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Winter Weather Advisory TODAY for Montana | Up to 6″ of Snow Forecast

NOAA has issued a Winter Weather Advisory for Montana. Up to 6″ of snow are forecast in the high mountains with snow levels as low as 6,000 feet. To be clear, we’re still very much in the middle of summer and NOAA has issued a winter weather advisory. That’s cool. …COLD & WET LABOR DAY WEEKEND STORM BRINGS ACCUMULATING SNOW TO THE MOUNTAINS OF MONTANA & IDAHO… WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT

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5-Hr Rescue Saves Severely Injured Skier at Beartooth Pass, MT

A 21-year-old male skier took a nasty fall on the Gardner Headwall at Beartooth Pass, Montana on Sunday. The skier was seriously injured in the fall. Red Lodge Fire Rescue/Search & Rescue and the Carbon County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched to the scene of the fall on Sunday. The skier reportedly hit a rock while skiing and fell a long way down before landing inside a tight crevasse in the snowpack. He suffered a severe leg injury in the fall. It took rescue crews on the ground 5 hours to locate and remove the victim. Heavy fog prevented the use of a helicopter in the operation.
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Skier Killed in Avalanche Near Big Sky

A 28-year old Bozeman man died in a small avalanche Saturday afternoon, just north of Big Sky, Montana. Jens Anderson, along with three friends, was skiing the Hanging Garden couloir on Beehive Peak. Anderson went first and triggered the slide. He was swept over a large rock face, and tragically died of trauma. Madison County Sheriff Roger Thompson said Anderson’s brother, a physician, was one of the three men skiing along with him. Anderson’s brother pronounced him dead at […]
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VIDEO: This Line Is In a Ski Resort… | Big Sky, MT

“It’s late March, and Spring has arrived at Big Sky Resort. Well, at least we thought it did… turns out Old Man Winter had a different idea.” With 23” of fresh powder in the last 48 hours, it’s not spring yet at Big Sky in Montana. Put your pants on, check your temp, and go shred today because we’ve got the powder fever. We just got dumped on here at Big Sky Resort with 15-18″ in the last 24 hours. –Big Sky
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The Benefits of Living Alone on a Mountain

It’s a lonely job, but someone’s got to do it. Lief Haugen has spent every summer since 1994 as a fire lookout in a remote outpost of Montana’s Flathead National Forest. Filmmaker Brian Bolster profiles Lief’s day to day life alone on top of a mountain. “To be a lookout, you really have to love solitary time by yourself,” he says. “This is a reminder of keeping it simple. It’s just me and this place and the work.”
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Trip Report: Snow-Starved Californians Find Winter in Big Sky

A crew of five snow-starved stragglers from California voyaged north in search of winter. They found it at Big Sky on Wednesday in a big Montana way. Super friendly and welcoming locals, fresh cold snow, bluebird conditions, and nearly the whole mountain open stoked the travelers in a big way. Fog cleared as we rolled in, revealing a calm and clear day at Big Sky. First order of business was rolling up the tram, accessing Lone Peak, the sign-in required Big Couloir (bring your avy gear for the Big), and lots of alpine steeps. The snow was excellent off the top. So we took a few more laps from the summit, and gawked at the […]
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