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Feb. 21-Mar. 6, 2014
Volume 5 // Issue #4
COMING HOME
Warren Miller headlines
Moth performance at
WMPAC
SMOKIN’ ACES
The future of
Montana freestyle
Community profile
Tom Thorn
IT’S HOT: BIG SKY
AREA REAL ESTATE
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Big Sky Resort's
Wilderness
Medicine
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YOUTH PERSPECTIVE: THE SOCHI OLYMPICS
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ON THE COVER: Warren Miller speaks at the performing arts center named for him in Big Sky, during The Moth storytelling
event on Feb. 15. PHOTO BY KENE SPERRY
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BELOW: Attendees mill around Jill Bough’s art opening “The Blokadnitsy Project” on Feb. 16, also at the Warren Miller
Performing Arts Center. Bough and her husband Loren were one of the driving forces behind the completion of the stateof-the-art facility. PHOTO BY LOREN BOUGH
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Bravo Big Sky! Weekend of performances
brings community together
Another great example of the power and
effectiveness of small town America was on
display in Big Sky over Presidents’ weekend
Feb. 15-16. The Warren Miller Performing Arts
Center continued its star-studded lineup of acts
featuring a doubleheader: The Moth Mainstage and
local photographer Jill Bough’s exhibition, “The
Blokadnitsy Project.” The sold-out crowd for the Moth on Feb. 15
had incredible energy and witnessed historic
performances by storytellers from around
the country. Headlining the evening was the
grandfather of American ski storytellers, Warren
Miller.
As a Big Sky local, I was inspired by the gathering
at this performance: Locals mingled with visitors,
lift operators rubbed elbows with business tycoons,
everyone dressed up. What made this night extra
special was the fact that WMPAC was built against
the odds and without knowing what the end result
would be. This multi-million dollar facility is
world class and deserves a special thanks to folks
like Loren and Jill Bough, the Big Sky Resort Tax
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Many highlights come to mind from these two
extraordinary nights, but the one that left the greatest
impression was Warren Miller’s heartfelt talk on life
lessons, journeys and advice. His performance this past
weekend will go down in history.
“Freedom” was the theme of Warren’s speech, and he
emphasized that everyone should make time to ski,
even if it’s only a few runs a day. Fifteen years ago,
I followed Warren’s advice and moved to Big Sky, a
transition that defined and changed my life forever.
Thank you, Warren, for being such an inspiration to
so many, and for opening us up to the idea that a sport
like skiing (or snowboarding) can help us navigate life’s
journey. I am pleased to see your name adorn the walls
of our performing arts center. Congratulations to all those who made the Warren
Miller Performing Arts Center a reality. You are
dreamers and doers, and communities need more
people like you. – Eric Ladd
P.S. Good idea to name it after Warren
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SECTION 1: NEWS
Local News..............................................5
Region................................................10
Montana...............................................12
SECTION 2: REAL ESTATE, BUSINESS & SPORTS
Real Estate...........................................17
Business................................................24
Business Profile......................................27
Health................................................28
Sports..............................................29
Classifieds.........................................32
SECTION 3: LIFE, LAND & CULTURE
Events................................................33
Calendar..............................................36
Entertainment...............................39
Fun.........................................................43
Style.................................................44
Back 40..................................................47
SECTION 4: OUTDOORS
Olympics..............................................48
Outdoors.............................................51
The Eddy Line........................................53
Word from the Resorts...........................54
COMING HOME
Warren Miller headlines
Moth performance at
WMPAC
22
Big Sky Resort's
Wilderness Medicine
conference
Story Mill Park
proposal headed
for Bozeman City
Commission
17
IT’S HOT: BIG SKY
AREA REAL ESTATE
259 acres at Bridger
base area up for auction
SMOKIN’ ACES The future
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Growing Big Sky snow safety
BY MARIA WYLLIE
EXPLORE BIG SKY STAFF WRITER
ards; how to interpret,
record and share snow pit
data; backcountry group
dynamics; and safe routefinding and backcountry
travel skills.
You are responsible for your own safety.
This is the most valuable lesson Tom
Thorn, an avalanche forecaster with
Big Sky Ski Patrol and director of the
avalanche dog program, has learned in
his 17 years of working at the resort.
In his popular Level I
course, students gain
basic tools for recreational
backcountry use; however, Thorn warns them that
Level I graduates are often
some of the most dangerous backcountry users.
Originally from Rockland County,
New York, Thorn first heard about
Big Sky the year the Lone Peak Tram
was installed in 1996. His curiosity
grew as he watched weather reports
that season, a year of particularly
heavy snowfall. That, combined with
a lack of people and what looked to be
unmatched terrain, convinced him he
should see the area for himself.
So a year later in the spring of 1997,
Thorn, 23 at the time, passed through
Big Sky on his way to Blue River,
British Columbia, where he was taking
an Association of Canadian Mountain
Guides ski-guiding course.
He returned to Big Sky that fall with
his girlfriend Jessica, now his wife,
in a grey Toyota pickup truck they
called home, and for six months they
parked in various places in the Gallatin
National Forest – up Squaw, Swan and
Moose creeks.
“Ironically, I ended up buying a piece
of property and building a house right
near there in Karst seven years later, in
2004,” Thorn said.
Getting a job on the ski hill, where he
would be skiing every day, seemed
like a no-brainer. Thorn had been a ski
patroller at Jay Peak, Vermont and had
taken some avalanche classes while
finishing college at SUNY Plattsburg
in New York. These skills made him an
easy hire in the winter of 1997/1998, a
season of high turnover due to a patroller fatality the previous year.
Tom Thorn in the base area of Big Sky Resort this winter. PHOTO BY EMILY WOLFE
“If I’m going to ski, I’m going to have to
evaluate stability,” he said. “So whether I’m at work or in the backcountry,
I’m constantly assessing hazards.”
While Thorn takes his job seriously,
he’s also able to let loose.
“That’s the juxtaposition of Tom,” said
David Bird, one of Thorn’s backcountry
ski partners and oldest friends in Big
Sky. “He’s real serious, and knows
a lot about this
[snow] science…
yet you get him
away from it and
he’s like a college
kid.”
courses through BSAFE, a youth avalanche class, and plans to offer Level III
in the future, as well.
“When this place used to be small and
you used to know everyone...people
[would ask] me about conditions in the
backcountry, [and] I got the idea that
there was a need for public education,”
Thorn said. “I’ve done a number of
rescues, and I thought maybe if we
“There is no substitute
for experience,” he said,
adding that while the
backcountry snowpack
is dangerous right now,
it is good his students,
because it allows them to
see what a weak snowpack
looks like.
“Recent snow storms
combined with high winds have now
deposited a thick, dense wind slab
on top of this faceted layer, and it has
been extremely active of late,” Thorn
said of the backcountry snowpack in
and around Big Sky on Feb. 18. “It’s
a good time to learn about why snow
avalanches.”
Thorn also reiterates the importance of making group decisions in the backcountry, and
that there’s a fine line between
having fun and getting into a
potentially fatal situation. “Who
you surround yourself with in
the backcountry could mean the
difference between whether or
not you come out of an avalanche alive,” he said.
Big Sky’s snow safety program was relatively new, and although Thorn started
off as a line patroller, he soon became
a blaster in the avalanche control
program. Since then, he’s spent most
of his time working in the snow safety
department as an avalanche technician
and forecaster.
But in his spare
time Thorn
doesn’t just
Thorn is helping create a larger
goof around.
understanding of snow and avaHe is a dedilanches among members of the
cated backcountry
skiing and snowboarding public
skier and teaches
in Big Sky, and that interaction
community
with students is part of what
avalanche classes
keeps him going.
Thorn explaining avalanche rescue techniques in his Level I course
through the Big
at Big Sky Resort in March 2013. PHOTO BY MARIA WYLLIE
Sky Avalanche
“It provides me with a great
Foundation
learning experience myself,”
for Education,
he said. “Someone always has
a “mom-and-pop” organization he
did some more education, we’d do less
something different to offer.”
founded in 2007.
rescues.”
Being on the mountain so many days
a year, he says, allows him to have a
better understanding of the snowpack.
Certified as an instructor through the
American Avalanche Association,
Thorn offers Level I and II avalanche
In his classes Thorn teaches beacon
search techniques; how to recognize
signs of instability and evaluate haz-
To sign up, or learn more information
about Tom’s avalanche courses, email
him at [email protected]
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Big Sky to host Special
Olympics area winter games
BIG SKY RESORT – The fifth
annual Special Olympics Montana
– Big Sky Area Winter Games will
bring 60 Montana athletes to Big
Sky Resort on Monday, March 3,
to compete in alpine skiing, snowboarding and snowshoeing events.
The participating athletes come
from Gallatin, Park, Sweetgrass and
Madison counties, and will take
part in the opening ceremony at the
Madison Village Base area, emceed
by local radio-celebrity, DJ Missy
O’Malley, from The Moose radio.
Advanced and intermediate races
will be held on Wagon Train ski run
and novice races being held on Cupajo ski run. The 50- and 100-meter
snowshoe races will be set up on
Madison Avenue.
“Having the Special Olympics area
winter games at Big Sky Resort
more than doubled the number of
local athletes who compete in skiing, snowshoeing and cross country events,” said Sean Fitzgerald,
coordinator of the event for Special
Olympics Montana. “Prior to the
partnership, local athletes had to
travel to another ski resort outside
the area which limited participation.”
Big Sky’s support also ensures the
local community, volunteers and
families can enjoy the competition
and celebrate the accomplishments
of athletes they know and love in
their community, Fitzgerald said.
Big Sky Ski Education Foundation,
a nonprofit organization rooted
in spreading the participation of
downhill racing and freestyle skiing, will provide race equipment
and course set up.
Special Olympics provides yearround sports training and athletic
competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for children and
adults with intellectual disabilities,
giving them continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness,
demonstrate courage, experience
joy and participate in a sharing of
gifts, skills and friendship with
their families, other Special Olympics athletes and the community.
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be content with what
you have; rejoice in
the way things are.
when you realize
there is nothing
lacking, the whole
world belongs to you.
-lao tzu
Resort hosts military
appreciation weekend
BIG SKY RESORT – A “Military Appreciation Long Weekend,” will take place
at Big Sky Resort from March 12-15. During this time, active duty or retired
military men and woman receive discounted lodging, lift tickets, and group lessons.
The idea is to thank our armed forces for their service to our country, according to
Big Sky Resort Public Relations Manager Sheila Chapman.
“Our last Military appreciation weekend in December was so well received, that
we wanted to do it again and for a longer period of time,” Chapman said. “Our
snow is so great right now and skiing is a great way for military families to play
together.”
Active duty, retired military and their immediate family receive a discount of
more than 50 percent on lodging at the Huntley Lodge and save 15 percent on
snowsport lessons, as well as discounted lift tickets.
Early morning power
outage to affect Big Sky
Meadow Village
NORTHWESTERN ENERGY
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planning an early morning power
outage in the Meadow Village area of
Big Sky on Tuesday, Feb. 25.
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The outage, scheduled from midnight
to 5 a.m., will allow for the repair
of equipment damaged in an area
substation during the bitter cold snap
last December.
Yellowstone Club and the Spanish
Peaks Mountain Club.
NorthWestern crews will replace a
circuit switcher that was damaged
and left inoperable by the cold
snap. Delaying replacement would
greatly increase the likelihood of an
extended, unplanned outage in the
coming weeks.
Approximately 2,300 customers
will be affected in the Meadow
Village and in Gallatin Canyon along
Highway 191 north and south of Big
Sky.
The outage and repairs could be
postponed if the Big Sky area
is expected to see overnight
temperatures of less than 10 F on
Feb. 25. NorthWestern is working to
notify customers in advance of the
outage.
The outage will not affect the areas
served by NorthWestern’s Mountain
substation, including ski and lodging
operations at Big Sky Resort, the
Customers with questions about the
outage or their electric service can
contact NorthWestern Energy at (888)
467-2669.
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Resort tax board holds first of two town hall meetings
BY JOSEPH T. O’CONNOR
EXPLORE BIG SKY SENIOR EDITOR
BIG SKY – Quick and to the point,
the Feb. 13 Big Sky Resort Tax Board
town hall meeting ended after an
hour and a half. A second meeting
will take place on March 13.
This first meeting focused on three
main components: Clarifying a list of
items subject to resort tax; outlining
funding application requirements;
and explaining the board’s ability to
fund long-term, larger projects.
Jamey Kabisch, board chairman,
opened the presentation by stepping
offstage at the Warren Miller
Performing Arts Center, the location
for both town hall meetings, and
welcoming the approximately 40
attendees.
“You’ve all seen the ‘Better Together’
buttons around town,” said Kabisch,
one of five RTB members present
at the meeting. “And I think we’re
starting to see this come into
fruition.”
The slogan, “Better Together,” was
introduced in 2013 by Buz Davis,
the facilitator for the board’s summer
2012 strategic planning sessions and
was, according to Kabisch, an effort
to bring the community closer in the
spirit of collaboration. It’s been the
board’s mantra ever since.
RTB secretary Ginna Hermann then
outlined what the board expects to
see from organizations seeking resort
tax funding for 2014-2015 projects.
Applications are due April 14; the
RTB will hold a Q-and-A session on
May 14; and appropriations will be
announced at a meeting on June 11.
Following a brief public comment
period, the board delved into its
proposed amendments to Ordinance
98-01, a law which determines what
exactly is a luxury item – and therefore
taxable – and what isn’t.
One of a handful of areas in Montana
with such a tax, Big Sky collects a
3 percent tax on all “luxury” goods
and services. Among them are all
clothing, sporting goods, prepared and
served food, recreational instruction,
entertainment, spa services and
alcoholic beverages.
This specific ordinance currently refers
to both taxable items and those that are
exempt from the tax, called “necessities
of life” in Section 10. The amendment,
Kabsich said, is an effort to clean up
the ordinance and to make it more
transparent and straightforward.
Montana law requires the RTB to
hold two public readings before
finalizing the amendment. The first
reading was given at the Feb. 13 town
hall meeting, and the second will be
during the board’s March 12 monthly
meeting.
Finally, the board addressed the
ways in which it can now deal with
funding larger and more expensive
projects: a sinking fund and bonding
ability.
The 2013 state legislature granted
bonding authority to the RTB, and
board vice chairman Mike Scholz
says this new ability could allow the
board to pay for projects that might
otherwise deplete resort tax funding.
“The purpose is to have it as a tool
in our toolbox [to use] if someone
should ever have a project that, to do
in one year, would cripple our ability
to fund other projects,” he said. The
board’s bond payments cannot exceed
25 percent of the average of the last
five years of resort tax collections.
The RTB also started a sinking fund
for potentially large projects in 2013,
placing aside $280,000 of its annual
collections. Scholz says that money
– essentially what’s left over after
each year’s allocations, if anything –
can be used for bigger projects, such
as a new fire truck or another large
expenditure, pending community
approval.
Scholz pointed out the sinking
fund should not be confused
with the board’s emergency fund,
which currently has a balance
of $100,000. That fund can be
used at any time for a community
emergency, whereas the sinking
fund can only be used during resort
tax allocations.
While the first town hall meeting
was admittedly a little dry, Kabisch
said, it was nonetheless important.
The second meeting, slated for
March 13, promises to be more
involved. “I think the next one
will be really interesting to hear,”
he said.
The March 13 town hall meeting
docket includes updates on the
community housing development
plan, the recreation center
feasibility study and Visit Big
Sky’s marketing strategy.
The Big Sky Resort Tax Board
consists of Jamey Kabisch, Mike
Scholz, Ginna Hermann, Jeff
Strickler and Heather Budd, who
was elected last November.
Structure fire illuminates difficulty of emergency response in Big Sky
BY EMILY WOLFE
EXPLORE BIG SKY MANAGING EDITOR
BIG SKY – Just after 11 a.m. on Feb.
19, the Big Sky Fire Department
received a report of a structure fire
at 545 Grouse Ridge Road, a private
home atop a hill south of Ophir
School.
the road for other vehicles and water
trucks, said Farhat, who ran from
that truck up to the scene.
The house did not have automatic
fire sprinklers or an auxiliary
water supply, and the firefighters
Gateway F.D., Rae-Sourdough F.D.,
Central Valley F.D., Manhattan
F.D., Bozeman F.D., and Fort Ellis
F.D.
Farhat estimated 40 firefighters
helped with the incident altogether.
At its height, 13 or 14 people were
The homeowners are new residents to
the area, according to Fire Chief Bill
Farhat, who spoke to Explore Big Sky
from the scene as his crew was putting
out the final hot spots. The house was
a total loss, he said, but no one was
injured.
The second engine got stuck in a
deep snowdrift, blocking access to
Because it is almost entirely
privately owned, Big Sky lacks
coordinated resources to draw from.
The only public roads here are
Lone Mountain Trail and Ousel
Falls Road. The rest are private,
and are maintained and plowed
through private contracts.
