The snowpack is shaping up
Lots of snow science/ avalanche education, and powder skiing going on this week. With the report, that the snowpack is coming around. :)
January light
The skiing is excellent in Yellowstone at the moment! Clients have been having a fantastic time, and the conditions are shaping up better and better with each storm. Great to appreciate such good company, and that January light as well.
Still snowing in Yellowstone!
powder day today
The snow continues to pile up around Cooke City and Yellowstone Park. In the last week and a half we've received about 4 or 5 nice small storms, totaling over 2 feet in favored locations.
Needless to say, the skiing is currently very good!
With more snow on the way as well.!
(photo by: Sonia Settergren)
Barronette
Barronette Peak, one of our favorite local mountains, was named after Jack Baronette, an early frontiersman and guide, who built a toll bridge across the Yellowstone River, in 1871.
1871 was also the year of a large US Geological expedition/ survey of the Yellowstone region led by Ferdinand Hayden. The 32 member party included photographer William Henry Jackson and landscape artist Thomas Moran, and their cumulative findings/ effort set in motion an immediate political campaign to establish Yellowstone National Park, which was formally established in 1872.!
vacuum winds, and sub-zero temps
Bluebird weather , with nice cold temps, and very light winds.
So calm you could catch parts of a conversation from a ridge-line 1/2 mile away. (the trend all week long :)
