Skiing Quadrant Mountain

Over Easter weekend Mike and I joined a few friends for a spring ski tour up Quadrant Mountain in Yellowstone National Park. 

Elements of mystery are inherent in many spring ski tours. Will there there be sufficient coverage? What will the weather do? Will the snow conditions hold up? What about the creek crossings?

As I began writing up this post I realized that our outing was very much like our tour up Sepulcher in 2021 where we asked the same questions, didn't know what to expect, and a web search that revealed nothing about skiing it. As with Sepulcher, we got very lucky and everything worked out perfectly. 

~

2024-2025 Snow Update

Montana's Steenburg winter ends on February 24 so it is time to check in on this winter's snow conditions. In Bozeman we've had steady storms since just after Christmas with no real melt-downs. After 10" of snow overnight in town, about 26" of snow sit in my yard and deep piles of snow line the streets. It feels like real winter and is an especially nice change after last year's disaster.

From Sea to Shining Sea

My writing practice has really stalled. Here is another one stuck in my drafts folder. I wrote up the New York City piece shortly after I returned from that trip (Over a year ago!) but the San Francisco trip report (Last March) never materialized so I'm including a short paragraph and a few photos. 

~