“There are over 100
homeowners associations, and
I wouldn’t know who to get a
hold of for that,” Farhat said. So
he called the man he knew could
help, Jeremy Clack. Clack does
contract plowing for the fire
department, and he helped clear
the road that day.
An investigation by the Gallatin
County Sheriff’s Office and Big Sky
Fire revealed that an occupant of the
home was spray painting a vehicle in
the garage in the presence of a ceramic
heater. When he attempted to refill
the paint canister, the heater ignited
the fumes. He attempted to put out
the fire before calling 911.
When Big Sky Fire engines responded,
they struggled at first to get up the
steep, snow-drifted road. The first
engine had to back up the final hill,
Farhat said, and by the time it arrived,
the fire had spread from the garage to
the house, with smoke billowing from
the second story eaves.
The situation shed light on one
of the area’s most serious issues,
Farhat said.
Firefighters stand by below the fire that on Feb. 19 burned a house on Grouse Ridge Road.
PHOTO BY EMILY WOLFE
mounted an attack as best they
could, with what water they had.
Other agencies sent mutual aid
assistance, including the Gallatin
County Sheriff’s Department,
Yellowstone Club Fire Department,
Hebgen Basin F.D., Gallatin
fighting the fire, he said, and the rest
were shuttling water up to the scene.
“That was actually the hardest part,”
Farhat said, explaining that they had
to back each truck up the narrow
road, because it was too steep to
drive up otherwise.
“We have an emergency of
some sort, and we just rely on
personal relationships and the
kindness of people to help,”
Farhat said. “It’s not a city, so
we have no one to turn to for
assistance, no public works
department. We have to be flexible
and use our heads and think out of
the box.”
Although the house was lost,
the cheif commended his team’s
work under what he called “trying
circumstances.”
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Story Mill proposal gets recommendation from
outdoor rec committee
BY DAVID TUCKER
Sacajawea Audubon,
Learning by Nature,
and the founder of local
shoe company Oboz
were some of the diverse
constituencies publically
supporting approval.
EXPLORE BIG SKY CONTRIBUTOR
BOZEMAN – On the eve of a public
hearing that could influence a major
trails and parks decision within
Bozeman city limits, concerned
residents milled around the Baxter
Ballroom on Feb. 12, discussing the
Story Mill Community Park Proposal.
While such functions are often
attended for the food and drinks, this
gathering had a clear purpose. Lively
conversations took place at every table
and around hor d’oeuvre trays, setting
the tone for a series of presentations
in overwhelming support of the Story
Mill Community Park development.
The proposal was approved by
Bozeman’s Trails, Open Spaces and
Parks Committee the following
morning for recommendation to the city
commission.
Deb Love, Northern Rockies Director for the Trust for Public Land, speaking at a function in the
Baxter Ballroom in support of the Story Mill Community Park Proposal. PHOTO BY DAVID TUCKER
A large-scale project, Story Mill
Community Park would be
developed on 54 acres currently
owned by the Trust for Public Land.
The development would provide
opportunities for hiking, biking,
running and fishing, among other
activities, all within a few miles of
downtown Bozeman’s economic center.
Drawing from the $15 million bond
passed in November 2012 for trails
and parks, the project aims to be “the
flagship of [the Bozeman] community
park system,” Story Mill Project
Manager for TPL Maddy Pope told
Explore Big Sky over the phone.
Significant for several reasons, the park
is a unique opportunity to provide a
large open space as the population of
Gallatin Valley continues to grow.
At the Baxter function, Deb Love,
Northern Rockies Director for
TPL, introduced members of the
organization’s national leadership,
among them Adrian Benepe, Senior
Vice President and Director of City Park
Development, as well as President and
CEO William Rogers. Both gentlemen
spoke in support of Story Mill, their
presence at the reception an indication
of how important this project is to both
TPL and the city of Bozeman.
Rogers further reinforced the project’s
importance. “How do you maintain
[Bozeman’s] quality of life?” he asked
the audience. His answer: Public parks.
Adding to the list of significant
national officials, Les AuCoin, a retired
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the budget and associated cost to the
city, which is estimated to be around
$4.5 million out of the $15 million
bond. And $2.65 million would go to
Benepe, a former New York City Park
Commissioner who was responsible for
urban park developments such as the
city’s High Line, stressed the importance
of parks for community development.
“You have this once-in-a-lifetime
opportunity to create the Central Park
of Bozeman,” Benepe said, referring
to one of the nation’s oldest and most
significant city parks.
Bozeman’s Trails, Open Spaces and Parks Committee approved the Story
Mill Community Park Proposal on Feb. 13 for recommendation to the City
Commission. PHOTO COURTESY TPL
nine-term U.S. congressman from
Oregon who now serves as TPL’s
Story Mill Park Proposal Steering
Committee Chairman, was also in
attendance to voice his support. He
urged those present to “bring nature
inside the city limits” by supporting
the park and taking the necessary steps
to ensure its completion. “You can’t
stop development, but you can shape
[it],” he said.
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The hearing was so well
attended that halfway
through, the city fire
marshall interrupted to
inform the committee
that the meeting room
was well over capacity.
While more than 20
individuals went on
record in support of
TPL’s application,
committee member
Doug Chandler urged
his colleagues to be
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heard testimony from dozens of
Bozeman residents – all in support
of the park and approval of TPL’s
application for bond funds.
Barbara Moore, President of Shape
Up America, a national campaign to
raise awareness of obesity as a health
issue, called the park “an investment in
health,” pointing out that 50 percent of
strenuous exercise takes place outside.
Representatives from Trout Unlimited,
Gallatin Valley Farm to School,
purchasing the land, the same amount
TPL paid for the property.
These numbers are subject to an
independent appraisal and could be
lower if the property is deemed to be
worth less than what TPL paid for it;
regardless, the cost to the city will
not exceed that $2.65 million figure.
The $1.85 million left over would
go toward park design, construction
and stewardship, and TPL plans to
undertake a philanthropic campaign to
raise an additional $3.7 million.
Looking ahead, the committee will
proceed with a recommendation to the
City Commission, which will meet in
March (tentatively on the 24th) to hear
testimony concerning the proposal.
With this step in the process complete,
TPL and its supporters will turn their
attention toward the independent
appraisal of the property and their
presentation for the City Commission.
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BY LINDSAY MORSE
began springing up all over the
world, from Lithuania to Madagascar
to India.
TEDXBOZEMAN
BOZEMAN – While many
Montanans are familiar with
TEDTalks, not everyone realizes that
they can hear similar talks at a live
TEDx event here in Gallatin Valley.
TED, a non-profit annual conference
founded in California in 1984,
features international speakers
and performers from three worlds:
Technology, Entertainment and
Design (TED). Based on the premise
of “Ideas Worth Spreading,” the
presentations are filmed and made
available to the public on TED’s
website, free of charge.
TED.com explains the organization’s
mission: “We believe passionately
in the power of ideas to change
attitudes, lives and, ultimately,
the world. So we’re building a
clearinghouse of free knowledge
from the world’s most inspired
thinkers, and also a community of
curious souls to engage with ideas
and each other.”
In 2009, TED launched TEDx,
an initiative aimed at enlisting
individual communities to organize
their own TED-like conferences
(x=independently organized event).
Following guidelines specified by
TED, TEDx conferences immediately
here in Montana,” said licenseholder Brooke Draves.
Having been pioneers of sorts
themselves, the TEDxBozeman
team of volunteers can reflect
with pride on the transition
from 2011 when they worked
tirelessly to establish and
brand an event much of the
community had never heard of,
to this year’s much-anticipated
conference, which is made
possible by wide spread
community support.
But several years later, the initiative
had not yet reached Montana. In
2012, Ken Fichtler and Danny
Schotthoefer decided to change
that and went about founding
TEDxBozeman, the first TEDx event
in the state.
Even in its infancy, the inaugural
TEDxBozeman made a splash and
was featured in the December 2012
issue of WIRED magazine. Since
then, six TEDx conferences have
been held throughout Montana and
Fichtler, joined by Brooke Draves
and a team of enthusiastic volunteers,
have continued to expand the
TEDxBozeman event.
With a nod to the pioneers of
Montana’s history, TEDxBozeman’s
2014 theme, “Pioneer Spirit”
emphasizes today’s enterprising
individuals who continue in this
vein. Showcasing modern pioneers
who all share a tie to the state, this
year’s line-up of 14 presenters are
breaking new frontiers in the Big Sky
State and beyond.
Greg Gianforte, founder of Right
Now Technologies and one of the
state’s most storied entrepreneurs
will join, among others, Mary
“TEDxBozeman has attracted
the best and brightest in our
community, both in terms of
volunteers and presenters,” said
co-founder, Ken Fichtler.
Schweitzer, a ground-breaking
paleontologist whose research on the
molecular remains of dinosaur fossils
has been featured in Smithsonian
magazine. The event also highlights
relatively unknown up-and-comers
such as 18-year-old percussive fingerstyle guitarist Josh Powell.
“The value of TEDx comes from
its unique ability to showcase
members of our community that
are contributing significantly to
their fields on a national or even
international stage, but frequently do
not get the recognition they deserve
Gallatin Heart Rescue celebrates
success of hands-only CPR
12,000 Montanans trained in two years
BOZEMAN DEACONESS HOSPITAL
BOZEMAN – What began two
years ago as a local effort to help
heart attack victims survive
while waiting for medical
attention has grown into a
statewide program that
taught 12,000 individuals
to perform the life-saving
technique of hands-only
CPR.
cardiac arrest and reacting
appropriately, since a cardiac
arrest victim is twice as likely to
live when bystanders give CPR,”
said Kevin Lauer, co‐founder of
Gallatin Heart Rescue and an EMT
with American Medical Response,
“Our original cache of 10 ‘CPR
in a box’ totes has now grown
to 24 in Gallatin County and
60 throughout the state,” Lauer
said. “This means we have 600
mannequins and more than
one hundred facilitators now
teaching our
program, including
staff at Bozeman
Deaconess Cardiac
Pulmonary
Rehabilitation.”
“Nationwide, only about 6
percent of cardiac arrest
victims survive, because
most didn’t receive CPR
prior to the arrival of a 911
responder”
Gallatin Heart Rescue
celebrated its second
anniversary on Feb. 14
at Bozeman Deaconess
Hospital, where GHR
donated six automated external
defibrillators, or AEDs, to
the Gallatin County Sheriff’s
Office as well as Bozeman and
Manhattan Police departments.
The group also celebrated the
efforts of those who’ve used the
technique to save the lives of
strangers.
“The critical first step to
increasing survival is recognizing
the ambulance service that works
with Bozeman Deaconess.
Lauer said, “But in just one year
our survivability jumped from 6
percent to 17 percent overall in
Gallatin County.” Adult hands‐only CPR can be
taught in 45 minutes, and does
not require mouth‐to‐mouth
breathing.
A number of local
businesses are
now using GHR’s
program and the
group also teaches the procedure
in many schools and scout
programs throughout the state. GHR is a partnership among
Bozeman Deaconess Health
Services, American Medical
Response, Absaroka Emergency
Physicians, and Gallatin County
Law Enforcement and local fire
agencies.
TEDxBozeman will be held
at The Commons on Friday, March
21. This independently organized
TEDx conference is a day to
showcase innovative presenters
with ties to Montana and engage
in stimulating and inspiring
dialogues. TEDxBozeman tickets
have historically sold out in a matter
of days, so organizers offer livestreaming online around the globe for
those unable to attend this event in
person.
Visit tedxbozeman.com for more
information.
Assisted living
community raises
funds for local
American Legion
BOZEMAN LODGE
Bozeman Lodge, a retirement and assisted
living community, is honoring military veterans at the end of February by
presenting a fundraising donation to the
local veterans’ organization, American
Legion Post 14.
The lodge is inviting the public to a presentation of a $2,050 donation to Post 14
in a ceremony honoring the work of the
American Legion in the veteran community on Thursday, Feb. 27, at 3 p.m.
“We are proud to support our American
Legion and honor all of the men and
women who have served so selflessly in
many foreign arenas,” said Penelope Stiff
Watkins, executive director for the Bozeman Lodge. “Our thanks go out to all of
them.”
Bozeman Lodge provides nourishing food,
engaging activities, and reliable, courteous
service through independent and assisted
living options offered to facilitate and enrich a variety of senior lifestyles. For more
information about Bozeman Lodge, visit
bozeman-lodge.com.
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Baucus appointed ambassador to China;
Walsh fills Senate seat
Prior to his appointment, Walsh was
in the public hot seat due to reports
of his having been reprimanded in
2010 by the U.S. Army for pressuring Montana National Guard troops
to join the National Guard Association of the U.S., a private association
where he had interests in gaining
a leadership position. He has since
released 400-plus pages of his military records, arguing that his actions
benefitted the Guard.
Baucus
HELENA – Montana Gov. Steve Bullock has appointed his Lt. Gov. John
Walsh to fill outgoing Democratic
U.S. Sen. Max Baucus’s Senate seat.
Baucus, 72, was officially confirmed
as the next U.S. ambassador to China
on Feb. 6 by a unanimous vote in the
Senate. He held his Senate seat for six
terms and was chairman of the Senate
Finance Committee.
Walsh was sworn in on Feb. 11 and
will serve the remainder of Baucus’s
term, which ends in January 2015.
A Butte native, Walsh, 53, is a veteran of the Montana Army National
Guard, where he served for more
than 33 years, according to information from his website. He has a B.S.
from the State University of New
York and a master’s in strategic studies
from the U.S. Army War College in
Carlisle, Penn. He served as Montana
Gov. Steve Bullock and Angela McLean
Adjutant General under Gov. Brian
Schweitzer until March 2012, when
he stepped down to pursue the office
of lieutenant governor.
On Feb. 13, he announced he planned
to represent Montana on key U.S.
Senate committees, including the
committee that oversees policy affecting agriculture –the state’s top
industry.
Walsh plans to serve on four committees, subject to Senate approval:
Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry;
Commerce, Science and Transportation; Rules and Administration; and
the Special Committee on Aging.
He would be the only member of
the Montana delegation to sit on an
agriculture committee.
“These are important assignments
that give Montana a voice at the table
to strengthen our economy, improve
transparency and protect seniors
and small businesses,” Walsh said in
a press release. “All of these committees affect Montana and I look
forward to fighting for our state and
shaping policy that responsibly cuts
debt and spending while protecting
Social Security and Medicare.”
Walsh plans to run as a Democrat in
this fall’s midterm elections for the U.S.
Senate seat, and atop his list of important issues have been lowering the
federal deficit, defending the second
amendment, and supporting agriculture and military troops.
He has diverged with some members
of the mainstream Democratic Party
outside of Montana, most notably in
his beliefs that additional background
checks for those purchasing guns are
ineffective, and that the U.S. should
not support increasing sanctions in Iran.
Walsh
Other Democrats potentially seeking election to Baucus’s vacated seat
are former Lt. Gov. John Bohlinger
(who served the state office as a
Republican), and Wilsall rancher and
attorney Dirk Adams. Republicans
Champ Edmunds of Missoula, a state
representative, and David Leaser,
a political unknown and air traffic
manager at the Kalispell airport, have
also thrown their hats in the ring.
To replace Walsh as lieutenant
governor, Bullock tapped Anaconda
teacher and chair of the Montana
Board of Regents, Angela McLean.
A native of Twin Bridges, McLean
earned a bachelor’s degree in 1994
from Western Montana College in
Dillon, now the University of Montana Western, according to information from Bullock’s office. The first
member of her family to graduate
from college, she later earned a M.A.
in curriculum and instruction from
the University of Montana in 2000.
In 2012 McLean was elected chair of
the Montana Board of Regents, the
entity responsible for the governance
and administration of the Montana
University System. McLean is the
first classroom teacher to serve as
Montana’s lieutenant governor.
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Feds call for two regional schools to
repay 30-plus years of extra payments
Montana delegation calls for
coordinated response
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Sens. Jon
annual budgets without these annual
Tester and John Walsh, along with
Congressman Steve Daines, are calling
on the U.S. Interior Department to
work with three Montana school
districts on a payments issue dating
back to the 1970s.
Since 1977, Gardiner School Districts 4
and 7 and Gallatin School District 69 in
West Yellowstone have received extra
payments from the department under
two initiatives meant to compensate
communities for tax revenue lost due to
their proximity to public lands – such
as Yellowstone National Park.
The Interior Department recently
halted the payments and now wants
the three districts to repay more than
three decades worth of extra payments,
which could cost the school districts
millions of dollars. Tester, Walsh and Daines are standing
up for the school districts and telling
the Interior Department to reach out to
district leaders to find a better solution
for the schools and students.
“These rural school districts will
be hard-pressed to rework their
payments, much less pay back the
millions of dollars they received,”
Tester, Walsh and Daines wrote in a
Feb. 13 letter to Interior Secretary Sally
Jewell. “We feel that more information
is needed to fully understand how
this happened and what can be done to
correct the issue.”
Tester, Walsh and Daines are
requesting a call between the
Congressional delegation, Interior
Department officials and staff from
the school districts to address the
issue.
