Gunsight - Ski tour

Got up early today and headed up Little Cottonwood Canyon. It had been quite some time since I have been up there. I thought my next trip up would be on a bike but this morning I packed my skis and hiked from the summer Albion Basin road, through the Alta snow cat garage and up toward the Albion Basin. I crossed the creek as soon as I could. There was snow just after leaving the garage area. Off and on snow on up the hillside toward Gunsight. I skied Gunsight last year on July 6th. There was less snow and the mountain shrubbery was further along. It took about half an hour to get to the snow field where I put on my ski boots and crampons. It took an hour to hike to the top of the Gunsight chute. The snow was soft enough to turn in and with more snow I had less concern about hitting rocks with my skis. Bonus. I was also able to ski clear back to the creek. I figure the climb was about 1,500 feet of vertical.

Mountain plants starting to grow


Gunsight snow field


Ski exit to creek


View from the top of Gunsight looking north ~10,300 ft.


Flower (in case you couldn't tell)