Back from guiding a hut trip.

Patrol is over and i was fortunate to be brought on to guide a hut trip for the Aspen High School Ex Ed program. The kids were great and we all had a great time. The trip was 5 days and went from Eagle to Aspen.

Here are all the kids skis piled up outside the Estin Hut.

We broke the kids up into teams and gave each team 2 hrs to build a snow cave and a fire and they had to boil water. Only one team didn't get a fire going.

The high point of the trip was on the way from the Margy's Hut down Spruce Ck. The principal, Charlie, came down the trail too fast. There was a river crossing that he didn't see. He hit a snow covered log which launched him 12ft in the air landing in the river filled with water and rocks.

After i jumped in the river to pull him out i found he was OK. We dried him and warmed him and made our way to the McNamara hut.