Ski Tour - Mt.Mahler and Seven Utes

Mar 8 2025

The Ingredients For a Great Day

Blue skies, no wind, and it had snowed the days leading up to the tour; the stoke was high

This was the first time we had been in this area so it was great to finally check it out. Our objectives of the day were to ski the south face of Mt.Mahler (we ended up skiing the west face) and to ski the Northwest Ridge line of Seven Utes from the summit.

The hike in starts with a roughly 1.8mi skin in the valley between Seven Utes and Braddock, which was low angle and chill. Lesson leared: stick to the left side of the river. We ended up getting a little lost following ski tracks instead of skin tracks. The climb afterwards to the saddle between Mt.Mahler and Seven Utes wasn’t bad.

Getting a little lost

Mt.Mahler

We were soon climbing up the west face of Mt.Mahler. You could get a great view of Seven Utes from Mt.Mahler, which helped with our planning afterwards. We ended up transitioning about two thirds of the way up Mt.Mahler, where it started getting thin and icy. Sweet big open face to carve down and get some nice shallow pow turns in.

Getting up Mt.Mahler with a great view of Seven Utes in the background

(left) Miles hiking Mt.Mahler; (right) Transitioning on Mt.Mahler

Seven Utes

The climb from the saddle between Seven Utes and Mt.Mahler looked much harder and further than it actually was. We summmited and ate lunch before skating along the top ridge. The views were incredible. The ski out however, was through some dense trees and was fairly rough until we found old loggin paths to follow. Next time, I’d want to drop down off the east face and follow the way we skinned up back down the valley. At the end of the day, it was some great exploration.