TR; this last weekend at Bridger

**BobbyBill** · 04-05-2010, 11:27 AM

Really like the last one...looks like you're levitating over the snow hovercraft style! Nice to see you having fun way out North.

**tone capone** · 04-05-2010, 11:40 AM

That's how I roll, buddy.

Sick lines on the daily vid yesterday, really nice perspective. Joanna straight killin it too.

**baseWeldr** · 04-05-2010, 02:24 PM

my 7yo up there hiking the ridge for her 1st ever w/mom today!
noski4dad no playcare boooo should be from 12-6 these last couple, heh...

turk should get bridger chair 1, prob rode it the most, be nice to see discounted rates for longertime passholders but maybe that'd be a cluster...

yes nice pic here, I hold my poles like that

heckuva fun season, lotsa great days, maybe 1more tomorrow, b safe...
followed the real model off covershot cliff recently, t.andersen pic

**BobbyBill** · 04-06-2010, 05:21 AM

Way to reprezent ze Masterz Divizion!

**Telemarc** · 04-06-2010, 09:31 AM

Nice shot JOE!!! Way to keep it real bro...

Just want to say thanks and goodbye to the Bridger and Deerpark chairs, its been fun, but I can't wait for some better fall line skiing YO!!!

It's gonna be a partay up there fo sho...I'm headin out now...PEACE OUT!!!

nice shots Tone!

**Norseman** · 04-06-2010, 08:04 PM

Bye Bridger chair!

Kinda sentimental today... I've been skiing at BB since age 3, with the vast majority of days entirely on bridger chair.
I'd guess that I've ridden that thing 5000 times over 20 seasons.

~sniff~

Today sure was a good way to end things!
Hopefully the new lift will be an improvement.

Cheers

**Jumper Bones** · 04-07-2010, 01:22 AM

So who got the last Bridger chair? Dan? Joe?

**baseWeldr** · 04-07-2010, 06:52 AM

hey^^^ thats my wife and 2 of my kids on the unload ramp!
(they werent last chair)
skied great pow all morning, lots of skier AC work as shit was movin w/me everywhere, stuff is skiin so nice now though shame to shut'r down...

it was still the longer bridger chair when I rolled out here for college in 90
never went below the midway station back then, 2flat2long(skis 2skinny) down sunnyside...
loved the laps I could get on it the way it is now- like what 7or8/hr?
prob been in every kinda mood on that thing, in every kinda weather-
but also look forward to the new setup, should be interesting...

heard they might have a buyer for either one or both chairs so the front porch swing sales may not happen this time, guess we'll stay tuned on that...

so hey thanks for all the goodtimes bridger and deer park chairs!

**shreddacord** · 04-07-2010, 12:40 PM

Well I guess that's a wrap. Thanks to all for a good season. Shane for killin it for me, snow for falling better late then never, Griff for saving my brand new Kuro from a sketchy spot...,and everyone else who entertained me this winter.

**tone capone** · 04-07-2010, 04:52 PM

Great shots, great lines. To the top.

**Soft Booter** · 04-08-2010, 04:39 PM

anyone in Bozeman witness it go from 62 degrees to snowing sideways in a matter of 15 minutes? who wants to hike the ridge?

sick last couple of weeks at Bridger. the last day was too much fun. Great pics from all you guys.

**bobrmr** · 04-08-2010, 04:46 PM

Originally Posted by Soft Booter

anyone in Bozeman witness it go from 62 degrees to snowing sideways in a matter of 15 minutes? who wants to hike the ridge?

No shit! Staring out the window at work, to a nice sunny afternoon, only to turn around 15 minutes later to see it completely socked in, blowing and snowing like crazy. April in MT right... who knows what's gonna happen...

**Skipig25** · 04-08-2010, 05:33 PM

was sitting downtown, nice and warm and sunny. sun gets covered by cloud. oh well, cloud goes away, more sun.

10 minutes later, another cloud. Then it starts getting windy. Think to myself, I should bike home now. Start biking from main st, to 14th, and by the time I get to 11th, it's snowing. Get inside, and 5 minutes later its a fucking blizzard.

**passholer** · 04-08-2010, 06:14 PM

http://www.bigskyresort.com/index_video.asp

BSPN nice.glad to see you guys gettin it up there

btw that is some EXTREME POND SKIMMING 4 min. into that santa almost broke his neck.last years footy, it's a double
that thing looks so dangerous

**fez** · 04-08-2010, 08:34 PM

nice and sunny, 54 deg at the bank on my way home for lunch, decide to break out my motorcycle.

fkn sketch ride home, couldnt see with the visor up, could barely see with it down. i am glad i ditched work when i did though.

**Yonder_River** · 04-08-2010, 10:54 PM

Ahh, last day at Bridger, that brings back some fond memories. We're they cool with everyone heading up to the top of bridger lift this year?

**Nedanderthal** · 04-12-2010, 07:36 AM

Here is some more ski porn from this past season at Bridger Bowl, MT. Enjoy!

