
The Best Backcountry Skiing Routes in North Bridgers
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Top 52 backcountry skiing routes in North Bridgers
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Upper Corbly Natural Halfpipe
The Upper Corbly Natty Halfpipe is a pretty nice place to get down and out of the wind that plagues lines on the East side. Its only about 400 feet long, but pretty fun when filled in with perfect buff....
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Sacajawea Peak North Gully
The North Gully of Sacajawea Peak is a great long line when its in condition. It gets blown out frequently by the wind, and when this happens the upper couple hundred feet is just rock....
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North Fork Bracket Creek Skin Track
Use this track to access the Playground and Ross Peak without using Bridger Bowl's lifts or a snowmobile from Batlle Ridge. Park at the closed gate for the North Fork Brackett....
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South Face Naya Nuki
The south face of Naya Nuki peak is a beautiful wide open snowfield that can be seen as you drive north through Bridger canyon. It stands proud in the sun, begging to have tracks set upon it....
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East Meadows Ross Peak
The East meadows on Ross Peak are great skiing in mid-season. They hold good powder stashes long after a storm, and are a great spot to spend all day making laps....
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The Banana
The Banana on Ross Peak is one of the more aesthetic lines in the Northern Bridgers. You can see this South facing chute from many places on the highway, and at Bridger Bowl....
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East Nya Nuki Meadow
The East Meadow on Nya Nuki is a great place to get out of the wind and ski some more mellow terrain in the Fairy Lake zone. It is about 400 feet vertical and a few hundred feet wide....
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The Other One
The Other One is the 1200 feet South-facing line you look towards when on top of the Great One. It consists of an East facing upper bowl for 300 feet, then a hard right and another 500 feet of couloir skiing....
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Fairy Lake Chutes
The Fairy Lake Chutes are an easily accessed area directly above Fairy Lake. They are 4-600 feet long and have lots of options for variations. Some are tight and steep, some have nice side airs....
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The Therapist
The Therapist is a line in the Summer Trail Bowl that doesn't fill in too often. It takes the right mix of fresh snow and wind to blow in the gulley....
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Sac Bowl 1st Couloir
The 1st Couloir in Sacajawea (Summer) Bowl is an awesome way to get vert quickly. It is essentially the first large feature as you tour up into the Summer Bowl. You can be booting up within 10 minutes of the trailhead....
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Summer Bowl Headwall
The Headwall at the back of Sacajawea (Summer) Bowl sees lots of traffic early and late in the season. It is the easiest, most straightforward option in the bowl. As such, there is usually a skin track or boot up it....
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Hardscrabble Twin Doglegs
The Hardscrabble Twin Doglegs are actually on the peak South of Hardscrabble, but many people mistakenly call it Hardscrabble, and it is misnamed on many local maps. These lines can be seen for miles on the approach to Fairy Lake, and beg to be skied....
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The White Worm
The White Worm is an elevated low angle grass and talus slope. It has a gully on the skier's right that fills in early in the season and a shoulder on the skier's left that fills in later....
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Frazier Skin Out Chute
This chute is great for a first run down into Frazier Basin. It is only about 300 feet long, but at least 100 feet wide. At the top, it's about 35 degrees, but then mellows out as you get further down....
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Hollywood Headwall
The Hollywood Headwall is one of the most often skied areas in the Northern Bridgers for good reason. It is a very visible, sunny face that stays out of the wind many days....
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Red Rock Chute
Not the be confused with Red's Couloir, the Red Rock Chute is a mellow option that fills in early and stays very late in the season. It gets buffed out by the wind frequently, so the corn here is great....
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Ainger Lake Tree Chutes
The Ainger Lake Tree Chutes are really fun lines if you are looking for something a little less committing in the Fairy Lake area. There are 3 of them, and they all hold cold, shady snow....
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Gnarnia Bowl East Face
Hitting the Center of the East Face of Gnarnia Bowl provides one of the longest fall line runs that the Norther Bridgers has to offer. Its about 1700 feet from the ridge down to the flats below....
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Southwest Hardscrabble Gulley
The Southwest Gully off of Hardscrabble Peak is a real treat after certain North and East storms that can fill in this otherwise rocky face. Get it while you can, because it usually doesn't last long....
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