The extra payments stem from a 1976
change in federal law that prevented
schools districts from receiving
resources from both the Paymentsin-Lieu of Taxes program and another
program created in 1948 meant to
compensate communities in the
vicinity of Yellowstone. However, the
Department’s error was not discovered
until recently.
Read the letter from Tester, Walsh,
and Daines to Interior Secretary Sally
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Conservation community launches
Montana Outdoor Hall of Fame
MONTANA FISH, WILDLIFE AND PARKS
HELENA – A diverse group of
Montana state agencies and conservation
organizations recently established the
Montana Outdoor Hall of Fame to
honor individuals who contributed
to the restoration and conservation
of Montana’s fish, wildlife and other
outdoor amenities.
Participants in the effort include
Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks; the
Montana Historical Society; Montana’s
Outdoor Legacy Foundation; the
Montana Wildlife Federation; the
Montana Wilderness Association;
Montana Trout Unlimited and the
Cinnabar Foundation. Efforts to include
tribal representation are underway.
“The aim of the Montana Outdoor Hall
of Fame is to capture the stories of the
exceptional individuals who, either as
volunteers or professionals, nurtured
resources essential to Montana’s outdoor
heritage,” said Jeff Hagener, director of
FWP in Helena.
In a recent letter commending the
group’s effort, Gov. Steve Bullock noted
that creating a Montana Outdoor Hall of
Fame “is a good way to begin capturing
and teaching the personal stories
that made these treasures of our state
happen.”
Representatives of the founding groups
have been meeting monthly to assemble
a list of potential inaugural nominees,
which includes citizens, government
officials, hunters and anglers, farmers
and ranchers; as well as people who
have worked to protect everything
from wilderness and water quality to
fish habitat, big game, and endangered
species. The founders are planning an
event to announce the first class of Hall
of Fame inductees in December 2014.
“Today’s treasured wild nature was
restored from what was once the wildlife
boneyard of 19th century America,”
said Jim Posewitz, also founding board
member of the Cinnabar Foundation,
who led the effort. “The Montana
Outdoor Hall of Fame will capture,
preserve and teach the stories of the
men and women whose conservation
ethic helped protect Montana’s quiet
beauty and grandeur for the benefit of
future generations.”
The founders envision a process
where people from across Montana
will nominate people who reflect the
state’s diverse heritage of resource
conservation and stewardship. The
group is also seeking funding to help
ensure that the Montana Outdoor
Hall of Fame remains broad-based and
representative.
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The fuse is burning
Local sales surge, market sees ‘quiet stabilization’
Lot 444-Four Peaks in Big Sky (above) and 446 Forest Road in Vail, Colo. (below). See following page for
a Big Sky/Vail real estate price comparison.
BIG SKY – Even after sluggish fourth quarter
numbers, the national housing market continues
its upward trend. Our home turf, however, is
seeing a market surge.
Explore Big Sky newspaper took to the streets
in early February to get a mid-winter real estate
update from some of our local expert brokers.
The greater Big Sky area – as the Multiple
Listing Service references it – saw 220 real estate
transactions in both 2011 and 2012. In 2013,
those numbers jumped to 349, according to MLS
reports.
These statistics are likely low however, because
as a private membership organization the
Yellowstone Club isn’t required to report sales.
Sources close to the club say they saw over $400
million in transactions in 2013 alone, making
it a record season since the club’s founding in
1998.
The MLS figures indicate diminishing
inventory and rising home prices, according to
Eric Ossorio, a broker for Prudential Montana
who lives in Big Sky.
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Two markets at a glance
Big Sky
L&K Lot 444 – Four Peaks
Vail, Colo.
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446 Forest Road
Cost: $10,990,000
Square footage: 10,451
Price per sq. ft.: $1,052
Bedrooms: 7
Baths: 10
Acres: 2.05
Ski in/ski out: yes
“[It] means that there’s an upward
pressure on pricing,” Ossorio said.
“We’re seeing increased activity for
sure, but it’s uneven. At the lower
end, there’s still reasonably strong
activity… More people can afford
$200,000-$300,000 homes than $1
million homes.”
Data from MLS backs this up. Of
2013’s 349 transactions, 210 were for
homes valued at less than $400,000.
Currently, Big Sky homes available
in that price range are scarce, says
Martha Johnson, co-owner of
Montana Living/Big Sky Real Estate.
Cost: $20,500,000
Square footage: 10,000
Price per sq. ft.: $2,050
Bedrooms: 7
Baths: 8
Acres: 0.58
Ski in/Ski out: yes
“There are only eight front doors
available between $200,000 and
$550,000,” she said, pointing
to a concerted vision that’s
providing what she calls a “quiet
stabilization” of the local market –
Big Sky’s three major ski areas came
out of bankruptcy protection in the
past year.
The Club at Spanish Peaks,
recently renamed Spanish Peaks
Mountain Club, crawled from
beneath Chapter 7 protection last
July through a collaborative effort
by CrossHarbor Capital Partners
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“We’re [now] looking
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Johnson said. “This
winter season is the
first time in about six
years that all of our pillars are [not
in] bankruptcy, [and] with such a
strong, positive outlook, prices are
stabilizing.”
So far in 2014, Big Sky Sotheby’s
broker Jeff Helms has seen houses
being snatched up, as well as a
market shift, one he says will soon
benefit sellers.
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L&K Real Estate, a Big Sky firm
specializing in luxury homes, has
seen properties sell quickly in the
last 12 months, said L&K owner
Eric Ladd. The firm currently
has more than $90 million in
listed properties, including five
in Spanish Peaks and 11 in the
Yellowstone Club. In 2013, its first
year in business, L&K brokered 48
transactions totaling $27,833,820.
“Consistent with any price
demographic, properly priced,
quality real estate is selling,” Ladd
said, adding that luxury prices
still haven’t returned to their peak
prices from 2006 and 2007. “It
represents a strong opportunity for
buyers to get good values,” he said
of the market now.
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with any price
demographic,
properly priced,
quality real
estate is selling"
Yet bigger transactions aren’t
exactly scarce, and the highend market is moving in certain
areas, said Ania Bulis, a broker
at Christie’s International Real
Estate/Pure West.
Bulis closed a significant property
in Spanish Peaks Mountain Club
on Feb. 13, and expects to close
another in March. Christies also
held the listing for a 5,738-squarefoot home on Chief Joseph Trail in
Big Sky’s Sweet Grass Hills area,
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The exception is The Big EZ, a
23,000-square-foot lodge on 60
acres, which sold for $7.5 million
at auction on Aug. 9, according to
Ossorio.
“[That’s] the only house in recent
memory that’s sold for more than
$2 million outside of club sales,”
said Ossorio, referring to the
Yellowstone Club and the Spanish
Peaks Mountain Club.
markets like Vail or Jackson Hole,
Big Sky’s luxury real estate is a very
attractive value,” he said. “If you
compare apples to apples, Big Sky is
a no-brainer if someone likes what
[it] has to offer.”
“And don’t forget,” he added,
“Yellowstone Club is private, so
when you compare this area to a
market like Aspen, there should
be no comparison since they don’t
have a gate.”
Johnson urged potential buyers
to make moves quickly in such a
rapidly changing real estate market.
“Across board in Big Sky, ski in/ski
out homes are grossly underpriced
compared to [places like] Jackson
and Park City,” she said. “There’s
a fuse burning on these listings
because the [market] is coming
around again.”
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Crosscut Ranch’s 259 acres sit at the base of the Bridger Mountains, adjacent to Bridger Bowl.
Acreage at base of Bridger Bowl up for auction
Crosscut Ranch has storied past
BY EMILY WOLFE
BOZEMAN – A 259-acre property at the
base of Bridger Bowl Ski Area is for sale, set
for auction March 20 through New Yorkbased Concierge Auctions.
Known as Crosscut Ranch, the property
also shares a border with Bohart Ranch
Cross County Ski Center and is located
in the upper reaches of Bridger Canyon,
one of the most sought-after locations in
Gallatin County, according to the listing
agent Ryan Kulesza, of the Big Sky-based
L&K Real Estate.
Previously offered for $16 million,
Crosscut Ranch is 16 miles from Bozeman,
and has drawn interest from developers,
conservation buyers and the ski area itself.
“This property is really the crown jewel of
Bridger Canyon, and it’s a property that always attracts a lot of attention,” said John
Barkow, one of six investors in Bridger
Canyon Partners, which has owned Crosscut since 2005. “It does have a long and
colorful history,” he added.
American Indians passed through this land
hundreds and even thousands of years
ago, likely following the elk and deer that
to this day migrate through the area. In a
cultural resource study commissioned by
the current owners, archeologists found
a 10,000-year-old spear point near the
confluence of Bridger and Maynard creeks,
Barkow said.
In the 1860s, the U.S. Army 2nd Cavalry
built a timber camp and mill there to provide lumber for the construction of Fort
Ellis. Since then, the property has been
home to a guest ranch, a Nordic ski center,
and a gourmet restaurant.
The property was zoned in the 1970s as a
northern base area for Bridger Bowl, below
the Alpine area, to include commercial
development, overnight accommodations
and recreational sites.
Privately held since the 1980s, all of the
historic structures are gone – lost in a fire or
torn down – and the ranch is now characterized by its open meadows, varied plant life
and forests, abundant wildlife and the two
creeks running through it.
“It is probably one of the few properties
in the U.S. where you can have Nordic
skiing out your back door and alpine skiing
out your front door,” Barkow said. “The
potential would be anything from a small
compound for private use to a new north
base area for Bridger Bowl. Who will ultimately buy it is as varied as the character of
the property.”
Comprised of five parcels, Crosscut Ranch
could also be subdivided into 40-acre lots
without going through the Planned Unit
Development process required by the
county for commercial development.
The listing firm L&K has included a letter
from Gallatin Valley Land Trust in the
marketing materials for the property, with
information about the natural value of the
land and the possibility of putting a conservation easement on it.
The property is rich with wildlife including elk, bears, deer and lynx, according to
GVLT Executive Director Penelope Pierce.
“Bridger Canyon is a high priority area for
us,” Pierce said, explaining that it’s an important wildlife corridor for animals moving
north from Yellowstone.
Conservation easements are voluntary
agreements between a private landowner
and a land trust, such as GVLT that further
limit the commercial and residential development of high-quality, private lands and
can offer possible tax benefits.
After purchasing Crosscut Ranch in 2005,
the current owners had planned to develop
it as a second base area for Bridger, connecting with the Alpine area lifts, but when the
economy fell out in 2008, they withdrew
their PUD application. The current owners
began site planning for development and
TOP: Nordic ski trails at neighboring Bohart Ranch.
BOTTOM: The property is rich with wildlife including elk, bears, deer and
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installed limited infrastructure including a graded dirt
road to the center of the property.
“This property through the zoning was intended to
help Bridger Bowl grow with the community, with
defined zoning regulations in place,” Barkow said.
The board of directors at Bridger Bowl Ski Area released a statement in this vein on Feb. 18, emphasizing
the area’s focus on working closely with all public and
private landholders in the region.
“As a nonprofit community ski area, Bridger Bowl is
committed to upholding the basic tenet of our charter
which is to plan, develop and maintain facilities and
services, in a financially sound manner, at Bridger
Bowl which would provide the best possible skiing
experience at a reasonable cost to local, regional and
destination skiers,” the statement said. USFS
USFS
“Certainly whomever [the new owner of Crosscut
Ranch] is, we would want to have a strong working
relationship since they would be an important neighbor,” Wales said.
Both conservation- and development-minded buyers
have shown interest, according to Kulesza.
“We’ve probably have half-a-dozen different buyers
that are deep in due diligence,” said Kulesza, noting that
hundreds of others have shown interest. “Going the
route of the auction has been wildly successful in bringing buyers to the plate.”
This is Concierge’s 11th real estate auction in Montana
since its first, in Whitefish in 2010. Most notably,
Concierge sold the Big EZ Lodge last year at auction, as
well as several properties in the Yellowstone Club and
Spanish Peaks.
“The West has been really great for our platform, traditionally because there are so many unique properties,”
said Laura Brady, Managing Director at Concierge
Auctions, explaining that the auction helps to identify
the value of a piece of real estate by bringing together
USFS
Crosscut Ranch is situated between Bridger Bowl Ski area and Crosscut Ranch Cross Country Ski Center.
buyers to compete. “Our platform is best for properties that are really incomparable, can’t be valued based
upon the property next door.”
That describes Crosscut Ranch exactly, according to
Kulesza’s partner at L&K, Eric Ladd.
“Crosscut Ranch is arguably the most unique and attractive land opportunity in the Rocky Mountains and
ski industry,” Ladd said. “The fact that someone is going to have the opportunity to own 260 acres adjacent
to the base area of a world-class ski area is a once-in-alifetime opportunity.”
The property extends from the foreground of this photo eastward, all the way to Bridger Canyon Drive.
An auction without reserve will be held on
March 20, hosted by Concierge Auctions.
Only registered bidders will be allowed
to participate. Offers can be accepted
through the auction date through the
brokerage firm L&K Real Estate.
To register or learn more about
the process, contact Concierge
Auctions at (877) 812-0402, or visit
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Wilderness Medicine conference has long history at Big Sky
BY TYLER ALLEN
experts in their field – to the resort
from Feb. 12-16 to teach courses
ranging from “1001 Uses for Duct
Tape & Safety Pins, Improvised
Medical Care” to “Venomous Sea
Creatures and Shark Attacks” and
“Backcountry Dentistry: Where
There is no Dentist.”
EXPLORE BIG SKY ASSOCIATE EDITOR
BIG SKY – Dr. Eric Weiss started
teaching wilderness medicine 28
years ago in Squaw Valley, Calif.,
because he witnessed first hand
the lack of preparedness many
outdoor enthusiasts had when
medical emergencies arose in the
backcountry.
The conference helps satisfy the
continuing medical education
requirements necessary for healthcare
professionals to stay licensed in
their field. While about 60 percent
of attendees are physicians, the
conference also attracts nurses, EMTs,
and military personnel, according to
Veronica Haynes of A Meeting by
Design, the Bozeman company that
organizes the conference.
Weiss, a Professor of Emergency
Medicine at Stanford University
Medical School, began traveling
to Nepal in the early 1980s, where
he provided medical support for
Mt. Everest climbers and trekking
groups. “People didn’t know how
to deal with frostbite, travelers
diarrhea and hypothermia,” Weiss
said.
The Wilderness Medicine summer
conference moved to Big Sky Resort
from Squaw more than 20 years ago
and the winter conference began a
couple years after that, Weiss said.
This year Wilderness Medicine
brought 16 instructors – all
“We promote this as a family-friendly
conference for doctors,” Haynes said.
“Because [medical professionals] are
very busy, a lot of them prefer to
go someplace where they can take
their families. There are optional
workshops that some of their spouses
and children can take…their kids can
get certified in first aid.”
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also include “Survival for Kids,”
where children learn how to avoid
getting lost, how to signal for help,
and how to survive a night spent
outside with practice building
igloos, snow caves and other
improvised shelters. Wilderness
first aid courses for both kids and
teens offer instruction in how
youth can recognize and manage
common medical problems and
emergencies.
About 750 people descend on Big
Sky for the conference, one of the
largest held at the resort, according
to Big Sky Resort Director of
Marketing Lyndsey Owens. The
doctors and their families get
“CME credits (continuing medical
education), great skiing and a big
helping of Montana hospitality,”
Owens said in an email.
When Weiss started looking for a
winter location, Big Sky seemed
like a natural fit, he said. The
resort had the expansive ski terrain,
plenty of lodging and lack of crowds
he was seeking. It also offered close
proximity to wilderness classroom
needed for the courses.
Weiss also noted the importance
of ski-in/ski-out access – since
the courses are held in the early
morning and evenings – allowing
attendees the greatest amount of
time to explore the slopes while the
lifts are turning.
“I fell in love with the ambience,
terrain, and lack of crowds,” Weiss
said. “[But] most of all the people
were very affable and friendly.”
Dr. Joe Swan, an anesthesiologist
from Columbus, Ohio, had skied
at Big Sky twice before, but this
was his first time attending the
conference. He purchased a home in
Four Corners recently and plans to
move there when he retires.
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“It’s the subject matter that appeals
to me the most,” Swan said of the
wilderness medical skills he learned
over the weekend. “I’m going to
be living here in a few years and
want to make sure I can take care of
myself, my kids and grandkids.”
Phil White has been teaching at the
Wilderness Medicine conference
since 1997, instructing urban
survival, and travel planning
and preparedness. A retired Fire
Chief of the South San Francisco
Fire Department, White enjoys the
people he meets in Big Sky attending
the conference and working at the
resort, he said. He’s also enamored
with the setting.
“It’s a great opportunity to see a part
of the country that people only see in
the movies,” White said.
In 1999, he said he drove up Gallatin
Canyon from Bozeman at 5 a.m.
because the canyon was closed the
night before. “I was going 20 mph,
the sun was coming up, tufts of
grass poking out and the wind was
blowing. I imagined Lewis and Clark
or members of the Nez Perce getting
started for the day and that stuff
actually happened here.”
