Thread: TR; this last weekend at Bridger

Originally Posted by lobstahmeatwad

Oh, except for me posting from work.. hehe

likewise. it's hard to work when I'm thinking about waist-deep turns.

Originally Posted by Jumper Bones

Yeah that sure was fun, but did the town close and relocate today? Shiiiiiit. I never got off the DP chair, lines at Bridger and PK were too long to make it worth it...

Another super Schlasman's no-show Like it's going to be any less of a shit-show/feeding frenzy tomorrow...

What was open on the ridge today?

Originally Posted by Jumper Bones

Yeah that sure was fun, but did the town close and relocate today? Shiiiiiit. I never got off the DP chair, lines at Bridger and PK were too long to make it worth it...

Another super Schlasman's no-show Like it's going to be any less of a shit-show/feeding frenzy tomorrow...

Nope, a total shit-show over there tomorrow, for sure. But if you know where the shit-show is, you just go the other way ...


EDIT: I also saw the comment about C winning the freeride. He's good shit - no punk attitude on that one.

did some skiing today. It was the best day of the year for me at least.


for layindowncarves too




It truly was that good

has winter returned to Bridger?? (*please please please*)
well, it did for a day at least.

sick pictures, 15 days until I'm out there....hope it continues to snow.

Here's a few from today's craziness: People getting after it up there!

Just a teaser, more tomorrow.

I told Bridger Bro, "You better get something bright, or were not gonna get paid" So he went to the thrift store and threw away six bucks on these purple tranny pants. Way to go buddy.







Dissecting the spines:



Are those water skis? Bridger Bro does the anti noodle:



One Sexy bitch:



P nut's buddy found the deepest turn of the year:



To be continued.

(HEY, is it fair that the daily video guy gets photo of the day? I thought he was supposed to be behind the lens!)

You. All. Suck. Friday classes were a whole bunch of fun. Puking all Saturday cause I can't handle my booze was also fun. Anyone headed out today? I'll be on the ridge I spose, ask for change.

Puking all Saturday cause I can't handle my booze was also fun.

Rough. You should have waited till Saturday night to get wasted and order Pizza, like everyone else in town did!

Here are some more from Saturday.

Ryan gets deep:



P nut finds a bush to poke:



P nut at work for the camera:









Bridger Bro finds fresh in the afternoon:



and gratuitously slarves it up:









Sweet goodness it was!



It's getting manky in here!



a soft spot:



That was the most incredible display of powder hedonism I have ever witnessed in my life up there on Saturday. Unreal.
Good thing we tracked it all out yesterday, cause it's all manked up now!

Originally Posted by tone capone

(HEY, is it fair that the daily video guy gets photo of the day? I thought he was supposed to be behind the lens!)

I guess that falls under the "other duties as assigned by Marketing Director" clause!

Here are a couple more from Saturday's bluebird pow fest and one from Friday morning...what a great couple of days of skiing...looks like Spring for a couple of days then hopefully more Winter.

Those are money Rob. Thanks for sharing. Hope you didn't get wounded in the battle there at the rope!

nice pictures you guys. Anybody get out and enjoy the corn skiing yesterday? It was awesome.

I was there Saturday. The chaotic mob proves that there are no friends on a powder day. It was worth it, and Saddle Peak was in mighty fine condition. I just wish I had been there Friday too.

Thursday and Friday were really that good...

Thursday was getting really fun near the end of the day when the storm started to kick up and Friday morning standing in line like cattle in a corral, but really fun day otherwise.

Originally Posted by tone capone

Hope you didn't get wounded in the battle there at the rope!

I think the crowd at the lower gate was a little more manageable than the scene at the top!


A nice little shot of 4 inches of 19% snow this morning...was real nice on the High T early. A struggle to return to the base on the glue like surface below mid mountain at 11:00 am. Sounds like the long range forecast might bode well later this week and early next...we'll see...think Snow!

