The two sleeping yurts are extremely simple and used for nothing more than sleeping and drying personal gear. Though each can sleep 5, 4 felt like an optimal capacity. The ceilings have some drippage going on here & there, but nothing drastic.

The cooking yurt can get busy should there be two separate groups at camp - this makes timing meals, water, and other shared items an important consideration. The cooking yurt has a random assortment of supplies/extras left behind, so definitely don't plan to leave unused food/cooking supplies up there. A small propane-powered oven has been brought up recently, but we didn't have much need for it. Don't forget to take snacks out of your packs and put all food away when you're out of the yurt. There's a resident pine marten who will get into it by the time you return in the morning, 100%.

The outhouses are open-air, so timing your trips to the loo is also important when considering the weather.

On our first day, we made a recon tour SW of the hut, gained Pope's Nose and found significant wind effect. Rode some mellow NW-facing trees and made our way back to the hut.

Our second day had us exploring the W zone of the basin, particularly an area called Hippie Trees - a sheltered, E/NE facing zone that had super high-quality snow. After setting a good skin track, we were able to lap this a few times that day. S-facing aspects were unenjoyable to tour on: an inch or two of snow atop a stout sun crust. E-facing slopes held good snow and little evidence of sun crust.

On day three, our goals were to take advantage of good weather and head up into the alpine; given the cold temps and abundant sun, riding on E/SE aspects was grabby and slow. Exposed alpine slopes were either super firm, variable, or scoured with only a thin layer of snow covering rocks, so we returned to the better ski quality in protected, lower-elevation terrain.

On our fourth day, we explored the N/NE aspects of Hidden Peak just west of the hut, and we had a great look at distant terrain to the west of McCully Basin. We stuck to mellow slopes given storm & wind slab concerns, but mellower N/NE slopes in the trees skied excellent.

Weather was clear and warm on our tour in ahead of the upcoming storm. On our second day, we woke up to ~6-8" with snow still falling, and winds were ripping in the alpine with signs of significant wind loading and wind transport.

Even though we only woke up to 2-3" on our third day, some of our tracks were entirely covered due to the consistent wind we were experiencing. The day started off with partial visibility, but winds were lighter than expected even up in the alpine. Come mid-day, the sun was out and E/SE aspects were starting to settle and warm.

We woke up to extremely stormy conditions on our fourth day as the next system rolled in - gusts well into the 30-40mph range. On our tour out, we broke trail through nearly a foot-and-a-half of graupel. Fortunately, the last few miles of the road were packed down and could be skied out easily.