Bridger Bowl Ski Area

Bridger Bowl is a ski area near Bozeman, Montana, serving locals and students of Montana State University.

Located north of Bozeman in the Bridger Range of southern Montana, Bridger is a locally owned non-profit ski area. It provides locals with affordable skiing, great terrain, and outstanding snowfall. It notably lacks the tourist crowds found at Big Sky and Moonlight Basin, destination ski resorts south of Bozeman. The ski area and mountain range are named after noted mountain man Jim Bridger, and is accessed from state highway 86.

In addition to the existing base lodge and a mid-mountain lodge, a new main lodge opened in 2005 at the base area.

Bridger Bowl opened the new Schlasman's chairlift for the 2008-09 season, the first lift-served terrain expansion in 30 years. Schlasman's is a reconditioned 1976 Doppelmayr double chair, formerly known as the "Peruvian" lift, purchased from Snowbird ski resort in Utah. This new lift (named after a miner who died in an avalanche in 1885) rises 1700 vertical feet (518 m) and adds 311 acres (1.26 km²) of new lift-served terrain for expert skiers only. To ride this lift, skiers are required to carry an avalanche transceiver; partners and shovels are highly recommended.

Bridger Bowl should be noted for its legendary expert-only skiing terrain known as "The Ridge". There are six sections of the ridge known as Schlasman's, D Route, C Route, B Route, A route, and Northwest/Hidden Gully Areas. In order to ski or snowboard the ridge, an avalanche beacon and shovel are required. Most of the ridge is hiking terrain. Information on skiing The Ridge can be found in a book called Stepping Up - A Guide to The Ridge at Bridger Bowl. Storms hit the ridge at Bridger Bowl that produce vast amounts of light powder snow. Bridger bowl receives storm snowfall totals that rival the world's best powder skiing areas.

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