TR; this last weekend at Bridger

[tone capone]

^^^Man, I think this is gonna be really cool.

Just a heads up, went out today for a few careful laps and things were getting sketchy. Strong south/south west wind at ridgetop and mid mountain areas. Touchy windslabs building up even in some of the more manageable terrain. Powerful storm, hope we get more snow out of it.

[baseWeldr]

saw ya w/the cam quite a bit, nice work airing the nooks into&over the crannies...

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

Skiers: Ned Gall, Matt Shortland, and Nate Sucko

SHRED BRIDGER BOWL on Vimeo

surely there'll be a traverse above that ropetow as well on a similar line as current hochi/headsup, still be able to make the chair from the bottom of sluice...
the ropetow will gitcha a couple more turns I guess but thinkin Id peel off instead of grabbin it much but we'll see...

[tone capone]

^^^^I love it when a nice dense storm covers all those lower trees/devils dive. Doesn't happen often, but makes me happy when it does. Yeah, otherwise the Ho chi is probly gonna be the way.

[pnut]

Good skiing up there yesterday. Saw some good looking tracks down bombs away and the nasties. I managed to get Cuckoo's nest untouched - all filled in with thick creamy pow. Then the north bowl flutes-don't get to say that too much!

This kind of snow makes me jealous of squaw valley, so much fun to ski some features when they are plastered. Probably won't hold up too long today though...

[tone capone]

This kind of snow makes me jealous of squaw valley, so much fun to ski some features when they are plastered.

Ahhh, April, the sweetest month. Ya'll can have all the cold smoke you can choke on. Great times yesterday.

[Jumper Bones]

It's not exactly gnar, but it's part of what makes Bozeman a great place to live...

Also it's nice to see the failed real-estate-development bid COMPLETELY put to rest.

Bridger buys land, says more beginner terrain to come

Posted: Tuesday, April 20, 2010 12:15 am | Updated: 8:22 am, Tue Apr 20, 2010.

By DANIEL PERSON, Chronicle Staff Writer | 0 comments

Bridger Bowl ski area has bought 71 acres of land near its base area, which general manager Randy Elliott says will be used in part to expand beginner terrain in years to come.

"Our beginner area is really small right now and pretty congested. This allows us to expand to the south and have a larger beginner area," Elliott said Monday.

He said no expansion is planned in the immediate future, and that only a portion of the 71 acres purchased would be used for skiing. The rest of the new property could be used for more parking or other projects.

"This is just thinking toward the future and giving us more options for growing in future years," he said.

The land was bought from Bridger Canyon Partners, a group of investors that bought hundreds of acres near Bridger's base area in 2005. News stories at the time say the group planned to develop housing, overnight accommodations, restaurants and other businesses. But a plan drew up in 2007 that called for 75 single-family homes and 450 overnight accommodations caused and uproar amongst Bridger Canyon residents and was scraped in 2008.

John Barkow, a member of Bridger Canyon Partners, said Monday the group has shifted gears and is now selling off its remaining 274 acres in five large parcels.

"It's somewhat a circumstance of the market," Barkow said. "It's still a fantastic property for a recreational buyer or someone interested in a development opportunity."

Barkow said the land Bridger bought had been on the market of a little over a year. An e-mail from Bridger Bowl management describes the ski area's new property as land south and adjacent to the Snowflake Lift and top parking lot area.

Daniel Person can be reached at dperson@dailychronicle.com or 582-2665.

[Bozone]

Well today was one of the deepest days of the year for me, had to stick near the skintrack on the way out just to maintain speed. Two laps of the fingers meadow were lovely, the third finger slid two feetish deep w/ debris continuing into south bowl. Advise attending tomorrow, be careful out there.

[butterscotch]

Good beta.

The Brackett Creek Snotel is reporting 22" in the last 36 hrs or so.

[Norseman]

Good storm. I was up there with the MSU crew doing some explosives research.
Didn't get much skiing except behind the sled on the way up... there was probably 10-12 inches by the time we left at 10am. Did get to detonate a 50lb bag of ANFO though...