White said he shows people how
to jumpstart cars, tells them how
they can drive miles to safety on
a flat tire, and when a car’s rear
drive shaft is dented, how they can
disconnect the drive shaft to continue
traveling. But the most important
travel preparedness tip White gives
attendees is: “Travel often,” he said.
Every year the conference hosts
a special evening presentation by
luminaries in the field and past
speakers have included Jon Krakauer,
Aaron Ralston, David Brashears, and
Jim Whittaker, the first American to
summit Mount Everest.
This year, acclaimed National
Geographic photographer Gordon
Wiltsie presented the Queen Maud
Land expedition he documented for
a 1998 issue of the magazine, which
included climbing legends Conrad
Anker, Alex Lowe, Rick Ridgeway and
Krakauer.
The skiing and opportunity to explore
Yellowstone with a blanket of snow are an
obvious draw for attendees in the winter,
but the resort has done a lot over the years
to make the summer conference more
appealing, Weiss said.
“There used to be very limited things
[to do] in the summer outside of nature
itself,” he said. “[Big Sky] put in zip lines,
rope courses, archery and other activities
to make it a very family-oriented
resort.”
The National Conference on
Wilderness Medicine returns to Big
Sky July 23-26, 2014.
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HELENA – Tourism organizations from
eight Montana communities will move
forward with new e-marketing projects
thanks to recent funding awards made by
the Montana Office of Tourism.
BOZEMAN – Accounting students from Montana State University’s
Jake Jabs College of Business and Entrepreneurship are offering free help
preparing tax returns for MSU students and individuals who made less than
$58,000 last year.
The help sessions will be held on the MSU campus in Reid Hall 302. No
appointment is necessary, but sign-up sheets will be posted at 5 p.m. before
each session. Sessions will be held from 5:30-7 p.m. on the following dates:
Feb. 25, 27; March 4, 18, 25, 27; and April 1 and 8. At the sessions, upperdivision accounting students will be available to prepare federal and state
income tax returns and answer tax questions. Free electronic filing will be
available for most 1040 forms.
Interested individuals should bring their 2013 W-2 forms, other tax
documents, social security cards and copies of their 2012 tax returns, if
available. International students and employees should also bring their
passports and visa.
The student accounting volunteers are part of the Volunteer Income Tax
Assistance program, which was established by the Internal Revenue Service
to assist people who may find it difficult to pay for tax preparation services.
The program also gives accounting students practical experience.
Each student accounting volunteer has passed an IRS tax preparation exam,
completed at least one comprehensive tax course, received specific training
related to common tax issues, and has access to a variety of federal and
state reference materials. The sessions are sponsored by the MSU Jake Jabs
College of Business and Entrepreneurship and Beta Alpha Psi, an honorary
organization for financial information students and professionals.
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MTOT announced the recipients of its
Tourism e-Marketing Technology Grant,
which was created last year in an effort to
help Montana businesses and nonprofits
improve their competitive position
within the state’s tourism industry.
“E-marketing is essential to reaching
Montana’s target travelers,” said Jeri
Duran, Administrator of the Montana
Office of Tourism.
The Terry Chamber of Commerce,
which received $5,000 from the program
in 2013 to update its website, recently
launched its completed project at
visitterrymontana.com. The historic
eastern Montana town is set on the banks
of the Yellowstone River in badlands
country and has a classic Western
culture.
Grant funds may be used for a variety of
technology-related projects such as the
development of mobile applications and
web design. Now in its second year, the
program has expanded from $150,000 to
$200,000 in available funds. Recipient
organizations and funded projects are:
Bozeman; Museum of the Rockies;
Retargeting e-Marketing Campaign;
$5,095
Butte; Butte-Silver Bow CVB; Butte
Virtual Tour Website & Mobile App;
$9,000
Charlo; Blue Sky Productions; Lively
Times: Web Enhancement & Data Sharing
Project; $43,415
Hamilton; Bitterroot Cultural Heritage
Trust; Connecting Visitors to Arts &
Culture in the Bitterroot; $26,225
Helena; Alternative Energy Resources
Organization; Abundant Montana
Agritourism e-Marketing Project; $26,700
Missoula; Run Wild Missoula;
Promotional Video, Online Registration,
Social Media; $23,205
Missoula; Adventure Cycling
Association; Montana Bicycle Tours
Online Marketing Campaign; $16,860
West Yellowstone; Kirkwood Ranch;
Amazing Digital & Discovery Event;
$9,500
Whitefish; Old Town Creative
Communications; Montana Roadside
History & Geology Markers App; $40,000
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A Collektiv mindset
BY RACHEL ANDERSON
EXPLORE BIG SKY EDITORIAL ASSISTANT
BIG SKY – Through his new
business, Collektiv Clothing and
Design, local entrepreneur Ashton
Fell looks to use an apparel industry
medium to create a positive sense of
community directed by art and the
outdoors.
Born in Bozeman and raised in
Big Sky, Fell, 26, grew to love
snowboarding early on. He taught
lessons for several years starting at
the age of 14, and became immersed
in Montana’s snowboard culture.
During his sophomore year of
high school in Bozeman, art and
design grabbed his attention. Fell
pursued this interest at Montana
State University, where he initially
majored in graphic design before
switching and earning a Bachelor of
Fine Arts in printmaking.
Drawing inspiration from his
passions, Fell created Collektiv
Clothing and Design in 2009. The
launch came in the form of the
creation, coordination and promotion
of Bozeman’s first ever rail jam, held
at Mixers in February of 2008. The
event showcased Fell’s enthusiasm for
snowboarding and art.
The following
year, Tate
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of Chamberlin
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Fell seeking
suggestions for
bringing similar
events to the area.
Fell continued
marketing for rail
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team, ultimately
looking to
expand his future
business.
When he returned
to his hometown
of Big Sky after
college, Fell
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HEALTH
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Ladies night
Big Sky Resort events to provide health awareness
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hosting two events in March – called
“Ladies Night Out” – each promising to
give participants a few hours of holistic
health tips, lectures and exercise, as well
as a chance to meet like-minded health
enthusiasts.
Taking place March 8 and 22, the
events will each involve 30 minutes of
cardio-based exercise and 30 minutes of
yoga followed by a health lecture and
a Q-and-A session. The evenings will
conclude with food and wine tasting.
The first session, held from 6-9 p.m. on
March 8 at the resort’s Wellness Studio
in the Mountain Village, will focus
on mindfulness as a way to deal with
stress, according to studio manager Kylie
Bechdolt.
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“We got the idea from an article in Time
Magazine,” said Bechdolt, 25. “People
are pulled in so many different directions
these days. The concept is called
‘mindfulness-based stress reduction,’
and it’s about being in the moment.”
Melinda Turner, a local holistic health
coach certified by the Institute for
Integrative Nutrition, will give the
lectures, the first of which is called “The
Art of Being Mindful.” The second
lecture will be labeled, “ The Art of
Eating for Energy.”
“[Melinda’s] views on health and
wellness really match what we’re trying
to promote with the wellness studio,
and we thought she’d be a really good fit
for the events,” Bechdolt said.
Turner, a 30-year-old Jackson, Mich.
native, moved to Big Sky and landed a
boot-fitting and retail sales job at Grizzly
Outfitters in 2010. Last July, she
received her accreditation from IIN – the
world’s largest nutrition school – and has
been focusing her efforts since on health
and wellness in Big Sky.
Ladies Night Out is right up her alley,
Turner says.
“Nutrition and wellness go hand
in hand, and I love to help facilitate
awareness,” she said. “It should be a fun
night. With a little yoga, a little cardio
and wine tasting, the events will offer
a little bit of everything and you can’t
really go wrong with that.”
The Wellness Center is located between
the Burton Store and the Kids’ Club in
Big Sky Resort’s Village Center. The Kids’
Club will provide free childcare during the
events. To sign up, visit Solace Spa in the
lobby of the Huntley Lodge, or call (406)
995-5803. Registration will be capped at
30 people.
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Subaru Freeride Series expands for 2014
Big mountain competition set for early April
Pat Gannon going a million miles an hour out of Tetris, a feature in the Headwaters area of Big Sky Resort, during a past freeride competition. PHOTO BY JOSEPH T. O'CONNOR
BY EMILY WOLFE
BIG SKY – The Subaru Freeride Series is returning to the Headwaters on Lone
Mountain April 2-7. This year the competition has expanded to include snowboard and junior competitors, and will be located at other venues around the
mountain, as well.
A Freeride World Qualifer, it will also be the last opportunity for competitors to
earn qualifying points toward the 2015 Freeride World Tour. As host to the Junior Freeride World Championships, the event will bring elite ski and snowboard
youth from around the world, according to Jessica Kunzer, Marketing and Communications Director for Mountain Sports International, which oversees the tour.
In addition to the Headwaters, other competition venue locations on the mountain
be confirmed shortly before the event depending on conditions, Kunzer said.
The first of four such stops on the FWQ tour concluded on Feb. 15 in Crested
Butte, Colo. With snow conditions the best Crested Butte had seen all season, the
finals were held in a permanently closed area called Hourglass.
Montana athletes were well represented in Crested Butte, with 12 total attending.
Bozemanite Kyle Taylor won the men’s ski event, Big Sky locals Scottie Williams,
Chance Lenay, Galen Bridgewater, Teresa Keserich and Dan Bartzick also traveled
to Crested Butte to compete
The next stop on the FWQ tour, Squaw Valley/Alpine Meadows, Calif., has been
postponed indefinitely due to lack of snow. The skiers will compete in Telluride,
Colo. March 20-23, before heading to Big Sky in April.
Simultaneous to the FWQ event in Big Sky, Subaru WinterFest will come to
town April 4-6, giving the public a chance to participate. Based out of the main
Big Sky Mountain Village, WinterFest is a lifestyle tour celebrating adventure.
Also being hosted at numerous other Western ski resorts including Mount Bachelor, Telluride and Mount Hood, the festival will include equipment demos from
Nordica and LibTech; activities like freeride clinics, yoga and avalanche beacon
drills; and gear giveaways.
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SFS dispatch from Crested Butte
BY SCOTTIE WILLIAMS
cal run in the fall line. She shared
the podium with fellow CB-raised
skier Pip Hunt, who barely edged
out young Kaytlin Hughes of
Hood River, Ore. for second place.
Both gals skied impressive lines
with poise.
Crested Butte Mountain Resort and its
locals were beyond welcoming to our
community of wild freeriders during
the first stop of the 2014 Subaru Freeride Series. This winter the term “freerider” will be more commonplace on
the tour, as a total unification between
extreme skiers and snowboarders was
evident at Crested Butte.
Also for the first time on the qualifier
tour, athletes were only allowed a
visual inspection, studying the venues
from below.
Day one of the four-star competition
filled Friday morning with stoke,
high-fives, and a handful of fear-filled
moments. Skiers and snowboarders
charged down the Dead End chutes
and Body Bag. Lady skiers made an
impressive opening statement on the
venue, and the men’s fields were filled
with heavy hitters.
Bozeman resident and Crested
Butte-raised skier Randy Evans stole
the show and set the bar high with
powerful and aggressive skiing down
the steep face, finishing his run by
stomping a backflip. His younger
brother Matt and their close friend
Kyle Taylor, of Bozeman, were the top
Bozemanite Kyle Taylor stood atop the Subaru Freeride Series podium in Crested Butte, Colo. this
February. The tribe of freeriders comes to Big Sky in early April. PHOTO BY SCOTTIE WILLIAMS
finishers of the day. The locals offered
cold beers and whiskey at the finish
line and shot off fireworks.
The top skiers and snowboarders from
Friday skied on the steepest and most
extreme terrain CB has to offer, the
Big Hourglass and Bermuda Triangle,
both of which are permanently closed
to the public. Fans roared when riders
approached the bottom of the venue,
where sending it was mandatory.
Matt Evans caused the crowd to hold
its breath as he aired the bottom of the
venue close to a rock wall. Another
local, Tom Runcie put down a unique
run and found himself in first place,
until Kyle Taylor did the same while
breaking off a large slab of snow.
Typical Taylor, he stayed on his feet
and skied into the finish line. Taylor
and Runcie shared the podium with
Sickbird winner George Rodney, a
6’3” teenager who aired 60 plus feet
Saturday.
The ladies impressed the rowdy fans
Saturday, as well. Local Sidney Dickinson took the top spot with a techni-
Canada’s John Penfield took top
honors for men’s snowboarding.
Penfield kept the crowd on its toes
as he edged down into the most
exposure on the face. Abe Greenspan from the Tahoe area stayed on
his A-game for three days, taking
second in the two-star on Thursday, landing him a spot on the
four-star start list. He proved he
deserved it, earning second place
and the coveted Sickbird belt
buckle. Whitefish native Vincent
Remmel rode a technical line into
third place.
Another CB local Mary Boddington
ripped into first place with an outstanding run and well deserved best
score of the day for women’s snowboarding. Tahoe’s Casey Lucas and Iris
Lazzareschi finished second and third
respectively.
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Lady Big Horns end season in Butte
BY MARIA WYLLIE
BIG SKY – The Lone Peak High School girls’ varsity
basketball team ended its season with a loss to Ennis
10-43 at the 11/12 C District Tournament in Butte
on Feb. 18. They finished with a final conference
record of 5-12 and final overall record of 7-12.
A huge win against the White Sulphur Springs
Hornets on Feb. 8 was followed by a devastating
loss against West Yellowstone on Feb. 14, putting
them at No. 9 in the standings heading into
districts.
However, despite a rough ending, the team
celebrated their biggest win of the season against
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LPHS 2013/14
Girls’ and Boys’ Varsity/JV Basketball Schedule
Girls Box Scores
Girls
Big Horns 65, Hornets 58
LONE PEAK (65) Locker 25, Braun 13, Butler 12, Perry 6, Godoy 6, McKillop 3
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS (58) Coburn 12, C. Coburn 12, Schlepp 12, Deal
11, Williams 8, Feddes 3
Lone Peak 16 19 12 18
White Sulphur Springs 15 16 13 14
Wolverines 55, Big Horns 47
W. YELLOWSTONE (55) Young 20, Bridgit 17, Kyla 8, Bailee 7, Darby 2, Belk 1
LONE PEAK (47) Locker 14, Bough 9, Butler 8, Braun 7, Gasser 4, Perry 3,
Godoy 2
W. Yellowstone 12 8 15 10
Lone Peak 15 14 8 10
Big Horns 60, Bears 34
LONE PEAK (60) Braun 22, Bough 14, Locker 9, Butler 4, Godoy 4, Gasser 4
LIMA (34) Martinell 21, Schroder 4, Clamo 4, Weidinger 3, Stosich 2
Lone Peak 14 14 10 22
Lima 8 10 6 --10
White Sulphur Springs, beating them 65-58. The
Lady Big Horns played smart and fast, and their
opponents were unsettled by Lone Peak’s speed
and aggression.
Freshman Luisa
Locker put up a
game high of 25
points, and Bianca
Godoy crashed the
boards hard with
10 rebounds. The
team only had four
turnovers the entire
game, with none
in the second half.
It was a true team
effort, with every
player contributing
both defensively
and offensively.
Boys
Dec. 12
Away
Mount Ellis
W 51-17
W 50-39
Dec. 19
Home
Harrison/Willow Creek**
White-Out
L 29-63
W 49-45
Dec 20
Away
@ Ennis**
L 25-51
L 34-70
Jan. 2
Away
@ Shields Valley**
L 44-61
L 47-67
Jan. 4
Home
Sheridan
W 64-24
W 64-39
Jan. 10
Away
@ Gardiner**
L 35-68
L 60-67
Jan. 11
Home
Twin Bridges** - Honorary
Captain Day
L 43-67
L 54-66
Jan. 16
Away
@ West Yellowstone**
L 35-50
W 62-30
Jan, 18
Away
@ Lima**
W 44-37
W 56-54
Jan. 24
Away
@ Sheridan**
W 46-22
W 53-41
Jan. 25
Away
@ Harrison/Willow Creek**
L 27-38
L 48-62
Jan. 30
Home
Shields Valley
L 32-81
L 51-55
Jan. 31
Home
Gardiner**
L 34-54
L 60-67
Feb. 6
Away
@ Manhattan Christian**
L 35-58
L 38-70
Feb. 8
Home
White Sulphur Springs**
W 65-58
Feb. 14
Home
West Yellowstone** - Ice
Blue Out
L 55-47
Feb. 15
Home
Lima** - Senior Parent Day
W 60-34
Feb. 19-22
Away
@ Butte MAC - District
11/12C Tournament
GTBA/BTBA
Feb. 27Mar. 1
Away
@ Butte CIVIC - Western
Divisional Tournament
GTBA/BTBA
Mar. 6-8
Away
@ TBD - State Boys' Championships
BTBA
Mar. 13-15
Away
@ TBD - State Girls' Championships
GTBA
School rivals the West Yellowstone Wolverines
defeated the Big Horns on their home court 55-47
after a heated battle. Evenly matched, both teams
took turns taking the lead, but West Yellowstone
was able to pull away with a few more made baskets
down the stretch.
