Jeff Schmerker
Pick a bowl.
I met Aaron at the Ace hardware parking lot. He was a bit late, but soon enough we were sorting gear and piling into my truck. An hour later we'd hit snow and geared up. Two long hours after that -- and after a decent amount of bushwacking and trail finding -- we were atop Sheep Mountain, eating lunch, and pondering our goals. Bowl Five is the largest of the bowls off Wisherd Ridge, which backs Missoula but whose alpine terrain is largely hidden from view. It's also among the mellowest, and despite the latening hour we were able to rack up a handful of runs on smooth corn. Showers moved in later
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