T he morning of our stay,
I rise before the sun,
feed the wood stove,
and sneak out the front
door of the yurt to
of the co-owners, with Adam Simon, of
Missoula-based Yurtski, which rents two
alpine yurts near the southern tip of Seeley
Lake. "They have their own mini-vortex
of weather; they tend to be colder and get
more snow even than their neighbors."
"In the winter people will be complaining about the lack of snow in Missoula
and you can drive your snowmobile to the
gas station in Seeley Lake on the edge of
the Swans," laughs Sievers.
Snowmobiles are also a necessity for covering the eight to 10 miles of winding forest roads separating Seeley and Swan Lakes
from the peaks above. Long approaches
keep the ski traffic down; if you stay in one
of Yurtski's backcountry digs you'll likely
have the powder all to yourself.
watch the sun rise
over the Potomac valley.
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