2003 Autumn/Winter E-News
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Welcome to the latest SMG E-News! This is our second electronic correspondence and is our effort to stay in touch with our friends as well to keep everybody abreast of the goings-on at SMG. Below please find information about SMG’s winter programs and also a few snap shots of the mountain lifestyle. Enjoy! | 
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Powder Magazine's December Issue
Last spring Powder Magazine came to the Williams Peak Hut to do a story on skiing in the Sawtooths with a team of Idaho brothers. Zac and Reggie Crist and Rob and Rick Greener timed it perfectly and skied some of the best lines in the area in near-perfect conditions. Zac is shown here ripping Big Fatty off the East Ridge of Williams Peak. |
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New for Winter 2003/2004: Ice Climbing Seminar
This winter SMG will offer a three-day ice climbing seminar in the Pioneer Mountains near Ketchum. Scheduled for December 5-7, 2003 the course will be based at Sun Valley Heli-Ski's Pioneer Yurt, which is situated adjacent to the big ice flows on 11,650 ft. Cobb Peak. The course is geared towards beginners and budding leaders alike. If you've never been ice climbing before or want to learn how to place screws and lead efficiently then this course is for you. The fee will be $425, which includes professional, licensed guiding, food, and hut rental fees to Sun Valley Heli-Ski. |
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Avalanche Education
Sawtooth Mountain Guides has been teaching field-based avalanche education since 1992. For the 2003/2004 season we have a full-slate of training including two Level I classes and one Level 2 class. Check the link above for more information about our classes. Our December 12-14th Level 1 class is full but space remains for the January 9-11 Level 1 and the January 29-February 1 Level 2. |
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Williams Peak Yurts
We continue to offer backcountry skiing at the Williams Peak Yurts. Located on the East Shoulder of Williams Peak around 8,000 feet, this backcountry hut provides access to some of the best off-piste ski terrain anywhere! Parties without avalanche training or a prior visit need to ski in with a guide for a proper orientation. Although most weekends are booked through March many mid-week dates are still available. Contact us today to make a reservation! |
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Getting in the Wood by Erik Leidecker
Note: this story ran in the Boise Weekly last November. Cutting firewood at the William’s Peak Yurt, a winter backcountry ski hut operated by Kirk Bachman, owner of Stanley-based Sawtooth Mountain Guides, is a November tradition. The heating, cooking, and general living needs of a winter’s worth of yurt guests necessitates a stockpile of at least four cords of wood. To get the job done, Bachman enlists the help of friends, neighbors, guides, and anyone willing to wield a saw and drag trees through the snow. During last weekend this year’s detail consisted of eight worker/skiers who knew, because of the early season snowfall, that if they got the wood in fast enough they just might be able to sneak in a few turns. |
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Sara Marchese
Many of you know Sara Marchese from her roll as SMG's hut keeper. Under her watchful eye the Williams Yurts have never been in better shape. Now please welcome Sara as SMG's newest licensed guide. |
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One Year Later...
This coming January marks the one year anniversary of Sawtooth Mountain Guides as owned jointly by founder Kirk Bachman and long-time guide Erik Leidecker. Kirk and Erik (shown here on Castleton Tower in southern Utah) are committed to the ongoing success of Sawtooth Mountain Guides as rooted in a nineteen years of top-notch guiding and unparalleled adventuring in the mountains of Idaho! |
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