So MattD accused me of being out of touch with whats going on on the Internet earlier today, so I figure I better fess up and show what I'm up to. I left Mpls Friday night after work, drove up to my parent's place, slept until about 2am, then drove with my Dad, Brother (Ian), and cousin (Lee) out to Montana. On the way we heard Red Lodge had gotten 6-9" of snow, so we made a side trip down there. We got about a half-day in there, good warm up for the trip. Had a few beers in the bar there then went on to Bozeman to stay with some family there. Sunday, we woke up, went to Bridger Bowl with the intention of skiing for about 2 hours and then heading south to Big Sky. Well we skied all day, had an awesome time, then got all our stuff together and went down to Big Sky Sunday night. The ride down there from Bozeman is amazing; through the galatin river canyon, then up to big sky the roads are....perfect for a cruise some day
Took it easy the first day, it was cold and cloudy. It snowed a few small inches (2-4") last night, and was beautiful out this morning, so we decided to finally do a little big-boy skiing
One of the main reasons this place is so cool is that there is a tram that takes you to the peak of the mountain. Its all down hill from there
Going up, my dad and I:
View from the top:
I said big-boy skiing, but the girl on the left is 12 and she went down the same way I did:
My Cousin, Brother, Dad, and I:
Coming down through a small catwalk to get into one of the side bowls, shows a bit of how steep it is. Not the steepest part right here though:
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