Tucker and I rented beacons, probes, and shovels today and headed up to Bridger for our first Slushman’s run of the season. Slushman’s is the new chair (formerly the Peruvian Lift at Alta) that Bridger installed last season to the south of Pierre’s Knob. It accesses some great, un-demarcated, patrolled terrain. Beacons are required to ride the lift.

The terrain is awesome. Yesterday it was very scrapy in the shade, only somewhat softer in the sun, and heavily moguled. It’s easy to see, however, that with new, fresh, soft snow this area would kick ass. We skied one run down Mundy’s Bowl.

After Slushmans (the lift closed around 2:30 yesterday leaving us with a long traverse back to Pierre’s), Tucker and I skied South Bowl for the rest of the day, finding some soft, fun snow in the trees.

The Slushmans Lift

The terrain to the north of Slushmans

The Lift Shack

Tucker at the top of Mundy’s Bowl

Tucker skiing in South Bowl.

I love the perspective on both this and the next shot.

South Bowl, Bridger Bowl, MT – January 18, 2010

The forecast for the next couple days looks promising.