Big Sky Conditions

[Harvey]

Thanks, I'll work on it. It was a fun trip but a while ago.

Don't kill your self just some context. When in 96?

 

[Ripitz]

my pictures of my trip there in 1996

These images belong in the Smithsonian.

 

[Ripitz]

Listen, you wait all year for a few days of super skiing. And the folks at Big Sky don’t want you wasting time standing in some dumb line. Time is for flying.

 

[MarzNC]

Listen, you wait all year for a few days of super skiing. And the folks at Big Sky don’t want you wasting time standing in some dumb line. Time is for flying.

So fun!

I can imagine a weekend showing at Boyne Mountain would draw quite a crowd. The segment towards the end fits in with the midwest perfectly. I can't imagine a marketing group based in New England would ever think the same way. What do you think @MiSkier ?

Starts at about the 8 min mark

 

[jamesdeluxe]

Should I assume that marketing videos like that were sent around to ski shows and ski clubs back then?

 

[MarzNC]

Should I assume that marketing videos like that were sent around to ski shows and ski clubs back then?

It felt more like a full-blown film. The credits name The Film Factory as the company that made it for Big Sky and Hart Skis.

Would make sense for a ski club meeting in the midwest, assuming the club had access to a movie projector. There is a comment about taking the train to Bozeman. That would've made more sense from Chicago than New York or Boston.

Consumer videotape didn't get going until mid to late 1970s. (Looked it up.)

 

[Ripitz]

It may have been produced before Boyne when Chet Huntley owned it with the original investors. You’ve gotta be nuts to be flying around in a balloon up there.

 

[jamesdeluxe]

when Chet Huntley owned it with the original investors

I'm not familiar with the resort's history so I wonder how it stayed solvent during the Chet Huntley days. I wager that their skier numbers weren't very big.

 

[tirolski]

You’ve gotta be nuts to be flying around in a balloon up there.

Yup they’re a bit nutty.
Crewed for an aeronaut at Ole Miss. Not many mountains in Mississippi though. One pilot brought a hot tub on wheels to a rally.
If it ain’t windy it’s cool.
Propane tank butt was problem if ya landed the basket too hard. Powder snow should act like a cushion.
Ya’d need a snow cat instead of a chase truck though.

 

[Ripitz]

I'm not familiar with the resort's history so I wonder how it stayed solvent during the Chet Huntley days. I wager that their skier numbers weren't very big.

I think Chet went in on it with some friends and convinced the Chrysler Corporation to back them. I used to bartend at Chet’s Bar in the Huntley Lodge. The poker dealer then was an old timer who told stories about back in the day. He said the dance floor there was the most happening thing. People used to come from all over southwest Montana just to dance. Must have been a real hoot.