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| The
South Bowl at Bridger Bowl Ski Area |
The South Bowl at Bridger Bowl ski area consists of some
absolutely wonderful lift-served ski terrain. None of it
is for beginners, though. So if you are a beginner skier,
stay away from this part of Bridger Bowl.
The
South Bowl is essentially divided into two parts – the “Bridger
Lift” section and the “Pierre’s Knob” section.
Each section is accessed by different lifts and has different
types of skiing terrain available.
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Skiing
the South Bowl – “Bridger Lift Part” Section
This
part of the South Bowl can be accessed by two different
chairlifts. The main lift used is the Bridger Chair, which
can also be used to access the North Bowl. To get to the
terrain of the South Bowl from the top of the Bridger Chair,
just stay to the south of the lift (or your left when riding
the lift).
An incredible
variety of expert and advanced ski trails can be accessed
off the Bridger Chair in the South
Bowl. The terrain consists of a mix of chutes, open terrain
and glades – all of it on very steep slopes. Be prepared
to some tired legs – the vertical rise is over 1300
vertical feet – all on a sustained expert level gradient.
The
second chairlift to access this terrain in the South Bowl
is the Deer Park Lift. This lift sort of runs parallel
to the Bridger Lift, but starts below it and doesn’t
go quite as high up the mountain as the Bridger Lift does.
The Deer Park lift has a vertical rise of 1100 vertical feet.
The
Deer Park lift, in addition to allowing access to some excellent
advanced ski trails, provides access to some great intermediate
ski trails – particularly Bridger Run, Boot
Hill,
Powder Horn and Hanton’s Hollow. To access these
ski trails (which the chairlift sort of goes right above),
just go the
left at the top of the lift – following a twisty
cat trail called Deer Park Road until it ends.
Now,
it is true, you can access these intermediate ski trails
from the Bridger Lift. Indeed, the Bridger Lift goes right
over them. However, to get to these intermediate ski trails
from the Bridger Lift means skiing down some pretty steep
expert slopes initially – all of which tend to be full
of bumps.
Skiing
the South Bowl – “Pierre’s Knob” Section
The
Pierre’s Knob section in the South Bowl provides
a great variety of terrain. And unlike the Bridger Lift section
of the South Bowl, numerous intermediate ski trials are easily
accessible. This part of the South Bowl is served by the
Pierre’s Knob Triple Chair – which runs up the
southern flank of the South Bowl to a knob on the ridge called,
appropriately enough, Pierre’s Knob.
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| The
South Boundary at Bridger Bowl |
The
Pierre’s Knob section of the South Bowl consists
of a mix of relatively short but very steep expert and advanced
ski trails as well as some very nice groomed intermediate
runs. The total vertical rise on this section is 1200 feet.
Expert
skiers have several choices on where to ski off of Pierre’s Knob. The most challenging skiing is found
by going down the very steep trails that cut there way down
from the ridge, back underneath the lift. These ski trails,
Last Chance and Flippers, are challenging to say the least – especially
since they tend to be bumped up.
More “sedate” expert
level skiing can also be
accessed by following the South Boundary trail. This is a
great ski trails that provides access to some wonderful open
terrain skiing – although it is not as long as some
of the other expert level ski trails at Bridger Bowl. At
the bottom of this ski trail, you then cut over on an intermediate
cat trail. This trail then provides access to some more expert
level ski trials, although they are short in length.
About
the only bad part of skiing these expert level trails is
that, once to the bottom, you are greeted by a relatively
long, flat traverse to get back to the lift. During cold
weather when the snow is firm, this is not a big deal.
But during warm weather when the snow is sticky, be prepared
for some poling and have some good speed built up.
Intermediate
skiers will also find some good, groomed runs from the
top of Pierre’s Knob. These intermediate level
trails make their way down along the top and backside of
the ridge. The trails have a nice gradient to them and are
pretty wide, too. While these ski trails are groomed daily,
during busier times when there is fresh snow or when the
snow is wet, don’t be surprised to find a few small
bumps on them.
 
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