Soldier Mountain Provides New Sidecountry Snowboarding Expertise

Fairfield, Idaho — Contemporary off a collaboration with Chelsea Handler, Soldier Mountain is introducing a brand new sidecountry snowboarding expertise.

This week, Soldier Mountain introduced the grand opening of a brand new sidecountry terrain zone. The brand new terrain will debut on March 8-9 and March 15-16. This providing might be obtainable on weekends when there’s a enough snowpack. Led by a newly acquired TRAX side-by-side UTV, the Bridge Creek Sidecountry Venture permits small teams to rapidly entry 250 acres of high quality terrain in Bridge Creek. This terrain options glades and ridges with a reasonable pitch. For many who wish to discover it with out the UTV, there are additionally cat tracks and bootpacking spots that folks can use.

“The Bridge Creek Sidecountry Venture elevates Soldier Mountain to one of the crucial difficult and terrain-intensive ski areas in Idaho,” stated David Alden, the Common Supervisor of Soldier Mountain. “The newly accessible terrain encompasses mid-angle glades and steep, north-facing bushes and ridges, including technical sidecountry to Soldier Mountain’s world-class cat ski operation and our legendary inbounds bowls, glades, and groomers. The Bridge Creek space is so near our present terrain and so visually inviting that almost each visitor who visits Soldier has checked out that space and wished it had been accessible. Now it’s. It’s a large step for Soldier Mountain.”

Soldier Mountain is among the many first ski resorts to accumulate a TRAX car. This car travels 2.5x quicker than a conventional snowcat, which implies skiers and riders can get extra laps in.

This isn’t Soldier Mountain’s first non-lift serviced snowboarding expertise. A snowcat travels as much as Peak 1, 2, and Smokey Dome. This cat-skiing expertise offers entry to a mixture of steep and wide-open bowl terrain. Nevertheless, the TRAX offers for extra laps and quicker experience time as much as the highest.

Picture Credit: Soldier Mountain, Chelsea Handler, Native Freshies