If you come ski touring with me I can promise you two things:

1. I’ll walk really fast, but take lots of breaks to take photos of you skiing uphill

2. I’ll sandbag you until we get to the top of a large mountain

Fortunately, some friends are down for both of these byproducts. Here are a few photos from a New Years Eve tour, where Scott Stack and I climbed 5,000k vert up Neff’s Canyon to ski some mellow lines in some very, very fluffy snow.

We also scoped some big lines, and I’m already dreaming about the next return trip.