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BSF Seniors Share their Favorite Memories and Next Adventures
  
June 5, 2025
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Meet the Bridger Ski Foundation's graduating seniors. This crew, all wizards on skis, shared a few of their favorite memories and their plans for the future.

Maya Keefer

Favorite BSF Memory: Swimming in the fjord in Norway!

Post Graduation Plans: I will be attending Brown University in Rhode Island.

Grace Lux

Favorite BSF Memory: Each year for Thanksgiving camp, we cook Thanksgiving dinner as a team and eat it potluck style all together. We also typically close the night singing Wagon Wheel together!

Post Graduation Plans: I plan to attend Montana State University as a Presidential Scholar and pursue a degree in Conservation Biology and Ecology as well as a minor in Coaching.

Aldo Mcwethy

Favorite BSF Memory: Building jumps at Bohart with Eli Bunting, Sam Waddle, Cole Bother, Joren Neilson, and Henry Higman.

Post Graduation Plans: Sogndal Folkehøgskule, gap-year folk school program in Norway focusing on ski mountaineering and surfing. After this, Montana State University.

Joren Nielson

Favorite BSF Memory: The many capture the flag games we played over the years at Homestake Lodge.

Post Graduation Plans: I am going to attend Western Washington University next year to study Environmental Science.

Eli Bunting

Favorite BSF Memory: Playing the smashy road with the homies in West Yellowstone

Post Graduation Plans: Attending University of Utah to study business and travel the world

Drake Fricke

Favorite BSF Memory: dressing up for and racing in the OHG race every season.

Post Graduation Plans: My current post-high school plans are to attend Colgate University in New York where I will be running division-one cross country and track and field for the Raiders.

Freya Barboeisel

Favorite BSF Memory: My favorite BSF memory is when we would have super big powder days or just having so much fun that we refused to go in for a break, even when it was SO cold!

Post Graduation Plans: My current post high school plans are to attend MSU! Not totally sure what I’ll be studying quite yet but I will be pursuing freeride skiing and firefighting.

Bridger Gault

Favorite BSF Memory: My favorite BSF memory is doing “The John” party laps with the crew.

Post Graduation Plans: I plan to attend MSU and study Fine Arts and Spanish, and to continue exploring and playing in the Mountains.

Erik Steckmest

Favorite BSF Memory: Mobbin' down Slushmans with all da boyzz.

Post Graduation Plans: Big things coming.

Luke Steckmest

Favorite BSF Memory: Traveling to different mountains for comps with friends!

Post Graduation Plans: Study engineering at MSU.