Winter 2021-22 Crossword

Hello Bozemanites, are you ready to test your local winter knowledge? Below is a list of clues that, if answered correctly, will lead you through the doors of the O/B Treasure Chamber. Take a stab and see how many you can get. Swing by the office with your completed puzzle to claim a prize. Good luck!

Across
1. Drive carelessly, end up here; also, what you do to slow friends on a powder day
4. Ice walker; also, announcement that one’s thigh has seized up after a long run
8. Dylan, Seger, or Marley; also, the man who makes good burgers downtown 
10. Color of wary traffic and unpalatable snow 
11. Disney film, Bozeman feeling
12. If you make a mistake, _____ it 
13. Dig one in the snow, find one in a cherry 
15. Sacred leviathan to the church of Bridger Bowl 
17. You and me 
18. Stay in your _____ (abbr.) 
20. Move uphill on skis while protecting it from the cold 
21. What chatty Cathys do on the chairlift 
23. Always in tribute, often in rhyme 
25. Drop nucleic acid, ski in genes (acronym) 
26. Speedy skiing stance and starchy side-dish (two words) 
29. Grease up the cookie sheet with this, or your skis in a pinch
30. Frozen fractal or sensitive softie 
32. Where to store your Scottish notes (acronym)
34. _____ and fro 
36. Displaying one’s wares at the ski hill, but not for profit (two words) 
37. Ice crystals; also, homophone for your backstabbing ex 

Down
1. Ice climb sans ice; also, sex sans partner (two words) 
2. Raptor finger; also, your nerdy nephew’s Fortnite handle 
3. Tune into it for a cinematic adventure, or scarf it down in the morning for a carbo boost (acronym) 
4. Range of public radio frequencies (acronym) 
5. It’s thin up high, when the summit is nigh 
6. Apprehensive skiing stance and cheesy après fare 
7. Monosyllabic nickname for Kerrigan and Pelosi 
9. Slip on the ice, say _____ 
13. Gym class (acronym) 
14. Chinese spyware: Tik _____ 
15. Crest this plateau above Gallatin Canyon, don’t pass it up
16. Sabbatical (acronym) 
17. Winged, plump, brown, and full of sound 
19. Viking ancestry and birthplace of biathlon (abbr.) 
20. How to keep your powder stash a secret 
21. Wide-eyed newbie, showing skin between goggles and helmet 
22. Popular in the ’80s, as both hardpack and powder
24. Alternative route around snow, ice, and wrecks 
26. Describes a questionable story or uncleaned creel 
27. Drive after too many après beers, find yourself in these 
28. New ice climbers generally do this 
31. Once-popular television show; still popular alien (acronym)
33. Loosen your load by hanging this on a tree at Bridger or the wall at the Crystal
35. Blue light flashing? “_____ yeah!”