2012 Montana Conditions, Stoke and Whatev Thread

[Trackhead]

Ughh, that would mean no mountains, mosquitos, ticks, and humidity. Not a bad idea, though.

[Bunion 2020]

In a couple decades, I think we'll also see a lot of climate change driven transplants to the intermountain west.

If only they hold off that long.

[toast2266]

If only they hold off that long.

It'll be a competition: which gets worse faster? Wildfires and smoke in Montana, or flood related insurance pricing in the gulf states? Personally, I'm gonna invest in real estate in Nebraska. Get in on the ground floor of the next boom town.

[yeahman]

We floated the Jefferson last weekend and we were the only boat on the river. At least there's still solitude to be found.

[byates1]

When I'm here (bzn) I sleep out near battle ridge. Or way out Springhill rd. 20 min outside of town there is almost noone. It's godlike sleeping in the n Bridgers in total silence.

[byates1]

Sick sunset lightening a couple weeks ago out near flathead pass

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[Bunion 2020]

Nice lightning shots, seen some good aurora shots from up that way as well.

[Whiteroom_Guardian]

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Ha. Yes! That was quite the day. For some reason it got me itching to get back out skiing again. Hopefully I can talk one of the kids into driving to the Beartooths for something a bit more straight forward.

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Saw a SFH on small city lot recently listed in your Hick Town for full on Belgrade pricing. Um......ok wut? But seriously I love your Hick Town USA. I have a solid community and business to run but someday I will live in true hicktown bumfuck and love it. For now the Belgrade Ag fringes are treating me just fine. Views, animals, I can shoot deer here. Lots of tractor traffic these days on the road. It&#39;s cool.</p>

[Trackhead]

Well it ain’t all bad….20 miles, only saw three people. Good ratio.







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[SUPERIOR]

I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again - there’s a lot of beautiful west that isn’t in top ten lists. Pack up a truck and go for a drive.


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[byates1]

^ yepper

[Bunion 2020]

Emma Schwerin, a 17-year-old student from Montana, has become the youngest American woman to summit Mount Everest, capping off an ambitious 18-month journey to climb the highest mountain on each continent. Schwerin reached the 29,029-foot summit of Everest on May 15, completing the final leg of what mountaineers call the Seven Summits&mdash;a global challenge that includes peaks such as Kilimanjaro, Aconcagua, and Antarctica&rsquo;s Mount Vinson.

According to Seven Summits LLC, she is now the youngest woman ever to complete the circuit. Related: American Climber Sets New Mt. Everest Speed Record Raised in Bozeman, Montana, Schwerin had little interest in hiking until middle school, when a classroom unit on Everest&rsquo;s 1996 disaster sparked her curiosity, according to CT Insider. Within weeks, she was in Nepal, trekking 100 miles to Everest Base Camp. The experience inspired her to begin serious mountaineering alongside her father, Sam Schwerin.

https://snowbrains.com/at-17-montana...ete-7-summits/

[yeahman]

Dad must have some serious cash. But congrats to the young woman.

Recently finished Melissa Arnot's book Enough, about her quest to become the first American woman to climb and descend Everest without using supplemental oxygen. She came from nothing, taught herself to climb, and supported herself as a Rainier and Everest guide. Highly recommended if you like mountaineering literature.

[BFD]

He didn't have any problem paying the $500 fine for landing in the wilderness area.

[skaredshtles]

Dad must have some serious cash.

Yeah... loaded.

"Sam is a seasoned executive with significant experience in private equity, investment banking, restructuring, turnarounds, and operational management"

[Bunion 2020]

Doesn't change the fact that his daughter walked her ass up the 7 Summits.

[yeahman]

Doesn&#39;t change the fact that his daughter walked her ass up the 7 Summits.

Absolutely agree. The guides will show you the way and try to keep you safe, but they will not carry you to the top. And none of us control what family we are born into anyway. She deserves major props.

[byates1]

Another amusing reddit rant re BS:

Lifetime Montanan, 10-year Big Sky resident and Big Sky business owner here. Big Sky is a pile of shit stuffed in a designer ski bag. I hate it and always have, but this is where we make a living. Two new points to this discussion: One--the local oligarchs, including Lone Mountain Land Co., are running a company store model where they own everything and the local stonebreakers and serfs pay the wealthy rent, resort tax, etc., with the resulting eternal poverty, substance abuse, repeat cycle. "Affordable housing" is a joke, a slum and a scam. Contempt for working people is apparent in the very architecture of the ugly workforce housing, which is shoddy, overcrowded and overpriced. The local paper is owned by real estate money, so there goes any accountability from the Fourth Estate. The paper actually ran a story a few days ago endorsing us all to vote for more resort tax money going to fund additional crap workforce housing, ie, funneling more public cash to the oligarch Land Co. Bros. As for the clients we serve, they bitch if you even try to raise prices to keep up with inflation and a higher living wage for our employees. By raising our price, I mean by a couple hundred dollars PER YEAR. Like they can't afford $30 per month to have their homes taken care of. The wealthy residents here are by far the most decadent and disgusting assortment of creeps ever assembled.

[Bunion 2020]

Wow, 10 whole years, same as it ever was. Big Sky was a shadow of its former self long before 10 years ago.

Always been a company town model and the papers have always been owned by the Real Estate companies and BSOA was always the power behind the scenes until Cross Harbor came to town.

[byates1]

I'm glad you got to experience the early/very early days of the ski hill. Must have been pretty epic. Like almost nothing up there.

[Bunion 2020]

I didnt wander in until about 1/2 way through the film. 1991.

There was both good and not so good but at least you could find housing and afford to live there and there was always someplace interesting to hike to and ski.

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Welp, there goes the neighborhood

Shoshone tribal member, Big Sky area, 1820s