LPHS Head Coach Cyle Kokot attributed the loss
primarily to turnovers and missed free throws. The
Big Horns defeated Lima the next day 60-34.
Maria Wyllie is also the assistant coach for the LPHS
girls’ varsity basketball team.
Freshman Bella Butler takes an outside shot against the Wolverines. PHOTO BY MARIA WYLLIE
Big Horns ride hot streak to a districts win
BY TYLER ALLEN
EXPLORE BIG SKY ASSOCIATE EDITOR
BUTTE/BIG SKY – The Big Horns scored in
bunches to finish off the 2014 regular season with
three big wins at home, riding that momentum
all the way to Butte Feb. 19 and a District 11/12C
Tournament play-in win against West Yellowstone,
55-16.
The sixth-seeded Big
Horns defeated the No. 11
Wolverines with a shut-down
defense, and scoring led by
junior Trevor House with 15
points, junior Justin Mckillop’s
13, and 10 from freshman
Eddie Starz. Andrew Watt put
up half the Wolverines’ points
with 8. The Big Horns moved
on to the tournament’s double
elimination round and played
Twin Bridges on Feb. 20, after
EBS went to press.
Lone Peak was playing strong
prior to tournament play.
Justin McKillop rises up through the West Yellowstone defense for an easy Big Horns
basket, during their 76-41 win on Feb. 14 in Big Sky. PHOTO BY MARIA WYLLIE
The team started rolling in the
fourth quarter versus White
Sulphur Springs on Feb. 8.
They took a one-point lead into
the final frame but outscored
the visiting Hornets 21-10
down the stretch to seal the 6654 win. The Big Horns went 26
of 35 from the free throw line,
including draining their last
10 tries. Junior Trevor House
put up 19 points in the contest,
sophomore Tucker Hensley added
15, and junior Justin McKillop
finished with 14.
Boys Box Scores
Hornets 54, Big Horns 66
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS (54) M. Barfuss 16, Nyhart 13, Kliff 11, Grazzie
8, J. Barfuss 2, Berg 2, Idso 2
LONE PEAK (66) T. House 19, Hensley 15, McKillop 14, Shea 8, Ramirez
6, Mayse 2, Starz 2
White Sulphur Springs 12 19 13----10
Lone Peak 24 14 7---21
Wolverines 41, Big Horns 76
WEST YELLOWSTONE (41) Loomis 15, Parker 10, Watt 9, Arnado 4, Liszka
3
LONE PEAK (76) Ramirez 14, Shea 13, T. House 12, Q. House 7, McKillop
7, Mayse 6, Hensley 5, Garcia 4, G. House 2, Tompkins 2
West Yellowstone 13 11 7--10
Lone Peak 25 23 21 --- 7
Bears 53, Big Horns 80
LIMA (53) Mayer 18, Duck 11, Herriot 11, Hales 5, Greenslade 4, Ewing
3, Lappe 1
LONE PEAK (80) Ramirez 19, T. House 18, Hensley 11, McKillop 9, Q.
House 8, Shea 5, Starz 4, Mayse 2, Schumacher 2, Tompkins 2
Gardiner 17 12 11---13
Lone Peak 18 25 22 --- 15
Big Horns 55, Wolverines 16
LONE PEAK (55) T. House 15, McKillop 13, Starz 10, Hensley 9, Ramirez
7, G. House 1
WEST YELLOWSTONE (16) Watt 8, Liszka 2, Loomis 2, Mitic 2, Pacheco 2
Lone Peak 23 14 17--1
West Yellowstone 5 4 3---4
The Big Horns scored a season high 48 first-half
points with a balanced scoring attack against West
Yellowstone Feb. 14, and won 76-41. Freshman
James Ramirez paced the team with 14 points, while
junior Cooper Shea put up 13, and Trevor House
added 12 versus the rival Wolverines.
On Feb. 15, the Big Horns set a single game school
scoring record, thumping the Lima Bears 80-53. The
win cemented their best regular-season record in the
three-year history of the program, at 8-8. Ramirez
dropped 19 points on the Bears, Trevor House
scored 18, and Hensley finished the game with 11.
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AMENDMENTS TO ORDINANCE NO. 98-01 AT A PUBLIC
MEETING OF THE BIG SKY RESORT AREA DISTRICT
You are hereby notified, pursuant to §7-5-103, MCA, that a
Public Meeting will be held on Wednesday, March 12, 2014 at
9:00 a.m. in the Distric Office in the Town Center above Grizzly
Outfitters. On the agenda is the 2nd reading of the proposed
amendments to the Big Sky Resort Area District (“District”)
Ordinance No. 98-01, which most recent version has been in
effect since March 12, 2010. Ordinance 98-01 is the Ordinance
providing for the general administration of the resort tax in
the District. At this meeting, the proposed amendments will be
presented to the public and an opportunity for public comment
will be provided.
Copies of Ordinance 98-01, which include the proposed
amendments, are posted at the Big Sky Post Office located at
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District’s website at www.ResortTax.org.
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The Moth in Big Sky p. 40
Section 3:
LIFE, LAND
AND CULTURE
Snowshoe Shuffle p. 34
Winter Survival p. 47
The future of freestyle skiing:
Smokin’ Aces Slopestyle Tour stops in Big Sky
A rider hits a feature in the Zero Gravity Terrain Park, where the Ace of Hearts Slopestyle competition will be held on March 8. PHOTO COURTESY BIG SKY RESORT
BY EMILY WOLFE
It all started in the Bierstube, last March, after a day of
spring corn skiing at Whitefish Mountain Resort.
Billy Marcial and Zak Anderson were talking over
beers in the classic base area bar, with Marcial
lamenting the fact that Montana’s junior freestyle ski
circuit isn’t what was used to be.
A Whitefish native, Marcial, 28, competed in junior
mogul and upright aerial events as a teenager, was a first
team All-American freestyle in halfpipe at the College
of Idaho, and competed at the 2009 U.S. Open. As a
kid, he loved traveling to different ski areas in Montana
every weekend, competing in events sanctioned by the
United States Ski Association – Northern Division.
But with the rapid changes to the ski industry in
the early 2000s – notably with influences from
snowboarding and the invention of twin tips – the
sport of freestyle skiing metamorphosed into slopestyle
alongside the evolution of modern terrain parks, with
their jumps, rails and boxes.
“Nobody really knew what slopestyle was,” Marcial
said. “A lot of people still don’t… It took time for [them]
to catch up.”
Although there are still small moguls teams scattered
around the state, he said the U.S.S.A. freestyle contests
in Montana are no longer and the junior circuit has all
but disappeared.
“[Now] if kids want to qualify or compete, they have
to travel,” said Anderson, also a Whitefish native and
an alpine ski racing coach. “That was shame because in
Montana we have great ski hills and good skiing, and a
lot of talent.”
To prove his point, he explains that Montana Olympic
freestylers Heather McPhie and Bradley Wilson both
live and train in Park City, Utah, as does Whitefish’s
Maggie Voisin, a 15-year-old slopestyle skier who
qualified for the Olympics.
Whitefish. “It was some of the higher level skiing
for those youngsters I’ve seen in a while,” he said.
The tour goes next to Great Divide for the Jokers Wild
Rail Jam on Feb. 21, and the Ace of Diamonds
Marcial is also a sponsored
athlete for Montana Ski
Co., a custom ski company
Anderson co-owns with
Will MacDonald. After
mulling it over, Anderson
concluded they should
take things into their own
hands.
“Sometimes it takes
someone to just step up
and just do it, because
otherwise it gets lost in
the shuffle,” Anderson
said.
Thus the Smokin’ Aces
Trevor Harapat on the flat-to-down rail at Whitefish.
PHOTO BY KAT GREEN | greenkatphotography.com
Freestyle Tour was born.
A four-stop slopestyle
competition that’s new this winter, it aims to draw
Slopestyle on Feb. 22. Located outside of Helena,
skiers and riders from around the state, allowing
Great Divide is a small ski area with a strong park scene
them to accumulate points throughout the season
and a down-home vibe.
and win prizes and cash.
The Ace of Hearts Slopestyle comp will be March 8 at
Starting at their home hill, the first event hosted
50 competitors in Whitefish’s Fishbowl terrain
park under sunny skies on Feb. 1. Dubbed the Ace
of Clubs Slopestyle, it drew approximately 1,000
spectators over the course of the day, said Marcial,
now the Smokin’ Aces Tour Director.
Loath to choose a highlight, Marcial said he
was nonetheless impressed with the level of
competition in the 13-16 boys’ skier division in
Big Sky Resort’s Zero Gravity Terrain Park, an event
Marcial said a number of Whitefish skiers will attend.
The tour wraps up back in Whitefish for the Ace of
Spades Championship Slopestyle competition on
March 22.
“We’re trying to give some of those young kids that
are 12 or 13 years old… an opportunity to do more
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[events], to travel different places, and
feel the experience of what it’s like to be
a pro,” Marcial said.
charities and nonprofits throughout
the state. “[We] love to ski, so anything
that assimilates us with that culture
and helps people along the way is great
for us.”
Competitors will earn points in one
of 10 different divisions – from 12
and under to 21 and over – and are
rewarded for participating in multiple
competitions, said Marcial, who
organized fundraising events in college.
After the final event, they’ll name a
tour champion.
That sentiment is a theme with the
tour.
In addition to Montana Ski Co., tour
sponsors include Omnibar, Montucky
Cold Snacks, MacKenzie River Pizza
Co. and American Bank.
For Marcial, it’s about bringing the
Montana ski community together.
“It’s the kind of thing we like to
support,” said Chad Zeitner of
Bozeman-based Montucky Cold
Snacks, a startup beer company that
donates 8 percent of its profits to
“The future of the sport is in these
kinds of events and the young
athletes,” Anderson said. “It’s about
having fun, which is a big part of what
[Montana Ski Co. is] all about.”
“We’re striving to bring Montana
together,” he said. “It’s a small event
now, but who’s to know if we get this
ball rolling, years to come maybe we
can make this into something bigger
and better, to where our phenomenal
skiers don’t have to leave.”
Ace of Hearts
Big Sky Resort, March 8
Each of the Smokin’ Aces Slopestyle competitions will have categories
for men and women skiers and snowboarders of all ages and abilities.
Nolan Hammon on the hitching post to shotgun features at Whitefish Mountain
The Ace of Hearts comp in Big Sky starts at 12:30 p.m., with each rider
taking two runs through the park. Judges will pick the top rider for first,
second and third in all categories based on overall impression, style and
difficulty. There will be cash prizes for the open classes in men’s skiing
and snowboarding. Registration is open online, and also available dayof.
Resort. PHOTO BY KAT GREEN | GREENKATPHOTOGRAPHY.COM
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Gallatin River Gallery
hosts new solo show
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a property?
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“The Hills Are Alive,” mixed media on panel, 36”x36” Gallatin River Gallery is hosting a
new solo show by Holly Manneck
entitled “Searching For The Spirit,”
running through April 19.
Inspired by her life travels and
adventures, Manneck’s art is a mix
of photography and painting that
focuses on Americana culture. These
new works are “bigger, bolder and a
lot of fun!” according to information
from the gallery. Manneck exhibits
her work in galleries and juried art
fairs across the country.
Gallatin River Gallery is located in
Big Sky Town Center.
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Animal shelter snowshoe
shuffle set for March 1
BIG SKY RESORT
The 10th annual Snowshoe Shuffle
on Saturday March 1, will feature a
torch-lit snowshoe
course, dinner, and
live music with
proceeds benefiting the homeless
animals the Heart
of the Valley
Animal Shelter.
The event begins
at 5:30 p.m. at
the Madison Base
Area.
All participants trek the two-mile
long course together, Rogers said,
calling it “just challenging enough
to be fun for everyone.”
“Some families have made
the Snowshoe
Shuffle an anPHOTO COURTESY OF BOZEMAN PET PICS
nual tradition or
part of their vacation planning,”
said Phil Rogers, Executive
The remainder of the casual evening
Director of Heart of the Valley
at Headwaters Grille will include live
Animal Shelter, “and every year,
music by the Gettin’ Up Early Boys,
we build more support for our
dinner and a raffle. New this year will
community animal shelter.”
be local mushers teaching the basics of
skijoring with your dog. A skijor course
Participants will receive a goody
will be set up with weighted sleds and
bag from Dee-O-Gee, and can
harnesses to test the dog’s ability to pull
rent snowshoes from Northern
a sleigh.
Lights Trading Company at no
cost. Pretty Paws Pet GroomTickets are available at the Heart of the
ing is also a sponsor. Dogs are
Valley Animal Shelter, both Dee-Owelcomed.
Gee locations and at the door.
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FRIDAY, FEB. 21
Live Music at Whiskey Jack’s
Mike Haring, 3:30-5:30 p.m.
1985 80’s Road Show, 9:30 p.m.
Live Music at the Carabiner
Lauren Regnier, 4-6 p.m.
Kevin Fabozzi, 8:30-11 p.m.
Ric & Linda Steinke
LMR Saloon, 4:30-6:30 p.m. (and Sat.)
Bonfire
Fire Pit Park, 5 p.m.
Heart Opening Practice
Santosha, 6 p.m.
Kent Johnson
Whiskey Jack’s, 3:30-5:30 p.m.
Creative Writing Circle w/Liz McRae
Santosha, 7:30 p.m.
Mike Haring
Carabiner, 4-6 p.m.
Kevin Fabozzi
Carabiner, 4-6 p.m.
THURSDAY, FEB. 27
Dan Egan Steeps Clinic
Big Sky Resort,
Menasco Duo
Chet’s Bar, 4:30-6 p.m.
MONDAY, FEB. 24
Dan Dubuque
Load Bearing Wals
Montana Exit
Carabiner, 4-6 p.m.
Mike Haring
Carabiner, 4-6 p.m.
Diamond
Menasco Duo
FRIDAY, FEB. 21
Nature Photo Primer w/Rob Moody
F-11 Photographic Supplies, 5 p.m.
Meet the Brewer
Whiskey Jacks, 5:30 p.m.
Bruce Anfinson
LMR Saloon, 4:30 p.m.
Hollowtops
Wild Joe’s, 7 p.m.
Line Dance Lessons
Buck’s T -4, 5:45 p.m.
Ladies Night
Eastslope Outdoors & Rhinestone Cowgirl,
5-8 p.m.
The Shape of Things
The Verge, 8 p.m. (and Sat.)
Level II Avalanche Course
Big Sky Resort, 5:30 p.m. (thru Sun.)
Prime Rib Buffet
320 Guest Ranch, 5-8 p.m.
Tracorum
Gallatin Riverhouse Grill, 8 p.m.
Montana Exit Live
LMR Saloon, 8-9:30 p.m.
FRIDAY, FEB. 28
Mike Haring, 3:30-5:30 p.m.
Little Jane & Pistol Whips, 9:30 p.m.
TUESDAY, FEB. 25
Mike Haring
Lauren Regnier, 4-6 p.m.
Kevin Fabozzi, 8:30-11 p.m.
DJ Night
Broken Spoke, 10 p.m.
Kenny Diamond, 4-6 p.m.
Lauren Regnier, 8:30-11 p.m.
Rocky Mountain Pearls
Gallatin Riverhouse Grill, 7 p.m.
SATURDAY, FEB. 22
Dos Mayos, 3:30-5:30 p.m.
Pinky & the Floyd, 9:30 p.m.
Bruce Anfinson
Kids Club Pizza Party
Big Sky Resort, 6:30 p.m.
The Mediocre Trio
Ousel & Spur, 9-11 p.m.
Willie Waldman Project
Gallatin Riverhouse Grill, 9:30 p.m.
Lone Mountain Trio, 4-6 p.m.
Two Bit Franks, 8:30-11 p.m.
One Leaf Clover
Broken Spoke, 10 p.m.
SUNDAY, FEB. 23
On Mountain Church Services
Triple Chair, 1:30 p.m.
Six Shooter, 3 p.m.
Bruce Anfinson
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 26
Ric Steinke
Kevin Fabozzi, 4-6 p.m.
Mike Haring, 8:30-11 p.m.
Diamond
Brian Stumpf
Ousel & Spur, 9-11 p.m.
SATURDAY, MAR. 1
Free Radicals, 3:30-5:30 p.m.
Jawbone Railroad, 9:30 p.m.
Lone Mountain Trio
Carabiner, 4-6 & 8:30-11 p.m.
Jawbone Railroad
Ric & Linda Steinke
LMR Saloon, 4:30-6:30 p.m.
Heart of the Valley Snowshoe Shuffle
Big Sky Resort Madison Base Area, 5:308:30 p.m.
Antonii Baryshevskyi
WMPAC, 7:30 p.m.
The Sugar Daddies
Gallatin Riverhouse Grill, 8:30 p.m.
