ryanb Posted March 26, 2013 Share Posted March 26, 2013 Trip: Bass Creek, Bitterroots, MT - Lappi Lake Date: 3/26/2013 Trip Report: Since leaving Seattle for rural MT in october we've had a lot of good days in the mountains but been forced to do without the niceties of guidebooks, up to data beta and even daily avalanche forecasts. The learning curve has been steep and we've spend a few days that could have held epic powder turns boged down in endless blowdowns. Saturday It felt like we've started to really get the hang of it. Following rumored beta passed on by a local in Missoula's climbing gym we got an early start, booted and skinned up one of the Bitterroots many granite walled canyons and skied a totally untracked wilderness powder bowl from ridge line to creek bottom making some of the best turns of our lives. After 12 hours and a briefly lost skin we were back at the car exhausted and happy. Many locals here would do twice as much in a day but for us it was a big one. More photos and details on the hillmap blog: http://blog.hillmap.com/2013/03/deep-up-bass-creek-without-skin.html Gear Notes: Skis, Skins, Homemade Cookies Approach Notes: I-90 E to us-93 S. Right on Bass Creek Road. From the trailhead stick to the old road for 5-6 miles crossing the creek twice. The summer trail we took on the way in avoids the creek crossing but has more blowdowns, the old road is skiable most of the way. Map of our Route: http://www.hillmap.com/m/ag1zfmhpbGxtYXAtaGRychALEghTYXZlZE1hcBiA7EwM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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