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Backcountry ski trip with friends to the North Pole Hut in the San Juan Mountains of Colorado.

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  • Driving towards the Sneffels Range in the San Juan Mountains, Colorado.
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  • A group of backcountry skiers navigate towards the North Pole Hut in the Sneffels Range, San Juan Mountains, Colorado.
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  • Sterling Roop on a backcountry sky tour to the North Pole Hut, Sneffels Range, San Juan Mountains, Colorado.
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  • Sterling Roop and Judd MacRae ski across an open meadow in Uncompahgre National Forest, Colorado.
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  • Judd MacRae skis through a grove of aspen trees in Uncompahgre National Forest, Colorado.
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  • Jeff Wanner skis past a grove of aspen trees in Uncompahgre National Forest, Colorado.
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  • Backcountry skiers Sarah Conlin, Meaghan Daly and Emily Miller battle fierce wind and blowing snow in Uncompahgre National Forest, Colorado.
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  • Portrait of Jeff Wanner smiling in a blizzard, Uncompahgre National Forest, Colorado.
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  • Quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) trees in snow, Uncompahgre National Forest, Colorado.
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  • Detail of broken quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) trees in snow, Uncompahgre National Forest, Colorado.
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  • A pair of backcountry skiers, Meaghan Daly (left) and Sarah Conlin, pass a pair of quaking aspen in Uncompahgre National Forest, Colorado.
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  • Backcountry skiers travel down a jeep road lined with aspen trees in Uncompahgre National Forest, Colorado.
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  • Deformed quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) trees in Uncompahgre National Forest, Colorado.
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  • Backcountry skiers Judd MacRae and Emily Miller travel down a jeep road lined with aspen trees in Uncompahgre National Forest, Colorado.
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  • Backcountry skiers take a break on a jeep road lined with aspen trees in Uncompahgre National Forest, Colorado.
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  • Judd MacRae (left) and Sterling Roop check their topo map in an aspen grove in Uncompahgre National Forest, Colorado.
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  • Portrait of backcountry skier Emily Miller in an aspen grove, Uncompahgre National Forest, Colorado.
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  • Backcountry skiers Judd MacRae (right) and Sterling Roop pass through an aspen grove in Uncompahgre National Forest, Colorado.
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  • Backcountry skiers pass through an aspen grove in Uncompahgre National Forest, Colorado.
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  • Splintered quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) trees leaning against each other in Uncompahgre National Forest, Colorado.
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  • Backcountry skiers in a blizzard, Uncompahgre National Forest, Colorado.
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  • Backcountry skiers Sterling Roop (left) and Judd MacRae at the top of a couloir below Hayden Peak, San Juan Mountains, Colorado.
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  • Sterling Roop skis down a couloir below Hayden Peak, San Juan Mountains, Colorado.
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  • Judd MacRae skis deep powder below Hayden Peak, San Juan Mountains, Colorado.
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  • Sterling Roop skis deep powder below Hayden Peak, San Juan Mountains, Colorado.
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  • Meaghan Daly reads the hut journal at the backcountry North Pole Hut, San Juan Mountains, Colorado.
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  • Emily Miller and Judd MacRae enjoy the view from the backcountry North Pole Hut, San Juan Mountains, Colorado.
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  • Meaghan Daly pokes her head out the door of the backcountry North Pole Hut, San Juan Mountains, Colorado.
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  • Backcountry skiers climb the loose talus slopes of Hayden Peak, San Juan Mountains, Colorado.
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  • Backcountry skier Sarah Conlin leans against a boulder covered in colorful lichen in the high alpine below Hayden Peak, San Juan Mountains, Colorado.
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  • Backcountry skier Sterling Roop with goggles covered in snow, San Juan Mountains, Colorado.
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  • Judd MacRae walks back from the outhouse, past a large snow shovel, outside the backcountry North Pole Hut, San Juan Mountains, Colorado.
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  • Meaghan Daly inspects the ski climbing skins drying hanging from the ceiling of the backcountry North Pole Hut, San Juan Mountains, Colorado.
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  • Judd MacRae shovels snow into melting pans for drinking water outside the backcountry North Pole Hut, San Juan Mountains, Colorado.
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  • Illuminated tree and headlamp trail at night outside the backcountry North Pole Hut, San Juan Mountains, Colorado.
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  • Floral detail, San Juan Mountains, Colorado.
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  • Branches partially buried in snow, San Juan Mountains, Colorado.
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  • Backcountry skiers Sterling Roop and Meaghan Daly remove climbing skins from their skis below Hayden Peak, San Juan Mountains, Colorado.
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  • Backcountry skier Judd MacRae ascends the loose talus slopes of Hayden Peak, San Juan Mountains, Colorado.
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  • Backcountry skier Judd MacRae ascends the loose talus slopes of Hayden Peak, San Juan Mountains, Colorado.
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  • Backcountry skiers ascend the loose talus slopes of Hayden Peak, San Juan Mountains, Colorado.
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  • Backcountry skier Judd MacRae gains the summit ridge of Hayden Peak and his waiting friends, San Juan Mountains, Colorado.
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  • Backcountry skier Sterling Roop gains the summit ridge of Hayden Peak, San Juan Mountains, Colorado.
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  • Backcountry skiers Sterling Roop and Judd MacRae ascend the summit ridge of Hayden Peak, San Juan Mountains, Colorado.
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  • Backcountry skier Judd MacRae stands smiling just below the summit block of Hayden Peak, San Juan Mountains, Colorado.
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  • Backcountry skier Sterling Roop climbs to the summit of Hayden Peak, San Juan Mountains, Colorado.
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  • Backcountry skier Judd MacRae climbs to the summit of Hayden Peak, San Juan Mountains, Colorado. The Sneffels Range extends into the distance.
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  • Backcountry skier Sterling Roop catches turns below the summit of Hayden Peak, San Juan Mountains, Colorado.
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  • Backcountry skier Sterling Roop drops into a steep couloir below the summit of Hayden Peak, San Juan Mountains, Colorado.
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  • Backcountry skier Sterling Roop catches turns below a headwall of Hayden Peak, San Juan Mountains, Colorado.
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  • Backcountry skier Judd MacRae turns through deep powder in the open slopes below Hayden Peak, San Juan Mountains, Colorado.
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  • Sarah Conlin shovels snow into melting pans for drinking water outside the backcountry North Pole Hut, San Juan Mountains, Colorado.
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  • Meaghan Daly eats from Sterling Roop's bag of trail mix as Emily Miller and Judd MacRae look on outside the backcountry North Pole Hut, San Juan Mountains, Colorado.
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  • Judd MacRae and Emily Miller sit in their bunk surrounded by drying ski gear looking at the day's photos, North Pole Hut, San Juan Mountains, Colorado.
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  • Backcountry skiers eat their pasta dinner in their bed bunks in the North Pole Hut, San Juan Mountains, Colorado.
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  • Backcountry skier Judd MacRae stands in an open aspen grove in Uncompahgre National Forest, Colorado.
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  • Detail of aspen and pine trees amongst the shadows of aspen trees, Uncompahgre National Forest, Colorado.
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  • Backcountry skier Judd MacRae travels through an open aspen grove in Uncompahgre National Forest, Colorado.
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  • Backcountry skier Judd MacRae ascends through a grove of aspen and into the sun in Uncompahgre National Forest, Colorado.
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  • Backcountry skier Judd MacRae is silhouetted against a cloud in Uncompahgre National Forest, Colorado.
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  • Aspen and pine forests at the base of the Sneffels Range, San Juan Mountains, Colorado.
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  • Large quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) tree growing alone in Uncompahgre National Forest, Colorado.
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