Big Sky Conditions

[MarzNC]

Final chapter will be chapter 11
After these insane capital expenses

From what I understand when the first tram was installed without his knowledge, Everett Kircher wasn't too happy. But his son, John, had better instincts at the time. Boyne Resorts has played the long game for quite a while. Even when they sold off resorts and became lease operators, they never considered selling Big Sky. Boyne has come along way from the time that profits for developing ski resorts came from a year-round chairlift in Tennessee.

The new tram will probably bring in plenty of dollars during the summer season.

November 2022

Podcast #106: Boyne Resorts President and CEO Stephen Kircher

“It’s a Golden Age for North American skiing”

www.stormskiing.com

 

[MarzNC]

February 2023

The Tram That Single-Handedly Changed Skiing is About to Be Upgraded

When Big Sky, Montana, installed a tiny tram to the top of 11,166-foot Lone Peak back in 1995, it opened up a world of inbounds steep skiing not seen before in North America. In fall 2023, a new tram will bring Big Sky into the next era.

www.skimag.com

 

[Ripitz]

Left in the dust were all those who called Big Sky home, those for whom the mountain was not a motherlode of banknotes to be mined, but a source of recreation, restoration, and rejuvenation: an 11,000-foot temple that nourished both body and soul.

Out of Control

The lost spirit of Big Sky. It’s a tale that’s become all too common among western ski towns: resort monopolies and the ultra-wealthy gulp up property and businesses, resulting in unalterable changes to beloved towns, ski hills, and cultures. And this trend has become the norm.

outsidebozeman.com

 

[tirolski]

Left in the dust were all those who called Big Sky home, those for whom the mountain was not a motherlode of banknotes to be mined, but a source of recreation, restoration, and rejuvenation: an 11,000-foot temple that nourished both body and soul.

Out of Control

The lost spirit of Big Sky. It’s a tale that’s become all too common among western ski towns: resort monopolies and the ultra-wealthy gulp up property and businesses, resulting in unalterable changes to beloved towns, ski hills, and cultures. And this trend has become the norm.

outsidebozeman.com

"That temple began to crumble amid the influx of people, changing mountain values, and consumerist nature of skiers on the mountain. And the Ikon pass didn’t help. “The adoption of mega-passes has also drastically changed many locals’ relationship with Big Sky,” Allen says. These passes invite more people, more buildings, and more wealth into the area."

Big (Sky) paradise and they put in a lot of parking lots & what it’s become.

 

[Andy_ROC]

Left in the dust were all those who called Big Sky home, those for whom the mountain was not a motherlode of banknotes to be mined, but a source of recreation, restoration, and rejuvenation: an 11,000-foot temple that nourished both body and soul.

Out of Control

The lost spirit of Big Sky. It’s a tale that’s become all too common among western ski towns: resort monopolies and the ultra-wealthy gulp up property and businesses, resulting in unalterable changes to beloved towns, ski hills, and cultures. And this trend has become the norm.

outsidebozeman.com

Just add it to the long, rapidly expanding list of things that ultra rich people (and corporations) ruin.

 

[MarzNC]

Just add it to the long, rapidly expanding list of things that ultra rich people (and corporations) ruin.

Not going to argue that Big Sky and Bozeman have changed a lot I the last 15-20 years. My first trip was in 2011. Going back again this season.

Have you every been to Big Sky?

 

[Andy_ROC]

Not going to argue that Big Sky and Bozeman have changed a lot I the last 15-20 years. My first trip was in 2011. Going back again this season.

Have you every been to Big Sky?

No but it's on our list of places to visit. We shall see.

I just hope there's enough places for working class people whom are residents--- the actual caretakers of a community so they live comfortably and not in high density employee barracks or living an hour away. But unfortunately that's fleeting as the wealthy and corps monopolize all the land.

 

[Tjf1967]

Just add it to the long, rapidly expanding list of things that ultra rich people (and corporations) ruin.

Ruin?? Ultra rich have the money it's for sale and they do what they want.

 

[Andy_ROC]

Ruin?? Ultra rich have the money it's for sale and they do what they want.

Just like pigs in the buffet line

 

[Ripitz]

Ruin??

Enhance?