The Ridge

Today on the way up the lift in the morning, Katie asked me how many times I've been skiing now. I said today was my 12th time (ever). Little did I know 45 minutes later I will have rented an avalanche beacon and hiking up the ridge. I told Matt while we were hiking it was only my 12th time ever skiing and he said he would take it into consideration when deciding where we would ski off the top of the mountain.

I was nervous on the way up, but it turned out to be an awesome hike up and a really fun time going down, too. We went up twice, which means I actually only did 3 runs in the 4.5 hours I was up at Bridger today (the runs are a little longer from the top, and hiking took a little while). This turns out to be a much better workout than just riding the lift up every time, and hence much more fun for me.

Here are some pictures from the top. It was a little cloudy today, so you couldn't see the Crazy's until later in the day, but enjoy.


Here is a link to the trail map at Bridger Bowl. We started climbing from the top of the Bridger lift. From the top of the hike, we hiked more right the first run, then left the second run. http://www.bridgerbowl.com/images/wwwtrail_map.pdf