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The Unique Charm of Upside Down Ski Areas

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Imagine starting your ski day skiing and not standing in the lift queue or waiting to pick up your pass. That is exactly what happens when you visit one of the United States’ few upside-down ski resorts. At these unique ski areas, patrons park at the top of the hill and ski down to the base lifts. These inverted resorts […]

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Robert Hansen | January 6, 2022
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Beartooth Basin, MT Aims to Run on 100% Biodiesel

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Beartooth Basin, a summer ski area in Montana, has been operating off of a diesel generator since the 1960s and is aiming to be the first ski area in North America to be powered 100% by biodiesel. The biodiesel, a cleaner-burning renewable alternative to regular diesel, will be provided by Full Circle Biofuels out of Bozeman, MT. The idea came […]

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Jenah MacGrain | June 30, 2018
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A Summer-Only Ski Resort in Montana? Beartooth Basin Will OPEN on May 26th…

This is definitely one of the coolest, most core ski areas we’ve ever heard of.  It’s a ski area made by skiers & riders, for skiers & riders.  Not many of these left out there folks.  These guys aren’t selling real estate, damaging huge swaths of natural land, nor trying to get rich in the process.  They’re here because they […]

SnowBrains | May 23, 2013
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