Day 20 - Got 5-7 Inches of New Overnight!

The 5 inches of new overnight has made the whole hill skiable again! It also made the roads very slick for the drive up to the hill, today. I saw two accidents, one involved a car flipping up onto it's side and the other accident just slid it's front end into the ditch. It was a super slow, safe, 40 mph wagon train all the way up to the hill. "Better safe than sorry," was the motto for both on the hill, as well as on the way to and from the hill!

I once again had great timing with the opening of Slushman's lift. Got an early start and had run after run on Slushman's skiing the fresh. A bit of a crunchy base under the new snow, but it was amazing how good it skied just 24 hours after being confined to the groomers the day before. The top of every chair was in a cloud thick as pea soup. Visibility got better and better as I descended each run. Slushman's was so fun, each time I came back to get into line, there was no line to get into! I was calling it, "The line that never formed!" After 6 back to back Slushman's runs, I was happy and tired enough to head on home. Ben and I have a wood working project to work on so I am very happy to have had a great early morning on the slopes in the powder and then home to spend some precious time with my boys.

Next weekend, is the last weekend. I have Saladin and Samia visiting us next weekend from Hamilton, so today was the last day of The 2010-2011 Bridger Bowl Season! Skiing 20 days is a good season and getting to go to Mexico, Maui and to Disney World, really made for a memorable 2010 - 2011 Ski Season on and off the hill! Now I can look forward to Blogging my Mountain Biking, Hiking and Canoeing season! The Seasonal Snowfall total for the year was 327" (27 feet) and the hill will close with 115" inches of settled snow on the ground.

Day 19 - A Groomer Day at B-Bowl

Today the snow is just set up like frozen mashed potatoes. To thick to manage, so to ski safe, one must be happy and enjoy the Groomed runs. Saw Becky and Matt Stricker in the DP Lodge. They agreed, exercise on the groomers was the plan. I skied for 2 . 5 hours and then visited Lil' Deb at the Silver Forest Inn.

I got to visit with Dana Daniels, the Comedic Magician, we had just seen as a family the night before, at the Ellen Theater. He and his comedic partner, Dick Hardwick, stayed at the Silver Forest Inn for a few days while putting on several shows all weekend. They had both been working at Disney Land for many years and had tons of material, 80% of which my boys had memorized and performed on the way home from the theater.

I took a few pix on the way up to the hill. The big Green has not happened yet, so my pix taken in town are showing the Brown foliage from last year. It is very common in Montana for the Initials for the Town or the name of the college or high school to be noted on a mountain side for all to see. We have a giant"M" for Montana State University on the mountain side which is also a very popular trailhead. I also stopped at my favorite field that I have often photographed to get some winter shots. I'd like to have photos of this area in each of our 4 seasons. Then I'd like to frame them and show them at my office as a seasonal gallery for my patient's to enjoy.