2005 Spring/Summer E-News
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Don't put those skis away yet! Despite an otherwise abysmal snow year, near normal levels
of precipitation in March
have re-blanketed the central Idaho Mountains with up to three feet of the white stuff.
Conditions could be ideal for our yearly
Ski Mountaineering Camp (see below). The lean winter
didn't seem to bother skiers at the Williams Peak Yurt, though, who continue to rave about both the spectacular
terrain and the new
hut facility. Also, nearly sixty backcountry riders graduated this year from our avalanche education classes.
Overall it was a great winter!
Longer days and sunshine do mean dry rock, however, and all of our climbing programs and summer activities are getting underway. Whether you've been meaning to learn how to rock climb or test yourself on a long route on the Elephant's Perch, maybe this is the summer to really get busy! Read on below for a preview of the upcoming months with Sawtooth Mountain Guides! |
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Ski Mountaineering Camp
Our four-day ski mountaineering camp (April 28-May 1) is designed to teach participants the necessary skills to plan and execute single and multi-day ski tours and ski descents in 3rd, 4th, and easy 5th class terrain. The course is based at the Williams Peak Yurt and covers map and compass work, tour planning and white-out navigation, crampon and ice axe use including self-arrest. Other skills taught will include snow anchors, transitions between different modes of travel, use of a rope, etc. The first two days combine skills clinics with short ski objectives. Days three and four are all-day tours. Contact us for more information. |
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New Climbing Class! Lead Climbing 101
In response to increasing demand for more advanced climbing instruction SMG has added a new class, Lead Climbing 101, to its Summer Schedule of Courses and Activities. The class will be offered twice this year at the City of Rocks, May 21-22 and June 4-5. Curriculum will include the climber's rack, anchor construction, belay configurations, protection stratagies, climbing physics, and self-rescue. This is the perfect class for new climbers looking ahead to their first lead, or for experienced leaders seeking valuable knowledge often overlooked amongst recreational climbers. |
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Introducing a Sawtooth Mountain Photography Workshop
Join SMG guide Matt Leidecker, photographer of “Impassable Canyon – Journey Down the Middle Fork of the Salmon River” for a 3 to 4 day workshop of scenic and adventure photography. On location in Sawtooth high lake basins and summits, the group will travel through some stunning mountain scenery. Instruction will include the nuts and bolts of photography, composition, exposure, and a variety other tips and techniques for mountain photography. The class is for amateur and professional photographers and limited to 8 participants. Dates t.b.a. |
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The Meaning of Corn, Part III by Erik Leidecker
Note: this story first appeared in The Wood River Journal, in which Leidecker writes a twice-monthly column called "Peak to Peak." Erik is co-owner of SMG and approaching his thirteenth year of guiding in the Sawtooths. With all the snow during March we should have a good corn season well into May! In Peak to Peak every fall I write “The Meaning of Slack.” 2004’s autumn edition marked 9 years with this title and it seems only fair that “The Meaning of Slack” has a counterpart during the spring. After all, spring is slack too, though we’re not quite there—neither spring nor slack is truly upon us. But when they’re here I’ll be ready. And so will you. Because I will have already written this, and you will have already read it! You may be asking how is it already “The Meaning of Corn Part III” when this is the first installment? Well, simple. This is not the first time I’ve waxed ridiculously about corn; it’s the third time—thus “Part III.” If you don’t remember the first two that’s fine, even preferable, because I’m going to say the same things over again but try to make them sound more clever this time! |
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