Photos: Big Sky, Montana

I went skiing at Big Sky and Red Lodge a week or so ago and took a bunch of snapshots. They really don't do the scenery justice, but the point was to ski, not take photos, I just couldn't help myself. Even with more dedication I'm not sure I could have captured things any better, the scale and magnitude just do not come through in the photos.

Pictured above are:

- Lone Peak
- The Crazy Mountains viewed between clouds from Red Lodge
- The Spanish Peaks
- Fan Mountain from the top of Lone Peak

More photos here:
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~jensenl/visuals/album/2007/montana/

Nice shots, Lars! