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Some Photos from Last Week’s Ridge Hike

February 12th, 2010 No Comments

Last week I managed to secure a beacon for a couple of days of skiing off of Bridger’s vaunted Ridge.
Tuesday, Clare, Taylor, and I hiked up from the top of the Slushman’s lift to ski some day old powder down to The Fingers. The view from the top of the Ridge was stunning. The Bridger [...]

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Blizzard in the Bozone – 1/22-24

January 26th, 2010 No Comments

El Nino has not been very kind to the Bridgers this season. However, after a two week drought and some really crappy skiing, we finally got some snow this last weekend. Alot of it, actually.
Friday, January 22
We got our 1-2″ overnight, and it was snowing lightly all day. Nothing really worth mentioning, but a couple [...]

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Slushmans

January 19th, 2010 No Comments

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 [...]

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