2 days ago · No injuries reported; Swift Current 6 temporarily closed as crews remove snow from Bone Crusher slide . By Jack Reaney SENIOR EDITOR . On Wednesday morning, Feb. 5 around 8:30 a.m. before Big Sky Resort opened to the public, a sizable avalanche in the Bone Crusher area carried debris upon the top terminal of the Swift Current 6 chairlift, resulting in partial burial of the lift shack and ...

2 days ago · Massive avalanche triggered by mitigation work at Big Sky Resort, MT | Photo: Big Sky Resort. Before opening, during avalanche mitigation work on Wednesday, February 5, an avalanche was triggered in the Bone Crusher area at Big Sky Resort, Montana. A significant amount of snow was deposited in and around the upper lift terminal of Swift Current 6.

2 days ago · An in-bounds avalanche at Big Sky Resort, Montana, has temporarily suspended operations of the Swift Current 6 chairlift, according to an update and media release shared by the ski area on social media Wednesday. The avalanche occurred in the Bone Crusher area prior to Big Sky’s public opening during avalanche mitigation work, leaving debris in and around the upper lift terminal of Swift ...

2 days ago · BOZEMAN — According to Big Sky Resort, an avalanche was triggered during mitigation work before public opening on Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025. Big Sky Resort said in a release the avalanche occurred in the Bone Crusher area and deposited significant snow in and around the upper lift terminal of Swift Current 6.

1 day ago · A short film from a few years ago detailing what it takes to open Big Sky. Today, ski patrollers were conducting avalanche mitigation before opening up the lifts. They were doing work on Bone Crusher when a large avalanche occurred. This avalanche slid down into the top terminal area of the Swift Current Six chairlift.

2 days ago · Bone Crusher avalanche. Bone Crusher avalanche. Date. Wed, 02/05/2025 - 00:20. Swift Current lift shut down all day Wednesday 2/5/25 by ski patrol. Region. Northern Madison. Location (from list) Big Sky Resort. Observer Name. [email protected]. Bone Crusher run above the top of Swift Current lift

4 days ago · New snow totals this morning are 6-8” most places with 3” in the Taylor Fork. Wind has been moderate to strong, out of the southwest and west at 10-25 mph with gusts of 25-60 mph. Temperatures are single digits to teens F near …

Dec 25, 2024 · Because time is crucial, avalanche dogs with their highly sensitive noses are skiers' best shot of survival in the case of an unwitnessed avalanche or when they don’t have a beacon.

Dec 8, 2023 · Big Sky Ski Patrol did report large natural avalanches in closed terrain including the Headwaters. More were reported in the surrounding backcountry, as well as a skier-triggered an avalanche in a backcountry snowpack at Bridger Bowl.

Feb 29, 2024 · Always important, and especially during a winter with a “ remarkably weak snowpack,” Big Sky locals can practice flipping their avalanche beacons into search mode at a free public installment. Eight transmitters are buried in the snow in a softball field at Big Sky Community Park, connected wirelessly to a Backcountry Access practice system.