Baldy Yurt Trip - Day 1

Brant reserved the Baldy backcountry yurt for his birthday. So Monday morning, 5 of us packed up our things and headed into the mountains to find the yurt.

After hiking up a dirt road and then walking across a spillway, we got to the snow and started the skin to the yurt.

 The skin up was about 4 miles. It was hard work with loaded packs, but it was nice to be out in the mountains on a new adventure.

 

 Somewhere around halfway up, we stopped for some lunch and a breather.

After a steep push up to a ridge, I looked over the other side and saw the yurt.

'Home' for the next couple days

Sitting outside the yurt. Amazing

 Some previous yurt guests had built a booter in front of the yurt, so we took some time to enjoy the sunshine and warm temperatures shortly after arriving at the yurt.

After getting setup for the evening, we took a quick late afternoon run. 

Then we cooked some dinner, and sat outside the yurt to eat with an incredible view.

And then it was time to melt some more snow and head to bed. We had plans to be up early the next day.