Blue Light Blinking: Bridger Bowl’s Unique Snow Report System Bridger Bowl Ski Area, MT, has one of the most unique means of sharing snowfall with the nearby town of Bozeman, MT: a blue light on top of a downtown hotel. The light is turned on whenever Bridger Bowl receives more than two inches of fresh snow and stays on for 24 hours after it snows. The famous Blue Light […] Lynn Barlow | October 14, 2023 2 Comments
When Is The Best Time to Ski Montana? Winter is coming; time to plan some trips! When’s the best time to ski Montana, you ask? Off the top of my head, I’d say February, but let’s look at the numbers. I compiled average monthly snowfall data at five popular Montana ski resorts. Â Big Sky and Bridger Bowl are in southwest Montana near Bozeman, Red Lodge is a bit […] Mike Lavery | October 7, 2023 2 Comments
Hometown Mountain Shoutout: Bridger Bowl – A Montana Gem The Bridger Mountains rise dramatically from the plains of Southwest Montana in a continuous, jagged ridge of limestone running for 20 miles. Sweeping down the east face of the range is a snow-sliding paradise: Bridger Bowl Ski Area. The terrain at Bridger is separated into two distinct parts. Above the small, simple base area rises a gentle slope, dotted with […] Industry News Nathan Longhurst | October 24, 2022 2 Comments
Top 11 U.S. Big Mountain Ski Resorts: Opinion From a Freestyle Skier Lists are inherently wrong no matter how you look at them. There will almost always be something to argue about. So why make them at all? Well…I love a good debate. There are no set factors that I decided to rate each resort on. The majority of this list are resorts that I have had experience skiing and I ranked […] Ryan Flynn | July 15, 2022 30 Comments
Top 10 Small Ski Resorts in North America for Powder Hounds Putting together a “best of” list can seem rather arbitrary and so wildly subjective rendering the list almost meaningless. To stave off the naysayers, making the cut on this VIP inventory was restricted to those Small Ski Resorts that met all of the following criteria: copious amounts of deep, blower-light powder (300+ inches minimum), maximum of seven real-deal lifts (moving […] Robin Azer | July 6, 2022 19 Comments
Conditions Report: April Delivers in SW Montana [arve url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-6dbcyPlxA"] Mike Lavery | April 19, 2022 Likes Tweets 1 Comment
21-Year-Old Skier Died Tuesday in a Tree Well at Bridger Bowl Ski Area, MT A 21-year-old skier died in a tree well at Bridger Bowl ski area, MT on Tuesday. The resort had seen 11″ of fresh snow in the previous 48-hours. Related: Big Snow Can Also Bring Big Problems: Snow Immersion Suffocation Responding patrollers performed CPR in an attempt to revive the as yet unnamed skier, but were unfortunately unsuccessful. Bridger Bowl released the […] Industry News SnowBrains | February 18, 2021 0 Comments
The Most Affordable & Most Expensive Ski Destinations in the United States Last week, the largest vacation rental search engine, HomeToGo, released its 2021 Ski Season Report detailing its findings on the 55 most affordable and expensive ski destinations in the United States. Here is what they found: Most Expensive Destinations The top of the list may not come entirely as a surprise. Alta, Vail, Aspen, Beaver Creek, and Deer Valley take […] Industry News Liam Abbott | January 20, 2021 0 Comments