Last winter I fell in ski love again, with Montana’s original Big Mountain, redubbed Whitefish Mountain Resort in 2007 (the ski area dates back to 1947).

As skiing goes mass market, Whitefish’s throwback move just might be the future of skiing. Whitefish Mountain Resort president Nick Polumbus mused about the meaning of independence as we rode up the ...

Looking down on a Whitefish, Montana, ski slope. getty. According to U.S. News & World Report data, which ranks high schools across the country on a criterion that includes college readiness, ...

WHITEFISH, Mont. -- Ken Manuel flipped open his notebook, thrust an extendable ruler into the snowpack and measured its depth. The 47-year-old professional backcountry ski guide for Great Northern ...

Whitefish, Montana, Is the Perfect All-seasons Destination — With Small-town Charm, Lakefront Lodges, and Mountain Views. Whitefish, Montana, is the ideal destination for an outdoor adventure no ...

Brian Schott/Whitefish MountainAnother deep powder day at Whitefish Mountain. Whitefish Mountain The scoop: Celebrating its 60th season, northwest Montana's venerable ski area has switched its ...

If you’ve been coming to Whitefish, near Glacier National Park in northwest Montana, for a long time (and I have, as I’ve been visiting my brother there for 12 years), it’s easy to notice what’s ...

Montana - Montana skiing is seriously underrated. Conversely, it's also seriously uncrowded. There are probably more people skiing Vail on any given weekend than on all the mountains in Montana ...

"If it rains at Big Mountain (Whitefish's former name), it's snowing here; if they get a foot of snow, we might get two," he explained. William Mcdonald, a realtor with PureWest, can be contacted ...

BIG SKY, Mont. — There are two big destination ski resorts in Montana. Big Sky, near Bozeman, is expensive and polished. Big Mountain, near Whitefish, is not. You can go as big as you want in ...

Whitefish Mountain Resort celebrated its 75 th birthday in 2023. The cowboys have mostly been replaced by skiers, outdoorspeople, and, especially since the pandemic, second homeowners and remote ...

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