2012 Montana Conditions, Stoke and Whatev Thread

**swimmy** · 03-30-2025, 05:26 PM

Thanks everyone for the kind words! And thanks to the homies for letting me take a few pics. I know it can be a pain to stop and set up shots. Especially when it is good and everyone wants to just rip. We will see what happens with the contest but this was a lot of fun.

Skied all over the mountain today. A few inches on top of really firm. I have skied worse but conditions should really improve the next few days. I will be down this week if anyone wants to meet up.

**telefreewasatch** · 03-30-2025, 05:37 PM

Dude.
I appreciate soft spoken. You are the epitomy.
Thanks fer makin my lurkin in this thread worthwhile.
By the way, what do you do fer yer day job if these pics are fer fun...

**Whiteroom_Guardian** · 03-30-2025, 06:01 PM

Yep weird day. Face shots while skiing ice underneath. Still better than not skiing!

**swimmy** · 03-30-2025, 06:21 PM

@telefree. I’m in manufacturing sales. The company I work for hired me right out of college 22 years ago and relocated to Montana. I could not be more grateful.

**yeahman** · 03-30-2025, 07:54 PM

Great Divide actually delivered on another really fun pow day if you were willing to make the trek to the south end. Runs like Last Hope and Eclipse had about 4-5 inches of powder on a smooth surface and nobody skiing it. Made fresh tracks till about noon. The fog kept the snow cold. In the parking lot I heard some guy saying the skiing was "awful" lol.

**Gnar_Shralp406** · 03-30-2025, 08:48 PM

Originally Posted by swimmy

Thanks everyone for the kind words! And thanks to the homies for letting me take a few pics. I know it can be a pain to stop and set up shots. Especially when it is good and everyone wants to just rip. We will see what happens with the contest but this was a lot of fun.

Skied all over the mountain today. A few inches on top of really firm. I have skied worse but conditions should really improve the next few days. I will be down this week if anyone wants to meet up.

Such great shots! The Shootout is such a cool event! I'll be out and about on the hill this week.

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**swimmy** · 03-31-2025, 05:05 PM

Hard not to get excited about the next few days...

**yeahman** · 03-31-2025, 05:11 PM

^^Fingers crossed it doesn't fizzle!This is interesting. Heard about this a long time ago but did not realize it was still going on.Big Sky Resort’s parent company agrees to pay nearly $25 million to settle class-action lawsuit. Sorry the paragraph breaks didn't transfer..

Boyne USA, the parent company that owns Big Sky Resort and several other ski areas in North America, agreed this spring to pay nearly $25 million to settle a class-action lawsuit. The lawsuit was brought by condominium owners in three Big Sky properties developed and managed by Boyne. The plaintiffs disputed the validity of condo rental programs and the requirement that rentals be exclusively managed through Boyne. The suit was originally filed in the U.S. District Court in Butte more than three years ago. Chief District Judge Brian Morris approved the preliminary settlement agreement on Feb. 27, just weeks before the case was scheduled to go to trial on March 10. The agreement will require the judge’s final approval in June.The plaintiffs and class members are current or former owners of condo units in the Shoshone Condominium Hotel, the Summit Hotel and the Village Center Condominium who participated in Boyne’s rental management program. Class members are the unnamed parties who joined the lawsuit and will receive settlement payments from Boyne.A condo hotel is a hotel where a portion of rooms are converted to condos, which are then sold to property owners. The condos remain available to rent to the public, and owners may use the unit for vacations and receive some of the rental revenue. In the three condo hotels, unit owners signed an agreement to exclusively use Boyne for rental management and pay Boyne 50% of net rental revenue for management services, according to court documents.The original complaint alleged that selling condo units with a mandatory management program is illegal under state and federal laws and that the 50% fee was far above the typical management rate for properties at similar resorts. It also outlined grievances about imposing maintenance and repair fees on owners, shorting owners’ rental revenue and requiring owners to make units available for up to five nights of complementary use for Boyne business partners. The settlement emphasized that Boyne does not admit the allegations. Ben Alke, a Bozeman lawyer representing the plaintiffs, told Montana Free Press the plaintiffs and attorneys are “very pleased with the proposed agreement.” The plaintiffs were represented by firms Goetz, Geddes and Gardner and Crist, Krogh, Alke and Nord; Crowley Fleck and Wheeler Trigg O’Donnell represented Boyne.Per the settlement, Boyne must pay $18.79 million by April 1 to establish a settlement fund, which will be dispersed among plaintiffs and class members and used to cover plaintiff attorney fees. Any involved parties must file objections to the settlement before May 2. A hearing to consider any objections will be held at the Butte courthouse on June 12. Following that hearing, a judge will finalize the settlement agreement, and then checks will be mailed to class members. There are approximately 377 class members, including the named plaintiffs in the lawsuit: Lawrence Anderson, trustee for the Lawrence T. Anderson and Suzanne M. Anderson Joint Revocable Living Trust, Robert and Nora Erhard, and Tjarda Clagett. The plaintiff’s legal representation will propose a formula for calculating the payment to each class member, which will be based proportionally on their past transactions with Boyne. The formula will be vetted and approved by the court, according to the settlement agreement.While the payouts will vary drastically based on how long people have owned units and worked with Boyne, Alke said some class members are expected to receive tens of thousands of dollars.The named plaintiffs will also be able to request up to $10,000 in service fees for representing class members in the lawsuit. Boyne also must pay a total of $6.2 million to the three homeowners associations in two equal installments. The first payment is due on April 1, 2026, and the second on April 1, 2027.In each installment, the Shoshone Homeowners Association will receive $743,756, the Summit Homeowners Association will receive $845,534, the Village Center Homeowners Association will receive $477,570, and $1.03 million will go towards attorney fees. The homeowners’ associations can use that money for capital improvements in common areas and to improve the attractiveness, functionality and operations of the condo hotels. The settlement also removed the stipulation that Boyne must be the exclusive rental management company and hotel manager for the condo-hotels, stating that “exclusivity is unenforceable as written under Montana law as construed by the court.” Stacie Harris, a spokesperson for Boyne, told MTFP the proposed resolution “reflects our shared commitment to maintaining Big Sky Resort’s exceptional guest experience and standards.” “While we cannot comment on specific details until court approval is granted, this resolution allows us to move forward with clarity while maintaining our focus on continuing to build Big Sky Resort as a premier mountain destination,” Harris wrote in an email.Boyne has disputed and continues to dispute the allegations, but believes the settlement “is the most effective and least costly resolution of this lawsuit,” the agreement said. “Boyne has agreed to enter into this settlement agreement to avoid the further expense, inconvenience, and distraction of burdensome and protracted litigation.”

