Hauling in food, gear, and drink is no easy task. At least the Fishook Ridge provides some fantastic vistas.
Sunrise over the White Clouds Peak at the Williams Peak Hut in the Sawtooth Mountains.
Inside the Williams Peak Hut in the Sawtooth Mountains.
Inside the Williams Peak Hut in the Sawtooth Mountains.
Cooking at the Williams Peak Hut in the Sawtooth Mountains.
Skinning up and ready to go.
Chopping wood at the Williams Peak Hut in the Sawtooth Mountains.
Backcountry skiers set a skin track into the Thompson Peak basin in the Sawtooth Mountains.
The group breaks a fresh trail into the Marshall Lakes Basin just an hour and a half from the yurts.
A skier finds his just desserts on the shadow line.
Ascending the south face of Williams Peak. The spires and couloirs of the east ridge of Thompson Peak punctuate the sky above a frozen Profile Lake.
Thomposon Peak (left) and Mount Carter (right) in the background.
Skiing the south face of Williams Peak (10,635') in mid-winter corn conditions.
Skiing the south face of Williams Peak (10,635') in mid-winter corn conditions.
Skiing the south face of Williams Peak (10,635') in mid-winter corn conditions.
Skiing the south face of Williams Peak (10,635') in mid-winter corn conditions.