Backcountry Skiing in the San Juan Mountains: The 500k Hut Traverse

A week to remember🏔️ Big Mountain skiers Jim Ryan, Marcus Caston, and MP Prefontaine spent a week ski touring across the vast mountain wilderness of the San Juan Mountain Range, in Colorado. It is a skiers paradise, accessed by a hut-to-hut backcountry touring route that links the towns of Silverton and Ouray, paying homage to the famous high alpine ski hut routes found in Europe🎿 It was the definition of earning your turns... but the world class views along this hut system were well worth it💪 FILM CREDIT: Tim Jones / Grit Visual