**swimmy** · 04-01-2025, 03:47 AM

Hell yeah boys, winter is back!

**Whiteroom_Guardian** · 04-01-2025, 06:00 AM

Guess I'll be at BB today with some rippers from our Whitefish office. Swimmy you going north or south?

**swimmy** · 04-01-2025, 06:11 AM

Was thinking about Bridger but curious how much terrain they will be able to open? This is a big load and supposed to snow heavy all day...

**Gnar_Shralp406** · 04-01-2025, 03:28 PM

Originally Posted by swimmy

Was thinking about Bridger but curious how much terrain they will be able to open? This is a big load and supposed to snow heavy all day...

Schlasmans didn't open, but they got the ridge open around 10.

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**Whiteroom_Guardian** · 04-01-2025, 04:21 PM

<p>
BB twas good. Density increased a lot as you lost elevation, but off the ridge down through apron was primo supportive with faceshots. Felt like winter. </p>

**yeahman** · 04-01-2025, 05:24 PM

Found lots of fresh turns off the tram with swimmy today. Ropeline and Badlands at 1 pm was still mostly untracked. The cut up stuff was fairly heavy. Supposedly a wind switch tonight? Who knows what tomorrow will bring. Today was good fun.

**swimmy** · 04-01-2025, 06:14 PM

Met up with a kid from New Hampshire. He flew in the night before, pulled into Big Sky at 2 am this mornin, and still made it for second chair. We skied a few laps and as we were headed our separate ways, he said it was one of the greatest days of his life.

I sent him home with a souvenir. : )

**shroom** · 04-01-2025, 06:28 PM

fuck ya

**Shredeagle** · 04-01-2025, 06:51 PM

Nice Swimmy! Great pic.

My Big Sky pass is kicking in, getting pumped for some April turns down that way.

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**swimmy** · 04-01-2025, 07:15 PM

Big Sky was quiet today. Did 6 or 7 laps on Challenger and left a LOT of untracked snow.

Then headed to tram and did three laps. It was pretty much walk-on.

Are folks just done for the season?

And Shred, we have to meet up. I’d love to take some shots of the kids huckin’ something.

**I Skied Bandini Mountain** · 04-01-2025, 09:26 PM

They were all at BB

**swimmy** · 04-02-2025, 04:31 AM

Light winds and new snow. South Face should be firing today.

Would love one more of these before we are done.

**Shredeagle** · 04-02-2025, 05:25 AM

That would be fun Swimmy. I should be down a bunch the last couple weeks of April. I will try and make it happen. Then the kids can yell at you instead of me when you tell them you shot a photo instead of a clip. Haha.

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