Bridger Bowl and Moonlight Basin are similar mountains, but extremely diverse at the same time. They're similar because they are both white-capped mountains with PLENTY of snow and they both have chair lifts that rise above the ground at about 75ft.(without a bar to prevent you from falling off). Moonlight is the backside of Big Sky, which is a mountain owned by the same people who own Sugarloaf and Sunday River in Maine. Moonlight is facing north which means it obtains more snow compared to Big Sky which is weird because there 200ft. apart. Facing north also means its freezing! Bridger Bowl is a very green mountain that has a lot of trees beneath the chair lifts. There are no condos on the mountain, which make it feel even more remote. When I first got there, it didn't look that steep...then I got about half way up and it was steeper than anything I had ever seen. They are both great mountains for back country skiers and a sweet place to vacation.
Jack,
ReplyDeleteSounds like these 2 mountains are not your Grandfathers mountain.:-) I suppose there aren't any green circle runs. The back bowls are treacherous, probably like the blue or black diamond runs so I will never see them so nice to read about them. I cannot believe they have no safety bars on lifts...scary. I think the Big Sky owners also owned Boyne Mt. lodge in Michigan at one time. Glad your having a great time. Keep up the blogs, Peaches