It finally started snowing in Wyoming and I was there as the storm began. It started a week and a half ago and the flakes didn’t come singularly, they came in the hordes dumping over 30 inches on Targhee over four days. Thankfully my buddy Rudy had the Chalet, an early ‘90’s rustic truck camper, parked on the ridge a mere quarter mile from the Ghee’s lifts. With plush ski in ski out accommodations and the first true storm of the season puking on us it was sure to be a killer few days of pooter hunting. The first day of the storm the Targhee ski patrol and lift crew battled to get the Dreamcatcher, the center point of Traghee, spinning and finally did mid after-noon. While they battled the elements we were farming low angle powder off the Sacajawea lift and dipping into the Toilet Bowl for some faceshots and cliff drops. Once the Dreamcatcher was spinning the Headwall offered up free refills all day thanks to Mother Nature and the fact that most already retreated to the Trap bar for nachos and pints. For the next two days the routine continued; the flakes fell, the ski patrol bombed, the lefties desperately tried to get lifts spinning and we skied. Unfortunately my camera passed on the trip due to high moisture content in the ol’jacket caused by a few to many tomohawks in the deep pow. Thankfully a few of the shots survived the ordeal. Here they are!
Day one of pooter hunting.
The Chalet's Hi-tech drying system.
Storm skiing.
Skinning up to hunt pooter on Mary's Nipple.
The Chalet and MHF Yota after day one.
sweet stuff! someday (probably season 2014) we need to ski in the states as well.. you guys get definitely more snow than we do in the alps!
cheers out of switzerland
check http://www.baguslife.com for some powder images from the last few days!