Road Trip / Bozeman, Montana < Day 3

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The lift to the top of the bowl, all black-diamond and double black-diamond terrain.

The snow was piling up and making for a good day on the mountain.

Bridger Bowl has good steep terrain and when it dumps, there isn't a better resort to be in. You want chutes, it's here, you want double-black rock cliff steeps, you want natural half-pipe ravines...yup it's here. When the Spring storms come blasting in they don't measure in inches, it's feet. It snowed all day!

Natural half pipe.

Mom dropping in behind son into double-black diamond tree run.

Mom riding back up with her son. Gotta get the last chair of the day, ya know.
It's going to just keep dumping, check it out below. We've already got 18 inches in the last 24 hours.

Overnight Snow Lo 17 °F

Wednesday Snow Likely Hi 28 °F

Wednesday Night Snow Likely Lo 15 °F

Thursday Snow Likely Hi 24 °F

Thursday Night Chance Snow Lo 15 °F

Friday Chance Snow Hi 26 °F

Friday Night Chance Snow Lo 16 °F

Saturday Chance Snow Hi 25 °F

Saturday Night Chance Snow Lo 17 °F

Hazardous weather condition(s):

Winter Weather Advisory
Hazardous Weather Outlook

Overnight: Snow. Low around 17. West wind around 14 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. Total nighttime snow accumulation of 3 to 5 inches possible.

Wednesday: Snow showers likely, mainly after noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 28. West wind between 11 and 14 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New snow accumulation of 1 to 2 inches possible.

Wednesday Night: Snow showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 15. Calm wind becoming north northeast between 5 and 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New snow accumulation of 1 to 3 inches possible.

Thursday: Snow showers likely. Cloudy, with a high near 24. North northwest wind around 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New snow accumulation of 2 to 4 inches possible.

Thursday Night: A 40 percent chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 15. Northwest wind between 5 and 7 mph. New snow accumulation of 1 to 3 inches possible.

The Snow Dance Worked = This is Why We Drive 1000 Miles

Today Snow Hi 36 °F

Tonight Snow Lo 20 °F

Wednesday Chance Snow Hi 30 °F

Wednesday Night Snow Likely Lo 16 °F

Thursday Snow Likely Hi 25 °F

Thursday Night Chance Snow Lo 17 °F

Friday Chance Snow Hi 28 °F

Friday Night Chance Snow Lo 19 °F

Saturday Chance Snow Hi 27 °F

Hazardous weather condition(s):

Winter Storm Warning
Winter Weather Advisory
Hazardous Weather Outlook

Today: Snow showers. High near 36. West wind between 14 and 16 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. Total daytime snow accumulation of 1 to 3 inches possible.

Tonight: Snow showers. Low around 20. West southwest wind between 14 and 17 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New snow accumulation of 2 to 4 inches possible.

Wednesday: A 50 percent chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 30. West wind between 11 and 13 mph. New snow accumulation of 1 to 2 inches possible.

Wednesday Night: Snow showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 16. North northwest wind around 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New snow accumulation of 1 to 3 inches possible.

Thursday: Snow showers likely. Cloudy, with a high near 25. North northwest wind around 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New snow accumulation of 3 to 5 inches possible.

Thursday Night: A 40 percent chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 17. New snow accumulation of 1 to 3 inches possible.

Road Trip / Bozeman, Montana < Day 2

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We have been traveling to Bridger Bowl for the last 12 years. It was always a Spring trip in late March or early April the first few years. Then we came out in January, over New Years a couple times. It has been the Spring trips that we have had some good snow storms, with 20 - 30 inches of powder. Well it is the Spring season again.

Always a good view across the valley.

Weez cranking on her Never Summer snowboard.

It was good to get out on the mountain and get the legs moving. After the 15 hour drive yesterday it took a bit to loosen up.

With wind gusts up to 65 MPH a couple lifts were closed. So we made our way to the south lift and found some good runs. Finished the day on the mountain with a steep, double-black diamond drop and a run to the base lodge. It was a good first day in the mountains. It was overcast all day with storm clouds to the south and east. The possibility of a spring snow storm is in the air, the more the better.

OUT of HERE...Road Trip: Bozeman, Montana / March 2010

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Road Trip...passing another semi.

The North Dakota Badlands.

Drove straight thru, 1000 miles. Left at 10:30AM Sunday and arrived at 12:45 AM Monday morning in Bozeman, Montana. Hauled the snowmobiles and brought the snowboards. Going to be a good trip.

Pictures of the inside the hotel in Bozeman that we are staying at,unloaded a few duffel bags then enjoyed a few beers to acknowledge a safe 15 hour drive. Got to bed by 2:30AM Monday...yeah!

Going up to the mountain this morning to snowboard..later.