New Lift for 2008-09

Bridger Bowl has begun preparations for a new lift in the Slushman's drainage as identified in Option 2 of our Final EIS. The new lift is illustrated on our Trail Map. This will add approximately 300 acres of new lift-served terrain, allowing for the first significant expansion of lift-served terrain since 1978. All skiers and riders should be advised that all future terrain as indicated on our map will remain out-of-bounds during the season. All terrain outside of our current ski area boundaries should be considered backcountry conditions and access is permitted through designated access gates only.

Bridger Bowl purchased a Peruvian double chair lift from Snowbird in 2006. We are currently reconditioning the lift (a 1976 Doppelmayr double chair) and are in Phase I installation which involved burying 6,000 linear feet of power and communication line to the site of the new lift. We now have concrete poured and the base terminal erected. Phase II lift installation and project completion is scheduled for fall of 2008. This new lift will provide lift access to expert terrain only. The lift's vertical rise will be 1700 feet (400 feet more than Bridger Lift) and slope length will be about 3800 feet. We anticipate that the lift will terminate approximately 100 feet below the ridge line. If all goes as planned in 2008 we also hope to install a new lift to the North Meadow area to improve access to the North side of the mountain and provide some relief to the old Alpine lift.