![Stoked to be getting high](https://i0.wp.com/blog.svtrek.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/IMG_4211.jpg?resize=695%2C927&ssl=1)
It’s ski mountaineering season here in the high peaks of Idaho! Â SVT guide, Joe St.Onge, and a group of intrepid Montanans are just back from 4 days of peak skiing based out of the Pioneer Yurt. Â While the snow has been rapidly melting this spring, we are still finding good to excellent ski conditions in the alpine, and the Pioneer Yurt is a great place to visit if you want to go alpine! Â The approach to the Pioneer Yurt is largely snow free at this point (don’t even think about snowmobile access!), but we can drive to the summer trailhead. Â Once at the Yurt, conditions are a bit bony for another 800′, but there is reliable coverage and good ski conditions in the alpine basins above. Â It may not last long, so get it while you can! Â Enjoy the pics!
![Ah, in the high country!](https://i0.wp.com/blog.svtrek.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/IMG_3741.jpg?resize=695%2C521&ssl=1)
Ah, in the high country!
![Climbing into the Duncan's Bowl](https://i0.wp.com/blog.svtrek.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/IMG_3744.jpg?resize=695%2C521&ssl=1)
Climbing into the Duncan’s Bowl
![Stoked to be at 11,000'](https://i0.wp.com/blog.svtrek.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/IMG_3746.jpg?resize=695%2C521&ssl=1)
Stoked to be at 11,000′
![Ripping corn](https://i0.wp.com/blog.svtrek.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/IMG_3786.jpg?resize=695%2C927&ssl=1)
Ripping corn in formation
![Bob, laying it out](https://i0.wp.com/blog.svtrek.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/IMG_3800.jpg?resize=695%2C521&ssl=1)
Bob, laying it out
![Cranking the peel-away](https://i0.wp.com/blog.svtrek.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/IMG_3809.jpg?resize=695%2C521&ssl=1)
Cranking the peel-away
![Bush Hawk, flying](https://i0.wp.com/blog.svtrek.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/IMG_3830.jpg?resize=695%2C521&ssl=1)
Bush Hawk, flying
![It's a bit bony getting into the high country from the yurt](https://i0.wp.com/blog.svtrek.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/IMG_3866.jpg?resize=695%2C521&ssl=1)
It’s a bit bony getting into the high country from the yurt
![IMG_3888](https://i0.wp.com/blog.svtrek.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/IMG_3888.jpg?resize=695%2C521&ssl=1)
![Apprentice guides, Niels and Aysha](https://i0.wp.com/blog.svtrek.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/IMG_3911.jpg?resize=695%2C521&ssl=1)
Apprentice guides, Dynamite and Snowflake
![Mikey, the man](https://i0.wp.com/blog.svtrek.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/IMG_3914.jpg?resize=695%2C927&ssl=1)
Mikey, the man
![Mark, loving the mountains](https://i0.wp.com/blog.svtrek.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/IMG_3925.jpg?resize=695%2C927&ssl=1)
Mark, loving the mountains
![Climbing Goat Peak](https://i0.wp.com/blog.svtrek.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/IMG_3936.jpg?resize=695%2C521&ssl=1)
Climbing Goat Peak
![The Higher You Get...](https://i0.wp.com/blog.svtrek.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/IMG_3942.jpg?resize=695%2C521&ssl=1)
The Higher You Get…
![Mikey on the summit of Goat](https://i0.wp.com/blog.svtrek.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/IMG_3946.jpg?resize=695%2C521&ssl=1)
Mikey on the summit of Goat
![The Heart of the Pioneers](https://i0.wp.com/blog.svtrek.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/IMG_3949.jpg?resize=695%2C521&ssl=1)
The Heart of the Pioneers
![Perfect corn on the summit snow fields](https://i0.wp.com/blog.svtrek.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/IMG_3962.jpg?resize=695%2C521&ssl=1)
Perfect corn on the summit snow fields
![yehaw](https://i0.wp.com/blog.svtrek.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/IMG_3981.jpg?resize=695%2C521&ssl=1)
yehaw
![soft and carvy](https://i0.wp.com/blog.svtrek.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/IMG_4011.jpg?resize=695%2C521&ssl=1)
soft and carvy
![spring fun in the alpine](https://i0.wp.com/blog.svtrek.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/IMG_4023.jpg?resize=695%2C521&ssl=1)
spring fun in the alpine
![Scotty, stoked](https://i0.wp.com/blog.svtrek.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/IMG_4042.jpg?resize=695%2C927&ssl=1)
Scotty, stoked
![Climbing back to the yurt](https://i0.wp.com/blog.svtrek.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/IMG_4046.jpg?resize=695%2C521&ssl=1)
Climbing back to the yurt
![Bob, checking out the 3000' bowl of Duncans](https://i0.wp.com/blog.svtrek.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/IMG_4050.jpg?resize=695%2C521&ssl=1)
Bob, checking out the 3000′ bowl of Duncans
![Couldn't pass this corn slope up on the way back to the yurt](https://i0.wp.com/blog.svtrek.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/IMG_4063.jpg?resize=695%2C521&ssl=1)
Couldn’t pass this corn slope up on the way back to the yurt
![Climbing toward Hyndamn](https://i0.wp.com/blog.svtrek.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/IMG_4102.jpg?resize=695%2C521&ssl=1)
Climbing toward Hyndamn
![The ascent of Hyndman in firm conditions](https://i0.wp.com/blog.svtrek.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/IMG_4104.jpg?resize=695%2C521&ssl=1)
