It was time to head into the Sawtooths for a Spring Ski mission of the Sickle Couloir.  The Sickle is listed as one of the Top 50 ski descents!  We were lucky enough to break up the approach by spending the night at the Sun Valley Trekking Fishhook Yurt.  http://www.svtrek.com/huts.php   SVT yurts are huts are really sty-lee.  They have all the comforts of home and everything you need.  I was stoked to see the pimped out  http://www.goalzero.com/ solar set up for charging phones and bumping tunes!

I must say that it is a real low tide year.  This trip had the most the dirt I’ve walked across on my skis and bush wacking for April.  These are the normally conditions of late May not April.  Dirt, down logs,beetle kill tree maze and creek crossings were the pearls of the adventure.  Up high the snowpack was deepper in the Alpine as we alpine crawled up the couly.  The North face was still holding cold deep chalky powder and was blower. All in all is was a long big day and great adventure!  Big ups to my positive partners Mike Dunning and Parker Brown!  Enjoy these images!

Ski ya later