Sawtooth Mountain Guides http://sawtoothguides.com Guided Climbing, Hiking, Backcountry Skiing in the Sawtooth Mountains Near Sun Valley, Stanley and Boise, Idaho Tue, 07 May 2013 17:41:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Ski Mountaineering Camps 2013http://sawtoothguides.com/2013/05/06/ski-mountaineering-camps-2013/ http://sawtoothguides.com/2013/05/06/ski-mountaineering-camps-2013/#comments Mon, 06 May 2013 21:44:21 +0000 SMG http://sawtoothguides.com/?p=6286 This spring we ran two Ski Mountaineering Camps at the Williams Peak Hut. While snow was rapidly disappearing in the valley, we found excellent conditions up high – settled powder in the north couloirs and corn elsewhere. These camps always provide … Continue reading →

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]]> http://sawtoothguides.com/2013/05/06/ski-mountaineering-camps-2013/feed/ 0 Girls Backcountry Ski Trip to the Williams Peak Huthttp://sawtoothguides.com/2013/04/24/girls-backcountry-ski-trip-williams-peak-hut/ http://sawtoothguides.com/2013/04/24/girls-backcountry-ski-trip-williams-peak-hut/#comments Wed, 24 Apr 2013 20:28:43 +0000 SMG http://sawtoothguides.com/?p=6274 Last weekend, Sara returned from guiding a trip at the Williams Peak Hut with four women from the Ketchum/Hailey area. With recent cold weather, they continued to find powder conditions in the north-facing couloirs. In fact, they claimed they had to … Continue reading →

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]]> http://sawtoothguides.com/2013/04/24/girls-backcountry-ski-trip-williams-peak-hut/feed/ 0 SCOTT Sports at the Williams Peak Huthttp://sawtoothguides.com/2013/04/12/scott-backcountry-hut-skiing/ http://sawtoothguides.com/2013/04/12/scott-backcountry-hut-skiing/#comments Fri, 12 Apr 2013 16:33:08 +0000 SMG http://sawtoothguides.com/?p=5826 This past week, SCOTT Sports and a host of media folks/gear testers joined Sawtooth Mountain Guides for three days of backcountry hut skiing and ski mountaineering at the Williams Peak Hut. Cold winter powder on the north aspects and fairly stable conditions lead to … Continue reading →

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]]> http://sawtoothguides.com/2013/03/19/video-heyburn-sickle-linkup/feed/ 0 Ski Mountaineering: The Gear We Usehttp://sawtoothguides.com/2013/03/05/ski-mtn-the-gear-we-use/ http://sawtoothguides.com/2013/03/05/ski-mtn-the-gear-we-use/#comments Tue, 05 Mar 2013 23:33:15 +0000 SMG http://sawtoothguides.com/?p=3998 While no one gets sick of skiing powder, when March rolls around our thoughts turn to bigger objectives – couloirs, steep faces, complicated high routes. And who can blame us, with the Sawtooth Range as our backyard. Folks registering for … Continue reading →

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]]> http://sawtoothguides.com/2013/03/05/ski-mtn-the-gear-we-use/feed/ 0 Trip Report: Williams Hut with the Vermont Powder Pigshttp://sawtoothguides.com/2013/02/25/trip-report-vermont-powder-pigs/ http://sawtoothguides.com/2013/02/25/trip-report-vermont-powder-pigs/#comments Tue, 26 Feb 2013 00:06:41 +0000 SMG http://sawtoothguides.com/?p=3950 I’ll be honest, conditions in the Sawtooths were a little grim. But then 4-6″ of new snow arrived, and so did the Vermont Powder Pigs. The surprise storm provided just enough to make the skiing awesome, but not enough to … Continue reading →

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]]> http://sawtoothguides.com/2013/02/13/trip-report-mid-winter-couloir-skiing/feed/ 0 Winter Returns to the Northern Sawtoothshttp://sawtoothguides.com/2013/01/29/winter-returns/ http://sawtoothguides.com/2013/01/29/winter-returns/#comments Wed, 30 Jan 2013 01:48:55 +0000 SMG http://sawtoothguides.com/?p=3882 How quickly things change! Less than a week ago, we were lamenting the recent dry spell during an adventure ski tour in the Sawtooths. Weeks of dry weather, temperature inversions, and worst of all, strong north winds, left us with … Continue reading →

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]]> http://sawtoothguides.com/2013/01/29/winter-returns/feed/ 0 Transitions at SMG – the Past, Present, and Futurehttp://sawtoothguides.com/2013/01/03/transitions-at-smg/ http://sawtoothguides.com/2013/01/03/transitions-at-smg/#comments Thu, 03 Jan 2013 21:56:21 +0000 SMG http://sawtoothguides.com/?p=3813 “A Sense of Place” – The Past, Present, and Future of Sawtooth Mountain Guides By Kirk Bachman With the coming of 2013, Sawtooth Mountain Guides enters its 28th year as a 4-season guide service. This New Year brings a landmark for … Continue reading →

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