God Damn! I have a new favorite place. The accessibility to intense steep terrain is awesome, gladed terrain is awesome, decent beginner and intermediate terrain. huge area and amazing side and back country all over the place. here's a shot from the moonlight side. My sons venue for competition tomorrow.
I'll post more pictures through the weekend. Probably the steepest lift access in the US we have ridden. Trees are beautiful and well kept without all the deadfall knee snapping shit we have in CO. definitely should be a bucket list place for the avid rider
Someone from work has a log cabin styled mountain house in MT. Can't recall the town but they're nearest to Bridger as the crow flies (about a 1.5h drive around a mountain though); perhaps they're close to Big Sky...wheels spinning...thank you Argo!
I've got a few days here next season through a powder alliance deal... drove through last summer and have been stoked to check it out since then. Can't wait to plan a trip next season, the resort looks massive
Hey Argo! That's some awesome looking terrain! Big Sky has been on my bucket list pretty much since the beginning as it's actually one of the "sister" resorts to Boyne here in MI. I have it saved as a Fav on my On the Snow app. along with Vail & a few others. (...Guess I just like torturing myself checking on all the epic POW I'm missing!) :laugh:
I hear a lot of talk and hype about BS from the resort here, mostly about the lack of crowds 'n' such, but your description has it sounding like "Gnar-vana!!" it's definitely on my To Be Ridden list. :thumbsup:
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.... actually I'm packed and about to head out the door for three days of warm, slushy spring shit at Boyne right now. Sort of depressing after those pics n vid! :laugh: . Wishing your boy the best of luck on the competition! :thumbsup:
My mom spent a week there last month. Said it was amazing and she has skied just about everywhere. We are already planning a trip next season. Her friend is also member of the golf club and they get fresh track days, 1 hour before general open time.
this season JH got about 3 times the snowfall of BigSky, and the terrain available lift serviced at BigSky cannot compare. lots of factors otherwise, but overall its got to be Jackson
I haven't been to Big Sky and Bridger since the winter of '96-'97 when a friend worked at one of the fancy lodges at Big Sky. They had great terrain then, but it looks like they have opened even more since then.
Bridger Bowl is also fantastic and not far away. As I recall Bridger was 30 min. north of Bozeman and Big Sky was about an hour south. Bozeman is a great town, too!
Championships done. Time to freeride the next couple days in Montana and Utah. Super tough conditions today, I would.not have wanted to be those kids on that ridge waiting 4 hours to drop. I'll post video later.
Championships done. Time to freeride the next couple days in Montana and Utah. Super tough conditions today, I would.not have wanted to be those kids on that ridge waiting 4 hours to drop. I'll post video later.
I noticed this year in particular that the Gorpro cameras (probably due to the fish eye lens) distort slopes and makes them look no where as steep as they really are...
I've seen other videos and pics of the chutes at Big Sky and they really ARE steep.
Hope this works. First 90 seconds or so is to get a perspective of the conditions. there was an hour hike Along a ridge that was probably 3' wide at most to het to the start. it will broadcast tonight at 6pm mountain time on Subaru Freeride Series I think they only show top 3 of each group.
That hike is usually the scariest part, especially in high wind and low visibility. It's always worth it, though. At least now there are ropes in some of the more exposed spots. I love this mountain.
Definitely our new favorite. The ropes were cool but they were pretty low to the ground and placed in strange places. :dunno: The hike was the worst part but would do it every day for sure. The terrain there is amazing. :eusa_clap:
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