Bridger Bowl Ski Area

Bridger Bowl is a ski area near Bozeman, Montana, serving locals and students of Montana State University. Located north of Bozeman in the Bridger Range of southern Montana, Bridger is a locally owned non-profit ski area. It provides locals with affordable skiing, great terrain, and outstanding snowfall. It notably lacks the tourist crowds found at Big Sky and Moonlight Basin, destination ski resorts south of Bozeman. The ski area and mountain range are named after noted mountain man Jim Bridger, and is accessed from state highway 86. In addition to the existing base lodge and a mid-mountain lodge, a new main lodge opened in 2005 at the base area. Bridger Bowl opened the new Schlasman's chairlift for the 2008-09 season, the first...