Clearly all of you had a great time getting your groove on for a snow dance, because it worked. Thank you!
I just got back from our
backcountry yurt trip over in the Tobacco Root mountains - 4 days of great snow, fantastic company, and some good ol' time in the wilderness. Thanks to the
Montana Backcountry Adventures folks for keeping this yurt up and running! Here's the tour...
First off, home base yurt. Of course, it wouldn't be a trip to the backcountry yurt without some wood chopping. And a dog to gnaw on all the wood chips....
You already know of my love for wood stoves, so I can't help but show off this beauty that lives at the yurt. She's even got the side car that you can fill up with snow to make warm water for dish washing. I imagine that if you were a real pioneer woman, this handy contraption would be a high priority on your pioneer husband's to do list.
The real point of the yurt ski trip, though, is the
ski part, so there was lots of that too. Hard work going up...
pays off with lots of fantastic turns, almost captured on film!
And along to keep us entertained, was our trusty powder hound. Here he is scouting his fresh line. I can tell you that he does a lot of straight-lining and is always getting face shots. He's a real snow junky like that.
What an adventure!
Also, since this blog of course includes belt buckle talk, I'd just like to warn you. When you return to the truck after a long ski out from a yurt, and the temperature last night was well below zero, and the current temperature is probably not too far above zero, and you are pulling your change of clothes out of the truck and putting them on, you should probably tuck in your shirt. Because that belt buckle is cold!
The
belt buckle to match this snowy trip? Or course, ...
Now, back to work!
