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Bridger Mountains in West Montana |
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If you want to feel history right under your feet Bridger Mountains in West Montana has to be your ultimate choice. The Bridger Mountains in West Montana was accidentally discovered during the exploration of the Yellowstone National Park. The Bridger Mountain is situated in the western part of the Montana valley and lies to the north of Bozeman. It also homes the Bridger Mountains National Recreation Trail and Bridger Bowl Ski Area. Though many kind of activities are undertaken due to its proximity to Bozeman , still the region echoes a sense of aloofness.
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Bridger Mountains in West Montana is a good place to analyze the the area's geology to a great extent. According to the geology of the area about 75 million years back the floor of the Bridger Mountains in West Montana was a sea bed and this belonged to the Cretaceous Period. Several fossils , corals, ridges clearly point out to the extensive forms of marine life that existed in the prehistoric Oceans. Bridger Mountains in West Montana rose during the 4th stage of the mountain formation during the volcanic activity of the Montana mountains some 40 million years ago. Faulting and folding of the different stratas led to the exposure of various rocks of different ages. The limestone portion seen on the upper part of the mountain ridge in fact existed as a limestone layer under the sea. When the Bridger Mountains experienced its fault activity some of the sea floor layers also surfaced the sea level and as result we see what we see today.
Glaciation is another important aspect of the Bridger Mountains in West Montana, and its said that the period existed from 10,000 to 75,000. Bridger Bowl area is another interesting feature of the Bridger Mountains in West Montana , where the rock layers are not in their usual order. So the Bridger Mountains offers a whole new arena of research work and data collection and is the favorite destination of college groups, researchers and learned persons. One of the truly significant moment is the southernly migration of the golden eagles during the winter season.
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