WHITEFISH – On a clear and dark night, one can watch from the valley below as little lights silently and swiftly travel up and down the face of Big Mountain at Whitefish Mountain Resort. But up on the mountain itself, it’s a much noisier line of work.
Every night, from dusk until dawn, two shifts of snow groomers attack the slopes of Big Mountain, preparing the snow for another day of use and abuse by skiers. According to supervisor Rory Kizer, crews set out to groom anywhere from 250 to 300 acres of trail every night. How much of that is completed often depends on weather conditions, but Kizer said the more snow there is, the easier the job can be.
Read Every night, from dusk until dawn, two shifts of snow groomers attack the slopes of Big Mountain, preparing the snow for another day of use and abuse by skiers. According to supervisor Rory Kizer, crews set out to groom anywhere from 250 to 300 acres of trail every night. How much of that is completed often depends on weather conditions, but Kizer said the more snow there is, the easier the job can be.
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Heading into the heart of the high school basketball season, several local teams are showing signs of strength, including both Class AA boys teams in Kalispell.
Glacier (7-2 overall, 1-1 in conference) and Flathead (6-4, 2-0) are currently tied for fifth place in the AA rankings.
Both teams have found success using balanced scoring attacks.
Read Glacier (7-2 overall, 1-1 in conference) and Flathead (6-4, 2-0) are currently tied for fifth place in the AA rankings.
Both teams have found success using balanced scoring attacks.
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The Flathead Valley offers numerous groomed Nordic trails and some of the best are on Blacktail Mountain in Lakeside. The system of trails is expertly groomed by the North Shore Nordic Club, packing the powder into a wonderful track for the skate skier or grooved tracks for the cross country skier.
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I am not a fan of an NCAA provision that allows an athlete who has remaining eligibility to switch schools and play immediately in another program after they obtain an undergraduate degree and pursue a master’s degree at the new school, which is not offered at the original institution.
But that has been the letter of the governing body’s law with the caveat that the first school give the athlete a release in order to transfer.
Read But that has been the letter of the governing body’s law with the caveat that the first school give the athlete a release in order to transfer.
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Whitefish is a town of lively traditions.
The annual World Skijoring Championships are a hallmark example. The two-day event reflects both the town’s identity and its residents’ propensity for fun. Horses pulling skiers seems to fit right in with the winter landscape.
Read The annual World Skijoring Championships are a hallmark example. The two-day event reflects both the town’s identity and its residents’ propensity for fun. Horses pulling skiers seems to fit right in with the winter landscape.
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Winter arrived late but with a vengeance this week. Whitefish Mountain Resort reported Thursday afternoon that the recent storm system has dropped 2 feet of snow on its summit in the last five days. And Blacktail Mountain reported 8 fresh inches Thursday morning.
“The storms that have rolled through northwest Montana this week have created the best conditions of the season so far,” Whitefish Mountain Resort President Dan Graves said in a press release. “It’s light, dry and sheer joy for skiers who have been waiting all season for that deep powder experience.”
Read “The storms that have rolled through northwest Montana this week have created the best conditions of the season so far,” Whitefish Mountain Resort President Dan Graves said in a press release. “It’s light, dry and sheer joy for skiers who have been waiting all season for that deep powder experience.”
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BIGFORK – Around the middle of May last year, Kurt Paulson heard that the head coaching job for Bigfork High School’s boys basketball program had opened up. By June 1, he had been selected for the job and was preparing his new players for a summer tournament in Missoula.
It took only two weeks for the 29-year-old coach to completely uproot his life in Missoula and take on a new career at the north end of Flathead Lake. There was never any hesitation. Seven months later, he grins when recalling how quickly it all happened.
Read It took only two weeks for the 29-year-old coach to completely uproot his life in Missoula and take on a new career at the north end of Flathead Lake. There was never any hesitation. Seven months later, he grins when recalling how quickly it all happened.
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Being lucky is sometimes a lot better than being skillful. I have been very lucky because years ago I decided to hang my skis on a mountain in Montana. Who would have thought that the Colorado and California snow report in the middle of January would be, “No new snow on five-to seven-inch base.” It has been a lot of years since I sat and looked at a ski hill in winter with no snow on it and sat in a restaurant at the base lodge full of disgruntled people who had traveled a long way to carve turns on Dollar Mountain on Sun Valley, Idaho.
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