BILL PUTNAM HUT – SELKIRK MOUNTAINS, BC (FEB 2014)

My buddy from Portland, Ron Kirby, just spent an epic week at the Bill Putnam hut in the Selkirks, British Columbia. After the heli ride into the hut on a bluebird day, the skies unloaded on them on the second day and never stopped. They picked up over 2 meters of snow and scored an extra day when the heli was grounded due to "bad" weather.

Here's the link to his video: Bill Putnam Hut, Selkirks, BC

My sites are set on La Grave, France in spring 2015, but if that trip falls through, I'll be headed to the Selkirks with a group of CO locals and a few from elsewhere.

(June 2014 update: We didn't get picked for the Bill Putnam hut in the lottery drawing. Bummer!)

SOUTHERN SAN JUANS – HIGH CAMP HUT AND TELLURIDE (FEB 2013)

Video from a backcountry trip to the High Camp hut near Lizard Head Pass. After skiing the areas around the hut for a couple of days, we threw in a lift-access, bluebird day at Telluride following a good storm the night before. On our final day, we skied behind Ophir on ridiculous terrain that is honestly some of the finest easy-access backcountry skiing I've done in Colorado (shh... don't tell anyone).

DAY 3 OF THE JACKSON, WYOMING MANCATION (JAN 2012)

Here is the final edit of the 3 days we spent at the Baldy Knoll yurt. We approached from a trailhead on the Idaho side and climbed east into the Tetons back across into Wyoming.

DAY 2 OF THE JACKSON, WYOMING MANCATION (JAN 2012)

DAY 1 OF THE JACKSON, WYOMING MANCATION (JAN 2012)

Here's the first of three edits from a trip to the Tetons in January 2012. Unbelievable inbounds and backcountry skiing around Jackson, WY and Driggs, ID. A 5-day storm dropped over 7 feet of snow just before we arrived. Slightly sensitive snowpack in the backcountry, but manageable. Superb conditions at Jackson Hole and Grand Targhee resorts.