MarzNC
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Good point. Huntley would've had the connections to get such a marketing film made.
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MarzNC
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Huntley didn't provide any money but seems clear that without his vision, Big Sky would never had getting off the ground. In a recent interview with Stuart, Stephen Kircher noted that Big Sky was one of three resorts that his father was considering buying as the first Boyne resort in the west. The other two were Telluride and Jackson Hole.
My first trip to Big Sky was in 2012. Moonlight Basin was still a separate lift ticket, although there was one lift that could be ridden with either a Big Sky ticket or a Moonlight ticket. Last trip was in 2019 after Ramcharger 8 was built but before Swift Current became a D-line 8-pack. Looking forward to going back in March.
September 2015
Despite an exceptional career in broadcasting, Huntley is also associated these days for conceptualizing construction of the Big Sky Corp., a then $20 million skiing and real estate development south of Bozeman.
Huntley formulated the notion of “Big Sky” in 1968. He retired from NBC in 1970 to administer development of Big Sky Inc. Arnold Palmer designed the golf course at Big Sky. Industrial behemoths such as Chrysler Realty Corp., General Electric Pension Fund, Burlington Northern, and the Montana Power Co. provided financial support for tennis courts, a golf course, an air strip, indoor swimming pools, a dude ranch, ski runs, a shooting range and condominiums.
The original Big Sky Inc. met opposition: many Montanans didn’t want unspoiled public land transformed to a resort. Huntley was paid a slice of stock (0.77 percent) for staking his reputation behind the development. He was at the forefront of the development, and his support was obvious. He cajoled two Montana governors, obtaining permission for the resort to make use of the state’s nickname, Big Sky.
Raising the usual concerns about development, area residents and environmentalists protested the construction. But Huntley pressed on, convinced Big Sky would bolster Montana’s economic future. He garnered support from state and federal agencies and members of Congress. He flew around Montana, delivering his sales pitch to ranchers and farmers in small towns. He shook hands and made promises of better days ahead. He found customers who purchased condos. With assistance from investors, he secured more than 11,000 acres for the year-round ski resort and recreation center on the West Fork of the Gallatin River.
Huntley, though, died before the resort staged a grand opening of its ski lifts in 1974, and exerted little influence over the finished product. A heavy smoker, he died of lung cancer three days before the celebration.
Boyne USA bought Big Sky two years after Huntley’s death. In 2013, Big Sky Resort and Moonlight Basin merged together to form the largest ski resort in the United States with over 5,800 acres, over 250 named runs, and 4,350 vertical feet.
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"Big Sky, Montana, was Huntley's biggest post-retirement project, both in terms of personal investment and financial scale. The project started as a 15,000-acre resort in the Gallatin Valley of south central Montana that eventually became a permanent community. The primary corporation directing Big Sky development was Chrysler Realty, a conglomeration co-funded by Chrysler Motor Corporation, Conoco Oil, Burlington Northern Railroad, Montana Power Co. and Northwest Airlines. The project included one of the first privately owned ski resorts in the United States. Huntley died of cancer March 20, 1974, in Bozeman, Montana, three days before the opening ceremonies for Big Sky."
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Chet Huntley Papers - Archives West
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Ripitz
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This guy rips.
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Rob Enigl Becomes First Sit-Skier To Conquer Legendary Chutes (Watch) — Powder Magazine
History made.
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ICYMI: Sit Skier Slays Big Sky Pond Skim—and More Ski News
Sit skier Rob Enigl decided it was time to cruise across the icy pool in his sit-ski, and the reaction was absolute pandemonium.
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jamesdeluxe
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That sequence in the top clip with the sit-skier, starting at 3:12, was nuts.
Doubt it as it appears to be put to the Utube just recently & won something too.
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The unique culture and lifestyle of Big Sky’s residents is still alive, but it is changing rapidly. This short film echoes the words of Big Sky’s founder Chet Huntley and his vision for what the community of Big Sky will be, and what it won’t be for future generations. As Chet once said “It might be appropriate to go back and just think for a little bit, and do things with longer spaces in between”. Winning film from the 2023 Big Sky Shootout Film Festival
jamesdeluxe
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How much will those two lifts cost?
Here's a nice TR from Big Sky three weeks ago:
Big Sky, MT (+ COVID Recovery), Mar. 22-25, 2023
On Monday Mar. 20 I rested in a Driggs hotel while Liz skied Targhee. We moved on to West Yellowstone and my fever was much diminished that night. However both Liz and I tested COVID positive early Tuesday morning. Liz developed chills and exhaustion right away on Tuesday, so I drove to our Big...
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