sibhusky Posted March 28, 2012 Report Share Posted March 28, 2012 Avalanches force lift closures at Bridger Bowl WHITNEY BERMES, Chronicle StaffWriter _ Posted: Tuesday, March 27, 2012 2:44 pm A series of natural and manmade avalanches prompted Bridger Bowl officials to close all but two lifts Tuesday afternoon. A combination of overnight rain and 9 inches of wet snow prompted the lift closures, said Michael Gill, assistant director of marketing and sales for Bridger Bowl. ³It makes for a fairly dangerous situation,´ Gill said. ³It was just not safe to ski the upper mountain.´ Lift closures will continue Wednesday. The only lifts open will be Snow Flake, Quad and Bridger to midway. Lift tickets on Tuesday and Wednesday are $20. Gill said the size and severity of Tuesday's avalanches are unusual for March. ³This year is totally out of the ordinary,´ Gill said. ³It always gets warm this time of year, but not this warm and not with rain falling. It just creates a bad situation.´ Pictures on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150756672175639.456040.219783875638&type=3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Law Posted March 28, 2012 Report Share Posted March 28, 2012 I heard Morning Glory went almost all the way to south bowl, crazy shit, slushman's and that kind of stuff would be a real meat grinder +1 to patrol on keeping people safe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sibhusky Posted March 28, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2012 He's fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngryHugo Posted March 28, 2012 Report Share Posted March 28, 2012 scary stuff. that snow looked really wet and heavy. it'd be tough to survive a slide like that. good on the patrollers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sibhusky Posted March 28, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2012 He's probably still scoring last seasons freshies. Near as I can tell, he's mentally moving to summer kayaking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GSSucks Posted March 28, 2012 Report Share Posted March 28, 2012 http://unofficialnetworks.com/video-tour-bridger-bowl-avalanches-explanation-87056/ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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