peanut above the yurt with amazing backdrop
![We call this zone "Little Alaska"](https://i0.wp.com/blog.svtrek.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/IMG_0379.jpg?resize=695%2C521&ssl=1)
We call this zone “Little Alaska”
![Perfect powder above the yurt](https://i0.wp.com/blog.svtrek.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/IMG_0421.jpg?resize=695%2C521&ssl=1)
Perfect powder above the yurt
![Skiers and snowboarders playing happily together](https://i0.wp.com/blog.svtrek.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/IMG_0442.jpg?resize=695%2C927&ssl=1)
Skiers and snowboarders playing happily together
![#puremountainstoke](https://i0.wp.com/blog.svtrek.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/IMG_0463.jpg?resize=695%2C521&ssl=1)
#puremountainstoke
![The final turns back to the yurt with the setting sun](https://i0.wp.com/blog.svtrek.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/IMG_0471.jpg?resize=695%2C521&ssl=1)
The final turns back to the yurt with the setting sun
![good to the last drop](https://i0.wp.com/blog.svtrek.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/IMG_0485.jpg?resize=695%2C927&ssl=1)
good to the last drop
![schussing into cocktails, appetizers and a nice sauna after plentiful powder](https://i0.wp.com/blog.svtrek.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/IMG_0492.jpg?resize=695%2C521&ssl=1)
schussing into cocktails, appetizers and a nice sauna after plentiful powder
![a little light reading after a sauna](https://i0.wp.com/blog.svtrek.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/IMG_0498.jpg?resize=695%2C521&ssl=1)
a little light reading after a sauna
![sometimes things can get a bit...... at the yurt](https://i0.wp.com/blog.svtrek.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/IMG_0501.jpg?resize=695%2C521&ssl=1)
sometimes things can get a bit…… at the yurt
![Hyndman Peak, the tallest of the Pioneers commands the view above the yurt](https://i0.wp.com/blog.svtrek.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/IMG_0510.jpg?resize=695%2C521&ssl=1)
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](https://i0.wp.com/blog.svtrek.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/IMG_0518.jpg?resize=695%2C521&ssl=1)
The gals looking back toward Sun Valley and noticing how small Baldy looks
![The final steps toward the col du Hyndman](https://i0.wp.com/blog.svtrek.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/IMG_0577.jpg?resize=695%2C521&ssl=1)
The final steps toward the col du Hyndman
![Carving turns beneath the big peaks](https://i0.wp.com/blog.svtrek.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/IMG_0591.jpg?resize=695%2C927&ssl=1)
Carving turns beneath the big peaks
![Powder, friends and a beautiful setting](https://i0.wp.com/blog.svtrek.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/IMG_0614.jpg?resize=695%2C927&ssl=1)
Powder, friends and a beautiful setting
![It's getting hot...](https://i0.wp.com/blog.svtrek.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/IMG_0622.jpg?resize=695%2C521&ssl=1)
It’s getting hot…
![The final turns end a prefect 2 days in the Pioneers](https://i0.wp.com/blog.svtrek.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/IMG_0626.jpg?resize=695%2C927&ssl=1)
The final turns end a prefect 2 days in the Pioneers