The ascent of Hyndman in firm conditions
![Approaching the summit of Hyndman](https://i0.wp.com/blog.svtrek.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/IMG_4111.jpg?resize=695%2C521&ssl=1)
Approaching the summit of Hyndman
![The last steps to the summit](https://i0.wp.com/blog.svtrek.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/IMG_4118.jpg?resize=695%2C521&ssl=1)
The last steps to the summit
![Stoked to be on top of the highest Peak in the Pioneers](https://i0.wp.com/blog.svtrek.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/IMG_4120.jpg?resize=695%2C521&ssl=1)
Stoked to be on top of the highest Peak in the Pioneers
![Skiing the summit snowfields of Hyndman](https://i0.wp.com/blog.svtrek.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/IMG_4124.jpg?resize=695%2C521&ssl=1)
Skiing the summit snowfields of Hyndman
![Cranking turns down the face of Hyndman](https://i0.wp.com/blog.svtrek.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/IMG_4138.jpg?resize=695%2C521&ssl=1)
Cranking turns down the face of Hyndman
![Rest break mid-descent](https://i0.wp.com/blog.svtrek.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/IMG_4148.jpg?resize=695%2C521&ssl=1)
Rest break mid-descent
![Aysha coming down the lower crux](https://i0.wp.com/blog.svtrek.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/IMG_4162.jpg?resize=695%2C521&ssl=1)
Snowflake coming down the lower crux
![Arcing down the Hyndman Basin back to the Yurt](https://i0.wp.com/blog.svtrek.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/IMG_4185.jpg?resize=695%2C927&ssl=1)
Arcing down the Hyndman Basin back to the Yurt
![Climbing toward the Dorsal Fin](https://i0.wp.com/blog.svtrek.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/IMG_4193.jpg?resize=695%2C521&ssl=1)
Climbing toward the Dorsal Fin
![The crew, in the Throne Room of the Mountain Guides](https://i0.wp.com/blog.svtrek.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/IMG_4197.jpg?resize=695%2C521&ssl=1)
The crew, in the Throne Room of the Mountain Gods
![Climbing the Dorsal Fin Couloir](https://i0.wp.com/blog.svtrek.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/IMG_4206.jpg?resize=695%2C521&ssl=1)
Climbing the Dorsal Fin Couloir
![Steep](https://i0.wp.com/blog.svtrek.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/IMG_4209.jpg?resize=695%2C927&ssl=1)
Steep
Stoked to be getting high
![The final steps at the top of the Dorsal Fin Couloir](https://i0.wp.com/blog.svtrek.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/IMG_4214.jpg?resize=695%2C521&ssl=1)
The final steps at the top of the Dorsal Fin Couloir
![Mikey](https://i0.wp.com/blog.svtrek.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/IMG_4219.jpg?resize=695%2C927&ssl=1)
Mikey
![Lunch with a view](https://i0.wp.com/blog.svtrek.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/IMG_4224.jpg?resize=695%2C521&ssl=1)
Lunch with a view
![Top of Dorsal Fin](https://i0.wp.com/blog.svtrek.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/IMG_4225.jpg?resize=695%2C521&ssl=1)
Top of Dorsal Fin
![Getting ready for the steeps](https://i0.wp.com/blog.svtrek.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/IMG_4227.jpg?resize=695%2C521&ssl=1)
Getting ready for the steeps
![Oh, yeah](https://i0.wp.com/blog.svtrek.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/IMG_4242.jpg?resize=695%2C521&ssl=1)
Oh, yeah
![sweet!](https://i0.wp.com/blog.svtrek.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/IMG_4279.jpg?resize=695%2C521&ssl=1)
sweet!
![Carvable](https://i0.wp.com/blog.svtrek.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/IMG_4282.jpg?resize=695%2C521&ssl=1)
Carvable
![Mikey cranking](https://i0.wp.com/blog.svtrek.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/IMG_4296.jpg?resize=695%2C927&ssl=1)
Mikey cranking
![Hop turns on the steeps](https://i0.wp.com/blog.svtrek.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/IMG_4306.jpg?resize=695%2C521&ssl=1)
Hop turns on the steeps
![After the couloir, comes the apron](https://i0.wp.com/blog.svtrek.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/IMG_4323.jpg?resize=695%2C521&ssl=1)
After the couloir, comes the apron
![Craving the apron](https://i0.wp.com/blog.svtrek.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/IMG_4339.jpg?resize=695%2C521&ssl=1)
Carving the apron
![Cold beer after a great ski](https://i0.wp.com/blog.svtrek.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/IMG_4347.jpg?resize=695%2C521&ssl=1)
Cold beer after a great ski
![IMG_4351](https://i0.wp.com/blog.svtrek.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/IMG_4351.jpg?resize=695%2C927&ssl=1)
![making the descent on snow-ribbons off the Peanut back toward the trailhead](https://i0.wp.com/blog.svtrek.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/IMG_4360.jpg?resize=695%2C521&ssl=1)
making the descent on snow-ribbons off the Peanut back toward the trailhead
![Yep, it's pretty bony down low.](https://i0.wp.com/blog.svtrek.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/IMG_4363.jpg?resize=695%2C521&ssl=1)
Yep, it’s pretty bony down low.
![The last few steps to the car](https://i0.wp.com/blog.svtrek.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/IMG_4365.jpg?resize=695%2C521&ssl=1)
The last few steps to the car