71" New

[Castro's]

71" of new in the past 24 hours. Holy Balls, Bridger is going off.

[Plakespear]

[FreakofSnow]

Are you even skiing Castros?

[Endlessseason]

Incredible!! You guys have fun. Too bad it's three weeks 'til I'm there.

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"Today’s positive affirmation: Some of today's snowflakes might
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[Endlessseason]

I see that Big Sky only got 12" in the same 24 hours. Both resorts average about the same season snowfall and it's only what, 45 miles or so from Bridger as the crow flies? Bummer it didn't get more.

[Midwestmetalman]

Man I should hop in my Cherokee and take that 10hr drive across the prarie and over the Black Hills in the morning at 8am Monday after working 12hrs. Oh yeah no heater in the Jeep either. I'm seriously considering it, damn 71" OMFG, I'm speechless.

[Castro's]

Freak, I'll be in Vegas until the 2nd, but I'll be at Big Mtn. on the 5th. They are getting some snow up there, but nothing like Bridger. Hopefully it will go off up there too.

[Jumper Bones]

Originally posted by Endlessseason
I see that Big Sky only got 12" in the same 24 hours. Both resorts average about the same season snowfall and it's only what, 45 miles or so from Bridger as the crow flies? Bummer it didn't get more.

Different weather systems, dude. Bridger is on the lee side of the Bridger range, which is basically a southest-northwest wall of a ridgeline, situated at the end of the Gallatin Valley. Not really any other big mountains around it, they're further north or south. Big Sky, on the other hand, is considerably further south, and is completely entrenched in a mountain range. Lone Peak certainly is the biggest dog around in those parts (save maybe Cedar Peak), but the point is there's way more mountains there, and is less of a ridgeline.

In years long past, it was that moisture would march up the Gallatin valley, and then attempt to clear the Bridger range at the end of the valley by dumping lots of its precip. Also, the rotor of winds that the ridgeline generated (updraft on one side, tumbling over the top, and huge downdrafts on the lee side) would usually trap quite a bit of the clouds near the surface of the mountains, and would just squeeze every last drop of moisture out - they called it the BBC, the Bridger Bowl Cloud.

In recent years, that hasn't been the case - for some reason the Gallatin valley seemed to trap high pressure in it, which would split all storm systems north and south of Bozeman. Big Sky has gotten the bulk of the snow over the last 5 years, as they didn't have the high pressure problems.

anyway it looks like Bridger has FINALLY gotten its due, enjoy it dudes. I was there for a 3-foot-overnighter, and that was pretty crazy on its own. It pales by comparison to this

happy trails, bros

[phUnk]

Get some you fuckers!

[fez]

Gotten.

Today is a day that will be talked about forever.

[midget]

Originally posted by fez
Gotten.

Today is a day that will be talked about forever.

Well, I hope the at least the Team 13 guys and anyone else with any video gear got footage. I really wanna see something from that. That is so rediculous how much snow fell.

[Midwestmetalman]

Need pictures, must have pictures, PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD!!

[grrrr]

Ah, come on. Anything over boot top is just wasted, right?