This year, the Specialty Sports Venture (SSV) store in Summit
County that raised the most money for the Summit County Rescue
Group during its annual promotion won a day outing with our group.
The winning store was Breckenridge Sports Peak 8.
On Wednesday, March 10th, 14 employees of the store were treated
to a day of backcountry skiing in the back basin of Mayflower
Gulch. Mayflower Gulch is a beautiful backcountry amphitheater off
route 91, a few miles south of Copper Mountain, and features a
short cross-country ski trail leading up to the ruins of the old
Boston Mine, situated in a cirque below Mount Fletcher.
After an avalanche awareness briefing and some practice with
avalanche beacons, rescue members shuttled the group up to the
Boston mining ruins site by snowmobile and divided them into
smaller ski groups, each with its own guide. The groups hiked up
the ridge to the south and skied/boarded in fresh powder for a few
hours, and then came back down to "Boston" for a cookout lunch
around a campfire.
Photos by Scott McLean and Shawn Gorea of the Summit County
Rescue Group.