Surprise! Really good snow in the Little Belts

Mark Hertenstein above our telemark spot with snow-capped Yogo Peak on the horizon

Mark, climbing back after making some tele turns

Enjoying the back country snow

 I was skeptical that we'd find much skiable snow in the Little Belt, what with the 50 degrees temperatures we've been having in town.

But there's terrific powder in the mountain range south and east of Great Falls.

The snowmobile groomers have been out and we used Trail G adjacent to the big powerline near the Kings Hill cabin to reach the Weatherwax area, and we skied out on that ridgeline for a distance where it opened up for some nice telemark turns.

We returned by way of the Deadman Road, completing a 5.1 miles trip that gained and lost 1,000 feet.

The weather was ideal --- clear and cold.  We estimated the temperatures on top in the 20 degrees range.

We skied in about 15-24 inches of powder and found a fairly good base.

Snowmobilers were out hammering the Weatherwax bowls, but we were able to escape them.

We saw only two other skiers during our trip.

Perfect day!