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Summary | 400 inches a year
GALENA PEAK
Galena Peak - 11,153 ft
Silver Peak - 11,112 ft
Easley Peak - 11,108 ft
Boulder Peak - 10,981 ft
Due to the proximity to Ketchum and Sun Valley, Idaho. These mountains are a great backcountry skiing option during safe cycles.
Snowpack
Depending on the snow year, this can range from continental to intercontinental.
Mountains
GALENA PASS (0) Elevation: 8,700 ft
Multiple summits/ridges, bowls, glades, and lots of open trees on all aspects provides lots of skiing terrain on Galena Pass. You can shuttle a car below and drive to 8700 feet to help eliminate total vertical gain.GALENA PEAK (0) Elevation: 11,153 ft
Galena Peak has several great backcountry skiing objectives including the south bowls shown in the photo. There are also some safer options in the trees of ridges for non-summit days. Galena Peak is about 30 miles north of Ketchum. Galena Peak is super popular among local skiers, but should only be attempted during safe spring cycles.Upload Your Photo
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Hannes shredding with the tallest peaks in the Boulders in the background. Taken on December 11, 2010 By Earnsturns |
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Earnsturns: December 29, 2010 Uphill: 3,400 ft. | Downhill: 3,400 ft.
A storm the night before dropped over a foot of new snow on top of some dry powder, so skiing conditions were amazing on these north facing slopes around 8500/9000 feet. Our CT scores were all from t...[view]
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Earnsturns: December 24, 2010 Uphill: 4,000 ft. | Downhill: 4,000 ft.
We skied less than ten miles north of town on east facing bowls between 7500/9000 feet. No cracking or whoomps, stability seems to be better than normal this time of the year. The snow had a little ...[view] READ MORE
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Earnsturns: December 21, 2010 Uphill: 2,300 ft. | Downhill: 2,800 ft.
The snow was great a few days after the storm on east and west facing slopes around 8500/9000 feet. It was sunny and the snow was deep. Didn't see any shooting cracks or hear any whoomps. However, ...[view]
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Earnsturns: December 16, 2010 Uphill: 3,000 ft. | Downhill: 3,000 ft.
The conditions were so good the day before that we skied the same thing. East and west facing runs around 8500/9000 feet. Of course the snow didn't change much....[view]
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Earnsturns: December 15, 2010 Uphill: 3,000 ft. | Downhill: 3,000 ft.
The snow was pretty deep from a resent storm that put down over a foot of new snow. It was sunny with not much of a breeze but, it was still cold. The snow seemed pretty stable for not having much t...[view]
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Earnsturns: December 11, 2010 Uphill: 2,700 ft. | Downhill: 2,700 ft.
We skied around 10 miles north of Ketchum on an east facing bowl between 6300/9000 feet. The snow was lite powder that was slightly wind affected at the top and skied better as we lost elevation. St...[view] READ MORE
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Earnsturns: December 9, 2010 Uphill: 1,800 ft. | Downhill: 1,800 ft.
This north facing slope close to 9500 feet had about 100cm of pack with the bottom third of it facets and crunchy snow. Pits failed on this layer from the wrist with a Q1/Q2 quality sheer so we didn'...[view]
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Earnsturns: December 7, 2010 Uphill: 1,700 ft. | Downhill: 1,700 ft.
A few inches of fresh dry snow and sunshine made for a great of skiing. We skied on west facing slopes just below 9000 feet. There is still under 100cm on this slope and stability is still poor so w...[view]
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Earnsturns: December 5, 2010 Uphill: 3,100 ft. | Downhill: 3,500 ft.
We went to the same area as the day before and skied east and west facing runs around 9000/8500 feet. We were able to get away from any crust and skied dry powder until the end of the day when things...[view]
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Earnsturns: December 4, 2010 Uphill: 3,000 ft. | Downhill: 3,000 ft.
Skied east and west facing slopes around 9000/8500 feet which was inconsistent with dry powder one turn then a slight crust on the next. It was an overcast day with mild winds although recent snow fa...[view]
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Earnsturns: December 3, 2010 Uphill: 2,000 ft. | Downhill: 2,000 ft.
10 inches of fresh snow and sunny skies made for a great day on shaded slopes. North facing aspects had dry powder, while those facing south started to get a little bit of a crust and are still prett...[view]
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Earnsturns: November 28, 2010 Uphill: 3,000 ft. | Downhill: 3,000 ft.
The snow was the same as the day before. Dry and light but not really deep. We skied more westerly facing runs this time rather than north facing shots. There is definitely more snow on the norther...[view]READ MORE
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Earnsturns: November 27, 2010 Uphill: 1,500 ft. | Downhill: 1,500 ft.
The snow has consolidated quite a bit since our last storm, so it wasn't as deep as the last time we were up there. The snow was still good, light and dry but pretty unstable, so we didn't get on any...[view]READ MORE
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Earnsturns: November 23, 2010 Uphill: 1,500 ft. | Downhill: 1,500 ft.
This was the day after first big storm that we had this year. There was a couple new feet of snow which was unstable....[view]Already have a blog about this area? Link to it here.
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