SUNDAY, MAR. 2
On Mountain Church Services
Triple Chair, 1:30 p.m.
Six Shooter, 6 p.m.
BOZEMAN
DJ Abilities
The Zebra, 9 p.m.
Three-Eared Dog, Shakewell, and the
Ticketsauce Brigade
Filling Station, 9 p.m.
Blue Belly Junction
The Legion, 9 p.m.
DJ Night
Rockin’ R Bar, 10 p.m. (and Sat.)
SATURDAY, FEB. 22
Mountains of Courage Conference
Baxter Hotel, 8:45 a.m. – 3:15 p.m.
Corgis in the Snow
Heart of the Valley Humane Society,1
p.m.
Dorothy Meets Alice or the Wizard of
Wonderland
The Verge, 2 p.m.
Carnival of the Animals
The Emerson, 4 p.m.
Readings by Dr. Daniel Wildcat & Dr.
Robin Kimmerer
Country Bookshelf, 7 p.m.
Riley Pearce
Bozeman Folklore Society Contra Dance
Eagles Lodge, 7:30 p.m.
Electronic Music Midwest & Mountains
Reynolds Recital Hall, 7:30 p.m.
Tracorum and Flatt Cheddar
The Zebra, 9 p.m.
Skavocado
Kent Johnson
SUNDAY, FEB. 23
Ian Frye
Bridger Brewing, 5:30 p.m.
Dos Mayos
Carabiner, 4-6 p.m.
Bridger Mountain Big Band
Colonel Black’s, 7 p.m.
MONDAY, MAR. 3
Special Olympics of Montana
Big Sky Resort, 9 a.m.
MONDAY, FEB. 24
Glass House Photography Group Movie
Night
F-11 Photographic Supplies, 5:30 p.m.
Dan Dubuque
Montana Exit
Carabiner, 4-6 p.m.
Diamond
Prime Rib Buffet
320 Guest Ranch, 5-8 p.m.
Line Dance Lessons
Buck’s T -4, 5:45 p.m.
Montana Exit Live
LMR Saloon, 8 p.m.
WEDNESDAY, MAR. 5
Ric & Linda
Kevin Fabozzi, 4-6 p.m.
Mike Haring, 8:30-11 p.m.
Diamond
THURSDAY, MAR. 6
Load Bearing Wals
Vibe Quartet
406 Brewing, 6 p.m.
Bridger Creek Boys
Trivia Night
Bacchus Pub, 8 p.m.
TUESDAY, FEB. 25
WSE’s Local Food and Beer Celebration
Montana Ale Works, 5:30 p.m.
International Folk Dance
SOB Barn, 6:30 p.m.
English Beat
The Emerson, 7 p.m.
Bingo Night
Rockin’ R Bar, 7:15 p.m.
Open Mic
Pub 317, 7:30 p.m.
The Pine Hearts
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 26
Qi Gong Series
The MAC, 5:15 p.m.
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Ian Frye
406 Brewing, 6 p.m.
Sizzling Salsa
The MAC, 8 p.m.
Ladies Night w/DJ Bones
The Zebra, 9 p.m.
THURSDAY, FEB. 27
Acoustic Jam
Rosauers Grocery, 7 p.m.
BFF Presents: Coen Brothers’ Inside Llewyn Davis
The Emerson, 7:30 p.m.
Austin Jenckes
Peach Street Studios, 8 p.m.
The White Buffalo
DJ Green
Fox Street Allstars
The Zebra, 10 p.m.
FRIDAY, FEB. 28
Tom Catmull
Junk to Funk: Recycled Fashion Show
MSU SUB, 6:30-10 p.m.
Headwaters Academy Poetry Show
The 39 Steps
The Ellen, 7:30 p.m. (and Sat.)
Dub Sultan
Pulse-house music
The Zebra, 9 p.m.
The Fossils
Eagles Bar, 9 p.m.
The Dirty Shame
The Legion, 9 p.m.
SATURDAY, MAR. 1
Winter Crazy Days
Downtown Bozeman, 10 a.m.
Scout Day
Museum of the Rockies, 11 a.m.
Pinhead Classic Ski Festival
Bridger Bowl, 11 a.m.
Dorothy Meets Alice or the Wizard of Wonderland
The Verge, 2 p.m.
TUESDAY, MAR. 4
Beb LeBoeuf Band
Café Zydeco, 6 p.m.
International Folk Dancing
SOB Barn 6:30 p.m.
Open Mic
Pub 317, 7:30 p.m.
Scottish Country Dancing
SOB Bar, 8 p.m.
Kent Johnson
Bacchus Pub, 8 p.m.
WEDNESDAY, MAR. 5
Wild West Wednesday
The MAC, 8 p.m.
Ladies Night w/DJ Bones
The Zebra, 9 p.m.
Open Mic
Haufbrau, 10 p.m.
THURSDAY, MAR. 6
Open Acoustic Jam
Rosauers Grocery, 7 p.m.
Pinky & the Floyd: CUBED
The Emerson, 8 p.m. (and Fri.)
DJ Green
Rocky Mountain Pearls
Mixers Saloon, 9:30 p.m.
LIVINGSTON &
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FRIDAY, FEB. 21
One Leaf Clover
Murray Bar, 9:30 p.m.
10 Ft. Tall & 80 Proof
Chico Saloon, 9 p.m. (and Sat.)
SATURDAY, FEB. 22
Miss Massive Snowflake
Murray Bar, 9 p.m.
SUNDAY, FEB. 23
Ticket Sauce and ThreeEared Dog
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 26
Aaron Williams
THURSDAY, FEB. 27
Big ‘Ol
YMCA SnowBall
Gallatin Valley YMCA, 5 p.m.
FRIDAY, FEB. 28
Chad Ball
Pinhead Reception
Cure for the Common
Jonzer Dave & the Dusty Pockets
The Emerson, 7:30 p.m.
Brilliant Traces
Blue Slipper Theatre, 8
p.m. (and Sat.)
Bozeman Symphony w/Emilio Colon
Willson Auditorium, 7:30 p.m.
Honky Tonk Heroes
Chico Saloon, 9 p.m.
(and Sat.)
Casey Dreissen
Mustache Bandits w/the Salamanders
The Zebra, 9 p.m.
SUNDAY, MAR. 2
The 39 Steps
The Ellen, 3 p.m.
Bozeman Symphony w/Emilio Colon
Willson Auditorium, 3 p.m.
SATURDAY, MAR. 1
Spare Change Open
House
UIL Draft Horse Sanctuary, 10 a.m.
Modern Sons w/the Old
Son
Ian Frye
SUNDAY, MAR. 2
Brilliant Traces
Blue Slipper Theatre, 3
p.m.
Bridger Mountain Big Band
Bus Driver Tour
MONDAY, MAR.3
Pints w/Purpose: Goodworks
Bridger Brewing, 5 p.m.
MONDAY, MAR. 3
The Ends
Vibe Quartet
406 Brewing, 6 p.m.
WEDNESDAY, MAR. 5
Network Live!
Bank of the Rockies,
5:30-7 p.m.
Bridger Creek Boys
Scott Brown
Trivia Night
Bacchus Pub, 8 p.m.
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Bottom of the Barrel
Wild West Saloon, 8 p.m.
Grizzly & Wolf Discovery Center, 2 p.m.
SATURDAY, FEB. 22
Snowshoe Walk w/a YNP Ranger
Visitor Information Center, 1:30 p.m.
Afternoon Talk w/a YNP Ranger
Grizzly Wolf & Discovery Center, 2 p.m.
Kennedy & the Assassins
SUNDAY, FEB. 23
TUESDAY, FEB. 25
Pool Tournament
FRIDAY, FEB. 28
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Driftwood Grinners
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In the presence of genius
Ukrainian pianist to perform at WMPAC
BY JOHN ZIRKLE
WARREN MILLER PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
Imagine you are seated in an audience of 200 people
on the top floor of an 11th century Abbey in a small
concert hall with marble floors, fresco ceilings, and
an 8-foot-by-11-inch polished Steinway D Grand
Piano sitting on a small stage.
The windows are open and as the sun sets, you can
see a storm brewing over the tiny town of Ochsenhausen, Germany, just two hours west of Munich
by train. On the program this evening is a young
Ukrainian pianist named Antonii Baryshevskyi,
who has a peculiar shock of black wavy hair, a beard
that comes up to his eye sockets, and an intriguing
disposition that one typically associates with genius.
When he comes on stage, the first thing you notice
are the two buttons undone at the top of his shirt,
and his quirky – almost clumsy – bow before he
sits down and adjusts the piano bench to the right
height. He looks up to the ceiling, possibly gathering his thoughts for the program to come, and begins to play. Within the first few notes, it’s obvious
you’re hearing a master at his craft; a fully realized
artist. After lilting his way through some impossibly difficult études, Baryshevskyi plays some music you
aren’t familiar with. But by this point you’ve established a trusting relationship, and it’s OK if you
don’t know exactly what’s going on. At intermission, the entire audience is lit up with energy, agreeing they’re in the presence of a real-life prodigy.
As you make your way back into the concert
hall, the wind picks up outside, and a hush seeps
throughout the crowd. The tension mounts as
you prepare to experience Modest Mussorgsky’s
“Pictures at an Exhibition,” an 1874 tour-de-force
inspired by the work of the French painter Viktor
Hartmann. Rich with images of gnomes, dancing chicks, oxen,
and the Great Gate of Kiev, “Pictures at an Exhibition” is at once fun and accessible, but also as profound as any Beethoven Symphony. As the young
pianist wields his way through the piece, he’s able
to balance the maturity and skill of a serious artist
with the need for lightness and play. Antonii Baryshevskyi will be performing Mussorgsky’s “Pictures at an Exhibition” and more at his performance
on March 1 at the Warren Miller Performing Arts Center. PHOTOS COURTESY OF ANTONII BARYSHEVSKYI
The concert nears its end, and you feel a sudden
sadness, knowing that your relationship with this
enchanting performer is almost over. You watch,
enamored, as Baryshevskyi’s fingers effortlessly glide
through the cadenzas in the final movement, and you
could swear the keys are igniting into flames.
The final chord is struck and the remaining sounds soar
over the crowd, lance the frescoes, and fall away into
the distance of the storm clouds.
Silence. Nobody claps; you can’t believe it’s over. You
just sit there, basking in something real, beautiful
even, and you realize that your life has changed forever.
Antonii Baryshevskyi takes to the stage of the Warren
Miller Performing Arts Center on Saturday, March 1
at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are available online at warrenmillerpac.org.
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Coming home: The Moth brings storytelling to Big Sky
Kennedy did one show,
and the rest of his story
has transpired in the 14
years since.
BIG SKY – Sometimes the most important thing about a story is that it’s heard.
“I found out years
later that [Xanders] had
hundreds of phone messages at the time … Her
therapist had told her to
return one [call] a day,
and it would make her
feel better. So, that day
she closes her eyes and
picks a message. And my
phone rings.”
The Moth Mainstage show on Feb. 15
clued Big Sky in on this significance.
With all 280 seats in the Warren Miller
Performing Arts Center filled – and
another 150-plus on the waiting list
– the audience witnessed the oldest
and purest form of communication:
storytelling.
Five people from all walks of life took
the stage that night and told their stories, with only a microphone separating
them from the crowd. Audience members afterward called the experience
“raw,” “emotional” and “moving.”
Touring internationally, The Moth
Mainstage is a series of live, unscripted
storytelling performances and podcasts
that’s gaining immense popularity the
world over. Without props or effects,
the stories flush to the forefront. That’s
exactly the intention, according to
Moth Senior Producer Maggie Cino.
“We’ve had people before pitch us ideas
about [adding] music and other ideas,
but want it to be as clean and simple
as possible. There’s nowhere to hide,”
Cino said.
Mainstage shows allow storytellers approximately 10 minutes to tell a story.
“What we really want is for storytellers
to get to the heart of [the story],” Cino
said. “It gives them enough time to
dig into something big, but still have
parameters,” said Cino, admitting that
this can be difficult when storytellers
bare their souls.
Instrumental in bringing
The Moth to Big Sky,
Zirkle first heard the
group on a cross-country
Jessica Lee Williamson, an LA-based writer and artist addresses a sold-out Warren Miller Performing
Arts Center during the Moth Mainstage performance on Feb. 15. PHOTO BY KENE SPERRY
road trip in 2010. After
many hours, music had
become tedious, so they
“You could hear a little tremble in
began listening to podcasts.
Sanders has been traveling the world
her voice even though she’s a pro,”
with The Moth for two years now,
said John Zirkle, Artistic Director for
The difference in seeing a Moth
after he saw his first performance on a
WMPAC.
performance live, he said, was that he
date night in his hometown of Detroit,
could watch the connection between
Mich.
Williamson graduated from the Second
the speakers and the audience. It’s
City Conservatory, an improvisation
something he says the show’s directors
But taking the stage in front of an
and sketch comedy training center in
work tirelessly to create, comparing the
audience is never easy. Even Sanders,
LA.
result to an artist composing on a blank
as a stand-up comedian, says The Moth
canvas.
can be intimidating. “I respect all the
other storytellers so much. It keeps me
“To me, it’s just honest expression,”
The Moth’s host Dan Kennedy says serhumble.”
said local Bill Erickson after the show.
endipity brought him to the Mainstage.
“Whether you like the story or not,
And of course, that too, has a story.
Stephen Koch, a snowboard mountainwhether it appeals to you or not, it’s a
eer from Jackson, Wyo., who also spoke
human telling honest emotions. That’s
Kennedy, now 46, had a slim chance
at WMPAC, said he’s comfortable givthe attraction.”
in 2000 of becoming the show’s host.
ing presentations about his experience
The evening began, fittingly, with
a story: Host Dan Kennedy told the
audience about his first day in Big Sky
and how The Moth allowed him the
opportunity to discover this special
place. It ended, too, with a story about
Big Sky, and about freedom, courtesy
of Warren Miller.
New York filmmaker Kimberly Reed
told of the struggle she had coming
home to her native Montana, and said
she believes the audience is as critical to
a story as the speaker.
“The most important thing is not what
the stories are,” Reed said. “But that the
stories are heard.”
Namesake for the arts center, Miller
gave a performance that brought down
the house, according to Zirkle, and then
brought it back up, the crowd on its feet
for the godfather of action sports films.
The Moth Mainstage operates under
The Moth, a New York City-based
nonprofit organization dedicated to the
art of storytelling. Poet and novelist
George Dawes Green founded it in
1997, as a way of recreating the nights
he spent spinning yarns with friends in
his native Georgia. The group referred
to themselves as The Moths after the
insects that entered Green’s porch
through a tear in the screen, attracted to
the light.
Having Warren Miller tell a story about
freedom, skiing and what it means to
live here aligned seamlessly with WMPAC’s ideals to reflect the world-class
nature of Big Sky.
Audiences flock to Moth performances
because they see how each speaker, no
matter who they are, becomes important, says Horace H.B. Sanders, who
also performed at the Big Sky show.
“With The Moth, it’s amazing,” Sanders said. “For 10-12 minutes, everybody can be special.”
Story time. Comedian Horace H. B. Sanders, from Detroit, Mich., finds his muse
during the Moth show. PHOTO BY KENE SPERRY
snowboarding the Seven Summits, the
tallest peaks on each of the seven continents. But, he said, because The Moth
requires him to leave behind the notes
and other visual aides he usually brings
to presentations, it’s a different animal.
“It’s just you up there, alone, vulnerable.”
The evening’s first speaker, Los Angeles-based writer and artist Jessica Lee
Williamson, talked about the fear she
faced in following her writing passion.
His introverted nature aside, the show
wouldn’t return his multiple calls after
he saw his first Moth performance at
Nell’s nightclub in Manhattan, N.Y.
“I walked in,” said Kennedy, “and there
was Ian Faith from Spinal Tap hosting
the show, and I was like, ‘What is this?
How do we join this?’”
Then one day the phone rang – a stage
curtain rising – to put Kennedy in front
of an audience, for which he has an
uncanny knack. It was Joey Xanders,
executive producer for the Moth.
“We saw a little bit of Warren’s soul,
and he bore that for us,” Zirkle said. “It
was so emotional, and you can only do
it when it’s presented that way. It was
just a man and a microphone and his
story.”
Find more information on The Moth and
listen to podcasts at themoth.org. Find
more on WMPAC including performance schedules and tickets at warrenmillerpac.org.
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Montana poet laureate joins lyrical forces at WMPAC
BY MARIA WYLLIE
“It’s good for any of us in our communities
to bring in people from the outside and see
what those voices can tell us.”
As Montana’s poet laureate, Tami
Haaland is under oath to do all she
can to promote poetry throughout
the state.
One of the places she’s visiting is Big Sky’s
Warren Miller Performing Arts Center
on March 8, per Artistic Director John
Zirkle’s request.
Humanities Montana, an
independent, nonprofit affiliate
of the National Endowment for
the Humanities, provides Haaland
financial support for travel expenses
when giving poetry readings and
lectures and leading discussions
in various communities around
Montana. She’s also agreed to meet
with people to discuss how they can
implement literary projects in their
own communities.