Skiers: Ned Gall, Matt Shortland, and Nate Sucko

[ame="http://vimeo.com/10857752"]SHRED BRIDGER BOWL on Vimeo[/ame]

**Norseman** · 04-12-2010, 08:20 AM

Nice!

Thanks for sharing, Ned. Have you found your ski yet?

**Nedanderthal** · 04-12-2010, 08:43 AM

Nope, she is still hiding up in Mundy's....

**stuckathuntermtn** · 04-12-2010, 11:34 AM

What's replacing the Bridger Chair?

Tone: is that Ryan Watson?

**Norseman** · 04-12-2010, 11:59 AM

New Lift for 2010-2011

This summer, Bridger Bowl will replace the current Bridger and Deer Park lifts with one triple chair lift. Here are some of the reasons we have chosen this option:

1. This is the most important lift on the mountain. Without reliable access, we can not do the avalanche hazard reduction work required to open the upper mountain lifts and terrain.

2. The Bronco, Sluice Box and Avalanche Gulch terrain is significantly interrupted with the Deer Park switchback road which would be eliminated along with the Deer Park Lift. The elimination of the road and lift would enable skiers to ski from the top of Bridger down to the South Bowl without crossing a road and open significantly more uninterrupted fall line skiing around Sluice Box without the top terminal, unloading area and towers.

3. The Riblet chair lifts are not made anymore and replacement parts are becoming obsolete with used parts very difficult to find.

4. The Bridger and Deer Park lifts have light 80 lb. chairs that swing in the wind and we're more prone to being shut down with strong southwinds. A new triple chair would weigh about 250 lbs and can run in higher cross winds, minimizing lift closure times (days) significantly.

5. A triple chair will provide the maximum recommended capacity (1,500/hr) for the new Bridger 2 unloading area due to steep terrain.

6. This triple chair provides nearly the same uphill vertical transport feet (2.1 million VTFH) compared to the current Bridger and Deer Park double chairs (2.37 million VTFH) combined. With the anticipated wider dispersion of skiers within this terrain pod, return time to the base of the lift will likely be increased, negating any VTFH difference.

**They're going to bump the capacity to 1800/hr. (more than the combined doubles previous capacity)

I think it'll be rad to have AvyGulch, ptarmigan, sluice, and bronco all uninterrupted without road cuts!

**tone capone** · 04-12-2010, 12:00 PM

Good to meet ya the other day, Norseman. Sounds like you had a sick day at Big Sky the other day.

That is an awesome video Ned, my favorite one yet. Some hot lines in there.

Stuck, not Ryan Watson.

2. The Bronco, Sluice Box and Avalanche Gulch terrain is significantly interrupted with the Deer Park switchback road which would be eliminated along with the Deer Park Lift. The elimination of the road and lift would enable skiers to ski from the top of Bridger down to the South Bowl without crossing a road and open significantly more uninterrupted fall line skiing around Sluice Box without the top terminal, unloading area and towers.

Woo Hoo! This is going to be great. That part of the mountain is going to ski so much better. I can't wait. No more Deer Park Punters traversing and tracking up half the good vert before you get off Bridger! No more road every 10 turns on that great fall line. Less traversing all over the place to link the mountain together.

Hey Rob, is that a little rope tow I see on the map to take you back up to the new Bridger base if you ski all the way down to PK? Or will you have to take the Ho chi min to get back from that side still. Just wondering. It would be cool to be able to ski all the way down the lower trees there. I guess you could just boot right back up to the Bridger lift from there too though.

**Norseman** · 04-12-2010, 12:44 PM

^^ Pretty sure they'll put the midway at the bronco transition (racecourse/intermediate access... where else would they put it?). No more cat tracks in that zone!

And Tone: likewise.

**tone capone** · 04-12-2010, 02:34 PM

possibly lower down the mt.

I like it. The only pow you will poach by unloading early on a pow day will be flat pow, and if you don't feel like skiing moguls some days, you can just hop off for quick mach a looney groomer laps.

**igBand** · 04-12-2010, 08:32 PM

Originally Posted by tone capone

...is that a little rope tow I see on the map to take you back up to the new Bridger base if you ski all the way down to PK? Or will you have to take the Ho chi min to get back from that side still. Just wondering. It would be cool to be able to ski all the way down the lower trees there. I guess you could just boot right back up to the Bridger lift from there too though.

TC - Even though it doesn't make mention of it on BB's news about the new chair, I remember reading in the paper earlier this year that yes, there is going to be a short rope tow to get you from the bottom of PK up to the bottom of the new Bridger chair.

Agreed that it will be great to ski fall line from the top all the way down through those lower trees, grab the rope tow, and zip back up to the loading zone for the new Bridger chair.

Shit...I'm looking forward to a great summer full of family floats and fishing, and the lift-served season has only be down for a week, but I'm already gunning for next year! Can't wait!!