Standing at the Porters Ski area parking lot you can either use the lifts to get to high ridge or hike up. The main thing is that you need to get to the top of Mcnulty Basin to start making your way north. Once passing the high point of 1997 you now have an open view of the Crystal Bowl and different potential lines within the open terrain. The most popular thing to do is head out to Point 1981 before dropping southeast as far as the snow allows. Once it is time to transition just put the board on your pack and hike the semi steep terrain back up to the low col and repeat your descent until either your legs or lack of daylight make it so it’s time to head back.

Once you have made the most out of the terrain just follow the bootpack back up to the col and hike south over to point 1997. If there is enough snowpack you can ride back down into McNulty Basin but in my experience we would have to hike down to the main ski track because there was a lack of snow. From here you are now in the ski resort boundaries and can easily ride back down to the parking lot. After doing this trip it is easy to understand why they should of built the ski resort in Crystal Basin

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