“It’s fairly commonplace for people
to say they can’t understand or don’t
like [poetry], but it’s one of our most
ancient art forms,” Haaland said. “It’s
probably as old as humanity…our
desire to respond to our environment
and the things we encounter in life
– love, loss, death – and poetry has
always done that really well.”
Haaland will join Colorado Poet Laureate
David Mason; Henry Real Bird, a cowboy
poet from the Crow Nation and former
poet laureate of Montana; Linds Sanders,
a young Slam Poet from Missoula; Dave
Caserio, a performance poet from Billings;
and singer-songwriter Martha Scanlan.
Although Scanlan won’t be playing during
the poetry readings, Haaland has collaborated with musicians and dancers in
the past, matching their art to her poetry
readings and creating a mood through the
arc of the sounds and movement.
“The surface of poetry is very musical,
and the two often melt well together,” she
said. “It’s really a lot of fun for artists in
different disciplines to come together and
work in this way.”
Montana's poet laureate, Tami Haaland
Haaland, who also teaches English at
Montana State University-Billings, is
working to dispel the idea that poetry is difficult
to understand, and says part of this assumption is
simply a lack of exposure. By bringing in as many
talented poets around the state as possible to rural
communities, this can change, she says.
“I think its sort of like circulation,” Haaland said.
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Coens’ ‘Inside Llewyn Davis’
American Life in Poetry:
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BOZEMAN FILM FESTIVAL
BY TED KOOSER, U.S. POET LAUREATE
The Bozeman Film Festival ends on Thursday, Feb. 27 with Joel and Ethan Coen’s
latest film, “Inside Llewyn Davis,” screening at 7:30 p.m. in the Emerson’s Crawford Theater.
The film follows a week in the life of young folk singer Llewyn Davis (Oscar
Isaac, “The Bourne Legacy”) as he navigates the 1961 Greenwich Village folk
scene. Huddled against the unforgiving New York winter, guitar in tow, he is
struggling to make it as a musician against seemingly insurmountable obstacles –
some of his own making.
On an odyssey to audition for a music mogul, his misadventures take him from
the basket houses of the Village to an empty Chicago club and back again.
The movie features music by Isaac, Justin Timberlake and Carey Mulligan (as
Llewyn’s married Village friends), as well as Marcus Mumford and Punch Brothers. As in “O Brother, Where Art Thou?,” “Inside Llewyn Davis” is infused with
the transportive sound of another time and place.
An epic film on an intimate scale, it represents the Coen brothers’ fourth collaboration with multiple Grammy- and Academy Award-winning music producer
T-Bone Burnett. Marcus Mumford is associate music producer.
Bryan Appleyard of “The Sunday Times” calls the Coen brothers “the greatest
filmmakers on the planet,” and filmcomment.com’s Jonathan Romney says “Inside Llewyn Davis” is “the most moving film the Coens have ever made.”
The film is rated R and runs one hour and forty-five minutes.
Tickets are available at Cactus Records and one hour before the film in the Emerson’s lobby, which will have a no-host social hour from 6:30-7:30 pm. For more
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One of the founders of modernist poetry, Ezra Pound, advised poets and
artists to “make it new.” I’ve never before seen a poem about helping a tree
shake the snow from itself, and I like this one by Thomas Reiter, who lives
in New Jersey.
Releasing a Tree
By Thomas Reiter
Softly pummeled overnight, the lower
limbs of our Norway spruce
flexed and the deepening snow held them.
Windless sunlight now, so I go out
wearing hip waders and carrying
not a fly rod but a garden hoe. I begin
worrying the snow for the holdfast
of a branch that’s so far down
a wren’s nest floats above it like a buoy.
I work the hoe, not chopping but cradling,
then pull straight up. A current of air
as the needles loft their burden
over my head. Those grace notes
of the snowfall, crystals giving off
copper, green, rose – watching them
I stumble over a branch, go down
and my gloves fill with snow. Ah, I find
my father here: I remember as a child
how flames touched my hand the time
I added wood to the stove in our ice-fishing
shanty, how he plunged that hand
through the hole into the river, teaching me
one kind of burning can ease another.
The branch bobs then tapers into place
and composes itself, looking
unchanged though all summer
it will bring up this day from underfoot.
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by the Department of English at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Poem
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Catchment, Louisiana State Univ. Press, 2009. Poem reprinted from The
Southern Review, Vol. 49, no. 1, by permission of Thomas Reiter and the
publisher. Introduction copyright © 2014 by The Poetry Foundation. The
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BY MARIA WYLLIE
Find out what tunes we’re bumping! In “Big Sky Beats,” Explore Big Sky staff and
guests suggest a soundtrack for a day on the mountain, and guests have a chance to
share what they listen to when they shred.
Here are my picks from his various projects
Les Claypool’s bass playing and zany
over the years.
sounding vocals can be identified
1. “American Life” by Primus on Sailing
immediately, regardless of which band he’s
The Seas of Cheese
playing in. Although the quirky musician
2. “Phantom Patriot,” by Les Claypool on
is most widely known for his role as bassist/
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Of Whales and Woe
vocalist of Primus, he’s ventured off into a tock.co
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3. “Girls for Single Men,” by Sausage on
number of other groups in order to satisfy
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his desire to continue exploring
the
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4. “Shine on You Crazy Diamond” by The
realm.
Les Claypool Frog Brigade on Live Frogs
Set 1
Having collaborated with a wide range of
5. “Pretty Little Song” by Les Claypool on
musicians, including Bernie Worrell, Trey
Of Fungi and Foe
Anastasio, Stewart Copeland, Buckethead
6. “The Awakening” by Les Claypool and
and Gabby La La, among others, Claypool’s
the Holy Mackerel on Highball With
various projects take on a wide range of
the Devil
sounds. But he stays true to his own style,
7. “Pseudo Suicide” by Oysterhead on
weaving his oddball sense of humor in and
The Grand Pecking Order
out of music otherwise focused on heavy
8. “Elephant Ghost,” by Colonel Clayinstrumentals.
pool’s Bucket of Bernie Brains (C2B3)
on The Big Eyeball in the Sky
Claypool’s most recent project is Duo de
9. “Battle of New Orleans” by Les ClayTwang, a collaboration with Bryan Kehoe
pool’s Duo de Twang on Four Foot
in which Claypool explores some of his
favorite songs and adds a “twang” to them.
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10. “Hey Are You Going to Burning Man?”
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Dressing for your body type
BY CRYSTAL SNOOK
Shopping for clothing should be a magical event,
but for many women it can be an unpleasant, avoidat-all-costs experience.
In order to adore shopping, you need to learn
what every self-respecting woman deserves
to know – how to dress for her body type.
Not Gisele’s body type, not Kate Middleton’s
body type, but your body type. In the words
of Coco Chanel, “Fashion fades, only style
remains the same.”
Shape your style around your body. While
it’s fun to dabble in trends, they don’t always
look great on every body type. You’ll never
go wrong choosing to maximize your assets
and dressing to fit your body.
But determining your body type can be
difficult, because the way you perceive
your body is likely skewed from reality. To
determine your body type, stand in front of a mirror
in your undergarments and assess what you see.
How do your shoulders fall in comparison to your
hips? Are they narrower or wider? Are your hips
the fullest part of your body? Get crazy and pull out
some lip balm and right on the mirror, mark your
hip points, shoulder points and the smallest part of
your torso/waistline. Connect the dots. You should
see the semblance of a shape.
The beautiful thing about women is their
differences. We won’t all fall into the cardboard
cutouts of the shapes below, but this is a great place
to start.
goal for this body shape is to balance the bottom half
with the broader top half. Inverted triangles should
look for bottom pieces that showcase interesting
details while sticking to clean, frill-free tops.
Rectangle/boyish
Also known as the athletic or long and
lean body type, the rectangle has a straight
shoulder and hip line with a minimal
waistline. Rectangles should try pieces
that create curves and dimensions, so look
for details such as ruffles, ruching or side
cinching.
FIVE BODY TYPES
Hourglass
This sought-after shape features a narrow
waist paired with shoulders and hips that are
approximately the same size. Look for pieces that
emphasize the narrow waist, such as sheath dresses.
Avoid pieces that exude boxiness, which would
only take away from the hourglass’s sizzling curves.
Inverted triangle/wedge
This body type features straight, square shoulders
that are wider than the hips. This shape will have
little definition between the waist and hips. The
Triangle/pear
This shape features narrow shoulders and
waist with full hips and thighs. Women with
this shape tend to purchase tops a size smaller
than bottoms. Play up the triangle body
type by looking for tops that accentuate the
narrow waistline. Interesting details in tops,
such as a boat neck, will draw the eye upward
while providing balance between the slighter
shoulders and wider hips.
Apple/diamond/round/oval
The shape displays fullness in the stomach area
coupled with rounded shoulders. Typically one of
the apple’s best assets are her legs. The apple should
look for pieces that elongate their torso (think
V-neck tees) and show off their amazing gams.
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Winter survival for Montana wildlife
Elk will gather in tight groups on windswept areas to take advantage of warmth and safety in numbers
BY BRUCE AUCHLY
MONTANA FISH, WILDLIFE AND PARKS
We turn up the heat, put on a
sweater, plug in the car. They leave
town, go to sleep, or tough it out.
They are wildlife, specifically
Montana’s wildlife while dealing
with the rigors of winter.
While we can adapt to winter’s cold
spells, wild animals have three basic
strategies for dealing with winter.
Birds that spend their winters here
don’t suddenly decide to head to
Mexico because the recent cold snap
was the worst in 15 years, though
you and I might. Elk, deer, or even
a mink that tough out every single
winter of their existence cannot flip a
coin and make a choice to hibernate.
Wild animals over the eons have
carved their natural niche, and it
works – most of the time. Some of
those critters that hibernate don’t
make it till spring, or they wake
up and there’s not enough to eat
and they starve. Some of the birds
that migrate, get lost, picked off by
predators, or fly into buildings and die.
It can be a tough life.
Geese and ducks will stand or sit for
hours on an ice shelf next to a river’s
open water. Their plump down coat
keeps their bodies warm, but their feet
are exposed. Did you ever wonder how
they survive?
First, their legs and feet have very
little soft tissue. Even the muscles
that operate the foot are mostly
higher up in the leg and connected
to the bones of the feet with long
tendons. Lack of soft tissue means
less need for warm blood.
Second, warm blood flowing through
the birds’ arteries passes close to cold
venous blood returning from the
feet. As arterial blood warms up the
venous blood the feet are kept cool,
and the few tissues in the feet are
supplied with just enough warmth to
avoid frostbite.
Mammals like elk survive in part
because of their thick fur coats. An
elk’s winter coat has two layers: a
dense, woolly undercoat, covered
with thick, long guard hairs. Each
guard hair contains thousands of tiny
air pockets making it waterproof and
providing insulation.
In very cold weather, snow on the
thick guard hair coat often doesn’t
even melt because the animal’s body
heat is held in by the undercoat. Also,
elk can make their hair stand on end,
creating a thicker coat that traps more
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gather in tight groups on windswept
areas to take advantage of warmth
and safety in numbers, or move into
conifers, seeking insulation.
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Hot.Cool.Yours.
Local student reflects on experience in Sochi, Russia
BY DASHA BOUGH
“It is so important to do what you
believe in,” she said. “It enables
you to live a passionate life. I have
absolutely no regrets about my
performance [and] decisions. One of
my main goals has always been to …
push the boundaries of the sport.”
LONE PEAK HIGH SCHOOL
“Hot.Cool.Yours.” These were the
first English words that greeted me
when I arrived in Sochi, Russia.
They are also the official slogan of
the 2014 Olympics, and an accurate
description of the Russian host city.
The weather during the games was, in
fact, hot and cool, with venues both
on the coast of the Black Sea and high
in the Caucus Mountains.
With an open and positive demeanor,
McPhie’s energy leaves no room for
negativity. Perhaps this is the reason
why she has become a world-class
athlete in such a competitive event.
“Yours” is a new idea for Russia,
one that promises generosity and a
shared experience. In Russian, the
theme “Hot.Cool.Yours.” (translated
as Жаркие.Зимние.Твои.) seems
oddly literal and slightly out of place.
In English, however, the words are
a play on a clever double meaning.
The fact that the Russians chose a
slogan popularized in America could
indicate their desire to embrace a
more global culture.
On my way home to Montana, I
reflected on this detail while sitting
on a plane, reading article after article
of negative American press about
the Sochi Olympics. I couldn’t help
but grit my teeth a little as I skimmed
over the complaints about unfinished
landscaping and lack of hot water
in the hotels. I was saddened by the
negative way in which the Sochi
Olympic experience was portrayed.
I ask you to open your mind and
allow me to take you on a journey
beneath the surface created by
the media. I believe you will see a
country proud of its history and how
far it’s come, and one that, while
certainly not perfect, is anxious to
share its deep culture with the rest of
the world.
I took this journey as I learned about
the main character of the Opening
Ceremonies, Lyubov, whose name
literally means “love.” A young
Russian girl, she shared with the
world her dreams of Russia’s past,
beginning with its unique alphabet
and ending with its strong tradition
of fairy tales.
In between, her dreams took us
through St. Petersburg’s Imperial
heritage, a violent revolution,
Communism, its demise and the
struggle to rebuild a country,
including the rebuilding of Sochi for
these Olympics.
2010 figure skating gold medalist
Evan Lysacek also knows something
about positivity.
The first American man in 24 years
to win gold in figure skating, Lysacek
was training to compete in Sochi until
he was injured in December.
Dasha Bough with Evan Lysace, an American figure skater who won gold in the 2010 Vancouver Olympics. PHOTO BY JILL BOUGH
Her dreams were filled with all
things Russian: music, literature,
ballet, circus athletes and art. The
presentation was cheerful, lively
and full of love, a theme in these
Olympics that I first discovered in
the Olympic Park, where young,
enthusiastic volunteers dressed
in colorful coats sang out in thick
accents as we passed by.
One of them, Nadya, was an
18-year-old law student at Sochi
State University and a new friend
of mine. Nadya worked as a guide at
the Olympics, and we met the day of
our arrival. Although her parents are
Georgian, Nadya has lived in Sochi
her entire life, and proudly calls
herself a local.
“Five years ago, we did not have a
single shopping arcade,” Nadya told
me in broken English. “Now we have
five.”
Her answer changed as we became
better acquainted. Speaking in
Russian, she told me more about
her town and the changes President
Vladimir Putin has made.
“There has been a new energy in this
region because of the Olympics, and
with it a pride in our environment,”
she said. “I am more proud than ever
to be Russian at this time. People
always talk about St. Petersburg and
Moscow as if they are Russia. But
Russia is a huge country, and we are
all a part of it.”
Having spent five years of my
childhood living in Russia, I shared
Nadya’s optimism about Sochi, its
people and the Olympics. But what
about an American who has never
been to Russia before?
Bozeman native and Olympic freestyle
moguls skier Heather McPhie said
she loved the Sochi venue for many
reasons, including that the Olympic
village was easy to navigate and that it
placed her out of her element.
“Competing in Vancouver felt like
competing at home, [and] this is more
of a foreign feeling,” she said two days
after her final run, when I met her at
the USA House in Olympic Park.
Known for attempting more
complicated, challenging jumps than
most of the other women competitors,
McPhie attempted aggressive tricks and
placed 14 out of 26. While pushing
the limits in her sport has brought her
success, it may have hurt her score in
Sochi.
But given another chance, McPhie
said she would do the same thing.
“It’s hard to be here watching and
wishing that I was competing,”
he said while attending the figure
skating team event. “At the same
time, I’m not only an Olympic
athlete, I’m also an Olympic fan, so I
would not have missed the Games for
the world.”
As an athlete who watched the
Olympics his whole life, Lysacek said
he didn’t fully grasp the power of
the Games until attending his first
Olympics in 2006, in Torino, Italy.
“What makes it truly unique is
the global reach. Other events are
important locally or nationally, but
the Olympics grabs the fascination of
the entire world.”
Lysacek is familiar with Russia. He
trained and competed there three times
in the buildup to his Vancouver gold
medal, and believes that training was
crucial to his success.
Lysacek said he was not disappointed
with the hospitality at the 2014 Games.
“They have played tremendous hosts
to the world and built this Olympics
around the athletes,” he said.
Russia put a record $51 billion into the
Olympics, and hosted roughly 3,000
athletes.
As for the elite athletes in his sport,
Lysacek says it’s a tight knit group
composed of people from around the
world.
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Continued from p. 49
P R E S E N T S
“I have grown up competing with
nearly the same group of skaters for
the last 15 years,”
he said. “It gave me
the opportunity
to meet and get
to know a very
diverse group
of people from a
young age. I have
lifelong friends
from so many
countries... We
keep in touch
and will always
share the Olympic
experience.”