The line up Saturday was crazy! I had the hole shot coming out of the top gate and starting traversing and came to a log and jumped it - the landing was dirt and I got my pole stuck in the dirt and I kept going. Shit. I turned around to get it but I had to wait for about 100 people behind me to jump off the log - with lots of scared wild looks on their faces. So I couldn't get the pole for quite a while - eventually a couple of people crashed in the landing bringing the line to a halt, and one of them got the pole for me.

Originally Posted by mtnjam

Thursday was getting really fun near the end of the day when the storm started to kick up and Friday morning standing in line like cattle in a corral, but really fun day otherwise.

Sounds EXACTLY like what we were rocking at the Bowl.

I was seriously ready to die at the lineup. It's every man for himself if you are part of that situation, unless you want to wait for the first wave to clear and get like 1000th chair on a day like that. If you are a chill person, then you probably don't want to deal with the rope drop frenzy. If you are there in line then prepare for war. I thought for a second people might be civilized, but I quickly realized that I had to throw edges and elbows like everyone else! (Or cause a pileup) I seriously thought that Mild-Mannered-Wille was going to get trampled along with his $$$$$$$$$ video cam, but apparently he beat people off with that thing or something. Good work!

I've never met a liftline I couldn't tolerate at Bridger until Saturday. Was very happy I had brought my skins.

Powder Frenzy was mad today with 4" of new slush, I felt like I had klister on my bases. Must have been 100 people on the hill at 11.

I'm sort of glad I worked Saturday. People act crazy on a pow day at BB even in decent snow years.

Volkl and K2 had some of their new skis out for testing only for the shop scene. Had a chance to fondle the new Gots, wowza!

Originally Posted by tone capone

I thought for a second people might be civilized, but I quickly realized that I had to throw edges and elbows like everyone else!

Its a little disappointing that bridger bowl has come to shit like this. It isn't worth the cost. I'm glad I stayed on the ridge saturday.

Hey guys, I'm looking for a set of look/rossi demo bindings to put on my On3p's so I can get other people out on them. http://tetongravity.com/forums/showt...22#post2288022

For people in or around Bozeman I could definitely work out a trade with some FKS 155's that are currently on them, or I can just sell them outright.

It isn't worth the cost.

The up side is that the sidecountry is getting skied enough for the compaction to help stability, but not so much that it doesn't get refreshed with a little snow. It's been a trade off, and there are some unfortunate issues that will never be resolved, but there is great opportunity as well.

As far as the rope drop frenzy, hopefully something can be worked out. As I said about the edges and elbows, I feel like trying to be the chill one in that situation is just going to cause a worse cluster fuck. Too bad that the new terrain opening up isn't ever going to spread out the crowds when it counts. I can however understand why they can't really have people over there in zero viz blower. It will probably never happen that way. I personally dislike the nose to butt ridge hike days way more than my experience at Slushmans the other day though. I'm adapting.

I just don't understand why Slushie's can't open with storms to smoothe out the flow of people, AS INTENDED. It has yet to happen. And last Friday wasn't exactly zero-viz, storm greybird, it was quite sunny - there just was no avy control being done over there, with "winds" as the excuse this time.

you talkin a ropedrop goin from PK to slushmans...? /newlift jongQ


this sounds like the highT to me though...?
(with the rental poles I rock I prob woulda left it for a lap to stay ahead of the hundred...)

The line up Saturday was crazy! I had the hole shot coming out of the top gate and starting traversing and came to a log and jumped it - the landing was dirt and I got my pole stuck in the dirt and I kept going. Shit. I turned around to get it but I had to wait for about 100 people behind me to jump off the log - with lots of scared wild looks on their faces. So I couldn't get the pole for quite a while - eventually a couple of people crashed in the landing bringing the line to a halt, and one of them got the pole for me.

perhaps bb's learning also- like maybe more 'trollers needed to get things rollin for the masses sooner...? /cyberspeculation