Tomorrow should be pretty damn good skiing.

[BobbyBill]

My buddy from the Bridger office called to let me know that as of 4:30 p.m. the storm total is 23" at the top of Alpine with the snow stake reading a 95" base depth! With this much snow, I'd hazard a guess that things will be moving a bit; stay safe and please be aware of others above and below you...it ain't the regular old ski area after the lifts stop spinning and the bombs stop. Should be a fun weekend!

[Norseman]

Holy shit, deepness up there today.

[hick]

Deep and slooooowww. Maybe it will settle out more and become creamy goodness, who knows...

[tone capone]

A lot of snow. I measured 40 inches up high, easily three feet mid mountain. Yesterday was boggy and slow, today was more floaty, skied much better as it settled in I think. Skiing the top 6 to 12, but I love that kind of snow. Hard to believe how deep into winter we just got in 36 hours. I won't be able to make it up, but I imagine there are some hot lines still to be had. Rip it up.

[stalefish3169]

Yesterday was sooo awesome! I <3 rocker. It was rad to be able to come into the HT super hot and not hit a bunch of bumps. Big thanks to the folks that put the skin track all the way to the top. Gonna go for another lap this afternoon!

[stalefish3169]

I imagine there are some hot lines still to be had. Rip it up.

D Route was untouched and so freaking good today!

[tone capone]

Anybody wanna meet up for a run? Dumping up there right now. Hit me up in the next hour.

EDIT:

Wow, just wow. What a storm. All time up there. Glad I got a run in today, it was nothing short of amazing.

[BobbyBill]

Fun day Saturday lapping the Fingers area...guess I can cross off skiing powder from the May to-do list. Love the post-season storms!

[Norseman]

Here's some more from Saturday (more + POV coming soon). Definitely the finest day of powder skiing I've had all year.

I'll get the downer business out of the way first: idiot boners sitting in the middle of avalanche gulch. Could you pick a more unsafe spot to stop?




Back to the program.


My old man, rippin on his new megawatts.




First tracks nose to exit





My pops bugged out after one run... my buddy David and I stayed 7:45 to 5.


Clearing storm






And a little video edit of a fraction of the fun that was had. A rare tele performance for yours truly. Sorry about the poor quality.

[single]

Could you pick a more unsafe spot to stop?

Relax man, its inbounds.


Some craziness went down today on angry chair (that I wasnt a part of). While I cant endorse that kind of recklessness... FKNA!!!!!!

Hopefully ned posts some footy.

[Telemarc]

That made Papa look more like a little baybay....Norseman

[jeremiahyawnson]

Did David really just straight line the third virtue at 0:20? That's just not fair. Looks like a sick day guys.

And that's about the best looking landing off of papa I've ever seen.

[tone capone]

^^Really good stuff Norseman, thanks for documenting. Gonna try and milk one more day out of it today. Hopefully it don't warm up to fast.

[bobrmr]

Here are a few from the past few days. Got up there early last Thursday, broke trail up to top o bridger/patrol shack. No action shots. Only had time for one lap before heading to work; but it was puking...





Got out on Saturday for a few; solo style so no pix. But got back up there for another dawn patrol this a.m. Another quick lap before heading to work. Were planning on heading over to the nose/super but the wind had filled madman's in so nice, we couldn't pass it up (skier in all pix is fellow mag S Dub):











Nothing too exciting but super fun up there this a.m. Firm but silky smooth...

[Noodle Farmer]

This week is looking good...low temps at night, not to warm during the day and a decent chance of more snow.

Skiing at BB when the lifts are closed.....yummy!

Chair blew of the Bridger lift I see.

May is the new March.

[tone capone]

May is the new March.

Nothing too exciting but super fun up there this a.m. Firm but silky smooth...

Still probly beats any day the lifts are spinning. Damn it, I knew
I shoulda got up there today.