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I would also guess that many of the
logistical issues Americans at the
Olympics are complaining about are
due to the language barrier. But did
Americans in Salt Lake City speak
Nadya, an 18-year-old law student at Sochi State University,
worked as a guide at the Olympics. “There has been a new energy in this region because of the Olympics, and with it a pride
in our environment,” Nadya says. “I am more proud than ever
to be Russian at this time.” PHOTO BY JILL BOUGH
I won’t pretend
everything at Sochi
was perfect. It’s true
we didn’t have hot
water in our hotel for a couple of days,
a handle fell off my closet door one
morning, and we spent a lot of time
walking through construction projects.
Nevertheless, the mountains and
ocean around Sochi are stunning, and
the people are open and friendly.
Russian to those competitors visiting
our country?
We are each unique and must not only
accept our differences, but perhaps
begin to celebrate them as well.
Dasha Bough is a freshman at Lone
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Now you will be ready
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the turn, and if you move
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movements that the skis
March 9-15: Junior Freeride Camp
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flow into the fall line
and travel out and away
from your body, which
will set you up for a smooth,
to swing the tip of the pole in the
round turn with your upper
direction of the tip of the ski. This
body moving through the
will move your body across the hill
center of the arc. This will
rather then down the hill, and the
ultimately give you more
result will be that your body will
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move around the arc rather than
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The added bonus is that
less intimidated by obstacles in your
when you plant your pole
path.
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Tired of skiing? Too cold to fish? Here’s some reading material.
BY PATRICK STRAUB
EXPLORE BIG SKY FISHING
COLUMNIST
Many fly fishers inherently believe
they are superior to conventional
anglers. As much as I’d like to think
I don’t judge an angler by the tackle
he or she uses, I still laugh every
time I read the upper corner of “The
Drake” magazine: “Five Bucks; $10
for bait fisherman.”
Despite our air of self-importance,
finding a well-read fly fisher can be
as challenging as finding a salmon
fly in February.
I believe appreciating the literature
surrounding our sport is as important as being able to get it done on
the stream.
To call a book a classic, someone
once said, is to ensure no one will
read it. To call a trout stream a
classic is to assure the throngs will
flock to it, guidebooks in hand.
So what happens when a fly fishing book is called a classic? Who
can say for sure, but here are a few
worth reading.
“A River Runs Through It,” by
Norman Maclean, University of
Chicago Press, 1979
At or near the top every fishing
critic’s book list is this irreplaceable
collection of three novellas nominated for the Pulitzer Prize when
first published in 1979. Maclean, a
Montana-bred University of Chicago Shakespeare professor, wrote
the book in his 60s after years of
prodding by his children to write
down the stories he always told
them. The careful reader will note
that it isn’t until the last quarter of
the book that one of the characters
actually lands a trout. When Maclean’s world of rivers and families
is finally distilled into the seminal
climactic moment, “I am haunted
by waters,” most readers – anglers
and non-anglers alike – are left
reflecting on more than the final
scene. It reminds of us the myriad
of reasons we fish.
“The Longest Silence,” by Thomas McGuane, Vintage Books,
1999
Thomas McGuane writes as well
about fishing as any writer I’ve
read, and “The Longest Silence”
is a collection of his nonfiction
writings on fishing. His infinitely
descript, sometimes hilarious,
sometimes erudite prose takes the
reader from the small Michigan
streams of McGuane’s youth to
the flats of the Florida Keys; from
British Columbia’s steelhead rivers
to Russia’s Atlantic salmon waters.
One of those rare writers whose eye
for detail is on par with his ability
to render those details indelibly to
the reader, McGuane’s fishing prose
is perhaps the gold standard.
As Borger relays in “Presentation,” trout are predators. Here a rainbow trout – not always known for their voracity – was
fooled by a streamer. PHOTO BY PAT STRAUB
“The River Why,” by David
James Duncan, Sierra Club
Books, 1983 (now a Bantam
Book)
If Western anglers consider Maclean’s “A River Runs Through
It” is considered the Bible, David
James Duncan’s “The River Why”
is their Apocrypha. Irreverent,
whimsical, philosophical and
downright hilarious, the book follows Gus Orviston from the waters
of his mother’s womb to the hidden waters of the Pacific Northwest, where he finds, among other
things, love, brief-but-thorough
enlightenment, hatred of how-to
angling guides, hangovers and
magnificent fish. Full of literary
references as obvious as a midge,
“The River Why” ’s eclectic blend
of Shakespeare and blues singer Taj
Mahal, of Izaak Walton and Rumi,
has solidified a readership that
runs the gamut – from academic,
latin-spewing match-the-hatchers
to bro-bras tossing back PBRs during fly-fishing film tours.
“Trout Bum” or “Sex, Death and
Fly Fishing,” by John Gierach,
Fireside Books, 1985 and 1990,
respectively
To suggest just one book by
poet-turned-freelance writer John
Gierach would be like suggesting
an angler carry just one pattern in
his fly box. Gierach writes for the
still-inspired curmudgeons among
us, who love to sit around discussing the intricacies of camp coffee
or split-cane rods as much as they
enjoy finding a perfect match to
the emerging stage of a pale morning dun. His journeys across the
West with fishing partner A.K.
Best articulated an entire generation’s desire to cut ties, find a
decent campsite along a river, and
fish until the problems – be they
marital, financial or existential –
disappear.
Bonus reads:
These last two books are must-reads
for any angler. I’ve saved the quaint
synopsis because the breadth of information in these two cannot be properly
summarized. Read them. You’ll catch
more fish, guaranteed: “The Dry Fly:
New Angles,” by Gary La Fontaine,
The Lyons Press, reissued 2002
“Presentation,” by Gary Borger, Tomorrow River Press, 1995
Parts of this column have appeared
previously in Everything You Always
Wanted to Know About Fly Fishing (Lyons Press). Pat Straub is the
author of five other books, including
The Frugal Fly Fisher and Montana
On The Fly. He and his wife own
Gallatin River Guides in Big Sky.
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Avalanche conditions remain elevated
Lessons learned from Beehive Basin incident
BY EMILY WOLFE
Walk around in the mountains in
southwest Montana right now,
and you’ll likely hear and feel
“whumphs” in the snowpack, the
classic sign of a buried layer of
surface hoar collapsing.
Formed during the January dry spell,
this weak layer is widespread across
the region. When it collapses, if the
slope is steep enough, it avalanches.
This can occur on relatively small
slide paths, and even in the trees.
This is what happened on Feb. 16
when three Bozeman skiers triggered
and were caught in an avalanche on
a west-facing slope in Beehive Basin,
north of Big Sky.
Having skied there before, the
group was planning to gain the ridge
between Beehive and Middle basins.
When they realized they’d missed
the standard skin track, which was
buried beneath new, windblown
snow, they began breaking trail up
through the trees on their right,
aiming to meet up with it.
“After a while, we realized this was
not the right way,” said Rodrigo,
age 37, and one of the members of
the party who asked to be identified
by his first name only. “We [were
already] pretty high, but we figured
we could make it to the ridge instead
of turning around.”
Behind him were another friend who
wanted to remain anonymous, age 40,
and Rodrigo’s wife Melanie, age 35.
Speaking to Explore Big Sky via
telephone on Feb. 17, Rodrigo said
he hadn’t seen any signs of instability
– shooting cracks, whumphs or
other avalanches – although his two
partners had seen a small, shallow
slide cross their skin track that they
didn’t consider a significant sign.
By the time they’d climbed to
around 8,700 feet, the slope was
getting fairly steep, Rodrigo said. “I
heard a “whumph” and was going
to turn back and say, ‘It’s sketchy,’”
he recalled, “but that was the
avalanche.”
It carried him about 10 feet before
he grabbed a tree. Snow gushed
past, but left him uninjured. When
it was over, Rodrigo shouted his
companions’ names. The other man
had also been pushed into a patch
of trees, and was also uninjured.
They couldn’t see or hear Melanie so
they took their skis off and started a
beacon search downhill.
Eventually they heard her voice and
found her about 150 feet downslope,
buried up to her neck.
They dug her out
at 12:45 p.m., but
found she couldn’t
put weight on her
right leg, an injury
she sustained from
being swept into
a tree. Without
cell phones, they
couldn’t call for a
rescue, so Rodrigo
skied out until
he encountered
another party,
which called 911.
Big Sky Search and
Rescue responded
with seven SAR
team members,
getting her to the
trailhead by 4:30
p.m., where an
ambulance was
waiting.
The avalanche
released 100 feet
above Rodrigo and
broke 50 feet wide,
18-24 inches deep
and ran 300 feet
vertical, according
to a follow-up
report by Gallatin
National Forest
Avalanche Director
Doug Chabot.
The slope angle
was 36 degrees at
the trigger point
and 40 degrees at
the crown. The
debris pile was
approximately six to
eight feet deep and
40 feet wide.
He and Melanie
have been skiing in
the backcountry for
A group of skiers triggered this avalanche in Beehive Basin on Feb. 16. Although all three of them were
five years and had
in its path, only one was swept all the way down the slope. She was buried up to her neck and had
injured her leg.
taken an avalanche
awareness course at
MSU, he said. They
and you see flagged trees, look uphill
deposit debris in their back yards,
had checked the avalanche report
because that’s avalanche terrain up
according to the Feb. 18 avalanche
that morning and knew the danger
there. The same held [true] with
advisory.
level was rated considerable on
this.”
wind-loaded slopes.
With storms continuing to pummel
Chabot also said the perception of
the area with new snow and wind,
Rodrigo said he hopes others can
trees as “anchors” for a slope is often
the danger level is likely to remain
learn from their story.
misconstrued.
elevated in most mountain ranges,
Because they had been walking
Chabot said.
through the trees, he said, they
“If you can ski, zip around in the
didn’t realize they’d entered an
trees making turns, and it’s a steep
The sheriff’s office, which oversees
avalanche path. Also, he noted,
slope, in the right conditions that
the Gallatin County Search and
westerly slopes aren’t typically
will slide. It’s one of those things
Rescue teams including Big Sky’s,
wind loaded, although this one was.
where you have to kind of see it to
recommends each member of a
believe it.”
backcountry party carry a cell phone
“Yes, they were in the trees,
as part of their rescue kit; however,
but they were in an avalanche
Avalanches – both human triggered
these should be turned off at all
path,” Chabot told EBS after his
and natural – have been reported
times, because they can interfere
investigation. One of the indicators
throughout the Gallatin National
with an avalanche transceiver’s search
he pointed out was that many of
Forest Avalanche Center’s advisory
function.
the trees were flagged, meaning
area so far in February. They have
they were missing uphill branches,
occurred up Taylor Fork, at Bacon
Find the current avalanche advisory at
having been broken by past
Rind, and at Quake Lake, as well as
mtavalanche.com.
avalanches.
in Cooke City where residents saw
“If you’re at the bottom of the slope
a natural slide run into town and
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Lone Mountain Ranch
It has been a great ski season at Lone Mountain Ranch, and it’s not over yet.
If you haven’t already, it’s time to start training for LMR’s eighth annual Glide
and Gorge on Sunday, March 9. Cross country ski or snowshoe the ranch’s trails,
stopping along the way for gourmet appetizers, entrees from the grill, and a
plethora of desserts.
We are pleased to introduce Chef Dawn Parsons from Albuquerque, N.M to our
sleigh ride dinner – come on out and enjoy an evening sleigh ride!
Winter is in full effect at LMR, with prime trail conditions and the longer days
of spring just around the corner. Don’t forget, with cross country you can ski
anytime from sunup to sunset. - Bob Foster
Big Sky Resort
The clouds have surrounded Lone Mountain in the past few weeks,
providing Big Sky with ample cold smoke powder. With no end to the
precipitation in the foreseeable forecast, the snowfall expected should make for
some of the best skiing and riding conditions of the season.
With the March 20 spring equinox quickly approaching, the days are now longer.
Enjoy more time on the mountain on Sunset Saturdays, beginning on March 8,
when the Ramcharger chairlift stays open until 5 p.m..
Like the snow, Big Sky Resort’s music scene isn’t letting up. Bozeman’s Pink
Floyd cover band, Pinky and the Floyd will be rocking Whiskey Jack’s on Feb. 22;
Little Jane and the Pistol Whips, and Jawbone Railroad will take the same stage
Feb. 28 and March 1, respectively.
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Upcoming on-the-snow events include the 10th annual Snowshoe Shuffle on
March 1, which benefits Heart of the Valley animal shelter, and the March 8
slopestyle skiing and snowboarding competition on the Smokin’ Aces Tour.
Dream, ski and find your perfect line at Big Sky Resort this winter. –R.A.
Bridger Bowl
On Saturday Feb. 22, up to 60 skiers will showcase their skills on
Bridger Bowl’s famed ridge terrain in the eighth annual Bridger
Gully Free Ride. The men’s and women’s first place winners will take home $250
in prize money.
Bridger’s director of marketing Doug Wales says it should be better than ever this
year, with terrain skiing differently due to the new lifts.
“We don’t have the Three Bears traverse any more [which] will make that line, on
the bottom half, ski a lot more fluidly,” Wales said. “[We’ll] be able to widen the
gully boundaries that we let people ski in.”
Even though Bridger doesn’t allow inverted airs, Wales said he has witnessed
quite a bit of progression in the level of competition in the last few years.
“There are some really talented skiers, throwing down some nice lines,” he said.
“People are landing switch, [and] it blows me away. I used think throwing 360s
was cool back in the day.”
The Pinhead Classic returns to the Alpine area of Bridger Bowl March 1 for
its 33rd year. Telemark skiers will race and socialize in “Pinhead Prom” themed
costumes, and prizes are awarded for everything except fastest time. Cure For the
Common will play the after party in Bozeman’s Emerson Ballroom. – T.A.
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Avalanche Education Classes
Level 1 with AAI
Feb. 20 – 23
Thursday 2/20 and Friday 2/21 will be evening sessions from 6-9 p.m.
Classroom location for the evenings is TBD.
Saturday 2/22 all day field session.
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Companion Rescue Clinic
Feb. 22, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Beehive Basin Trailhead, Big Sky, MT
This FREE rescue clinic is sponsored by Grizzly Outfitters & Friends of
the Gallatin National Forest Avalanche Center.
Space is limitied and pre-registration is required
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Teton Pass Ski Resort’s Director of Marketing Maggie Carr (at left) guided a
group of southwest Montana skiers through the ski area’s west fork burn sidecountry on Feb. 16. The smiling faces of Peter Foley (middle) and Jeremy Anis
(right) suggest how deep the snow was. PHOTO BY TYLER ALLEN
Teton Pass
Teton Pass Ski Resort is located 45 miles northwest of
Choteau, on Montana’s Rocky Mountain Front. It spins one
chairlift, a platter tow surface lift and a magic carpet every
Friday through Monday during the winter. A President’s Day Weekend storm
dropped 37 inches of snow on its 407 acres of inbounds terrain and expansive
sidecountry.
Explore Big Sky joined Director of Marketing Maggie Carr on Feb. 16 for the
resort’s free Teton Touring Series and skied deep powder in the tight chutes of
the West Fork burn.
1-hr Avalanche Awareness
Feb. 22, 7-8 p.m.
Holiday Inn, West Yellowstone
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Feb. 24-27
Feb 24 (5:30-9:30pm classroom) & Feb 25-27 (8-5 all day at Big Sky) curriculum is AAA Avalanche Processes & Leadership
Contact: Tom Thorn - [email protected]
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Mar. 6, 6:30-8p.m.
REI, Bozeman
Contact: [email protected] or (406) 587-6984
For more information and continued schedule, visit
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“[The series] was designed to promote our backcountry, because that’s what
we’re known for,” Carr said. Skiers prepared with avalanche gear can also skin up
above the lifts and ski large slide paths reminiscent of Marx and Lenin at Big Sky
Resort, or Joe’s Wave, a big, treed bowl.
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at the BREWERY
THURSDAY - MONDAY 8-11 A.M.
LUNCH :
DAILY 11 - 5 P.M.
LONE PEAK
TAPHROE...USE
DINNER :
DAILY 5 - 10 P.M.
DAILY HAPPY HOUR
2 - 4 P.M. AND
8 - 1 0 P.M.
MEET HE
ANY TIME, ANY REASON!
SHUFFLEBOARD,
FOOSBALL, DARTS
& BEER PONG
FAMILY FRIENDLY
ALL FREE, ALL THE TIME
LONEPEAKBREWERY.COM • (406) 995-3939
48 MARKET PLACE, MEADOW VILLAGE CENTER, BIG SKY, MT
BO U T I Q UE L O D GING IN GAL L AT IN G ATE WAY, MON TA N A
Nestled in the long shadow of Storm Castle, The Inn on the Gallatin serves as a base camp for ﬁshers, hunters,
hungry locals and travelers alike. Unwind in updated cabins, or fuel yourself on homemade breakfast pastries
with recipes of local ingredients, and recharge with friends and family in our cozy, newly remodeled cafe.
C O M E S TAY.
OpenYear-round
C O M E E AT.
G O P L AY.
Cafe open for Breakfast and Lunch, Wed.-Sun., 7:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.
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