What a great finale for an otherwise dismal year of 2020.
Back country skiing along the Mizpah Ridge in the Little Belt Mountains Monday called to mind the Beatles' "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds," with the way the snow's hoar frost sparkled and the deep blue sky was lit up by a brilliant sun. (Minus any mind altering substances).
We climbed up Porphyry and skied its open ridge south to the Mizpah Bowls and beyond. Then we were treated to a colorful sunset as we drove back to Great Falls.
When there's fresh snow and plentiful sunshine this ski is tough to beat. We were fortunate that someone had skied to Mizpah before us and broke some pretty deep snow.
We noticed that a snowmobile had illegally come up the Trail 747 where it joins this ridge off FS Road 6413. We took pictures to send to the Forest Service. You'd think with more than 300 miles of groomed trails the snowmobilers would stay off the 30 some miles of cross country ski trails.
We climbed an lost just under 2,000 feet and traveled 9 miles.
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