Gallatin County Fairgrounds, Bozeman, MT
Buy & sell winter gear. 10,000+ items. Alpine, Nordic, snowboarding, backcountry & more.
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October 1 - 28 : Preferred window for registering your consignment items online. $1 per item. (After this, it increases to $3 per item, and you still must register items online.)
October 31:
10 am - 7 pm Consignment Dropoff for anyone who registered all their items by October 28. Bring cash to pay your consignment item fees.
2 pm - 7 pm Consignment Dropoff if you registered items after October 28. Computers will be available to register any last minute items.
November 2: 10 am - 6 pm: Sale! Come buy skis, boards, boots, outdoor clothing, and more.
November 3: 10 am - 2 pm: Sale!
2 pm - 5 pm: Unsold Item Pick-up.
Admission: $5 on Saturday. $2 on Sunday. (Children 12 & under are free.) Free admission after noon on Sunday!
Consignment fee: $1 per item through October 31at 5pm, and $3 per item after that. All items must be registered online.
All sales are final. No refunds. No exchanges. BSF is not responsible for lost or stolen items.
ELIGIBILITY: All Montana youth ages 18 and under.
CONTEST ENTRY: FREE
NUMBER OF WINNERS: 20 drawn at random
PRIZE: Free early entry to the Bridger Ski Foundation Ski Swap for each winner and their immediate family, starting at 9 a.m. on Saturday, Nov 1, 2024. And a $50 voucher to spend at the Ski Swap.
TO ENTER: Fill out the entry form. Entries accepted through Tuesday, October 28, 2025. ONLY ONE ENTRY PER PERSON.
All consigned items must be registered online. You will pay all item fees at dropoff; cash only.
Oct 2 - 28 Preferred window: Enter your items online before Tuesday, October 2 at 11 pm. $1 fee per item. BSF will have your pre-printed tags ready for you at check-in on Friday, Nov
After 11pm on Oct 28; price increases to $3 per item. And you must wait until after 2 pm on Friday, Oct 31 to drop off your items. (This is because we need the morning to print, sort and cut tags that came in late.)
The online system: Register as a seller. Add your items. (Check "discount" if you'd like an item discounted by 50% on day 2 of the sale.) No need to print any tags; we'll print them for you.
*Computers will be available at dropoff on October 31 for any late registrations, but expect a wait. We urge you to go online before then!
We only accept consignment items 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Friday, October 31.
Registered items by Oct 28: just pick up your pre-printed tags at check in and drop off your gear. Bring cash to pay for the item fees. ($1 per item if registered by Oct 29)
Any items registered after Oct 28: Your dropoff will start at 2pm, when late tags are ready. Have items that didn't get registered? You will need to use an on-site computer or your phone to register and get your tags printed. $3 fee per item.
You do NOT need to be a BSF member to consign items in the swap.
p.s. Friday consignment is busiest from 10-11:30 and 3:30-5
If an item sells, a 20% consignment fee goes to Bridger Ski Foundation. You will receive a check in the mail for the rest. (It typically takes a few weeks to finish processing all payments; it's a big job!)
*Bridger Ski Foundation is not responsible for lost or stolen items.
Shop till you drop Saturday and Sunday.
10 am - 6 p.m. Saturday
10 am - 2 p.m. Sunday
Cash, check, Visa, Mastercard, and Discover accepted at checkout (3% credit card fee added). CASH ONLY for the entry fee.
$5 entry fee Saturday
$2 entry fee Sunday
Children 12 & under free.
BSF members & Community Nordic Trail Pass holders get in free.
Entry after noon on Sunday is free.
Get in at 8 a.m. -
*Be a BSF Member or Trail Pass holder AND volunteer.
*Contribute $90 to BSF's Building the Base campaign
Get in at 9 a.m.
*Purchase a BSF membership.
*Or purchase a BSF TRAIL PASS.
You can log in to your account and check to see if your items sold. You must pick up your unsold items between 2 p.m. and 5 p.m. on Sunday at the Fairgrounds. Any items left unclaimed by 5pm on Sunday, November 2, 2025 are permanently retained by Bridger Ski Foundation and may be donated to local nonprofits in need or kept for resale next year. Big Sky Youth Empowerment will have the first opportunity to receive these donations, at 5pm on Sunday.
To check if your items have sold, go to your consignment account, click on event management and then settlement report.
We will also post a list of unsold items on this web page on Saturday evening and again on Sunday around noon.
*Clean up your items. They will sell better.
*Note the size, color, and brand.
*Know what price to list your items at.
*Take your time filling out item descriptions/details as you enter them into the system.
*Take advantage of the option to discount the item's price on the second day of the sale. This discount is a flat 50% discount.
*Give yourself plenty of time to get through drop off. (And thank our amazing volunteers who make this happen.)
Only BSF Members & BSF Trail Pass Holders may sign up to volunteer at the Ski Swap. Volunteers must have a current 2025-26 BSF membership or 2025-26 Trails Membership. Volunteers will be allowed to shop the Ski Swap two hours before the general public. NOTE: BSF memberships & passes will be verified for all volunteers. Please save us the hassle of chasing you down, and be sure that you've already renewed membership or purchased a trail pass for the 2025-26 season. (If you signed your kid up for a BSF program for the winter, you already purchased a membership when you registered.)
Volunteers will receive a wrist band to get in early.
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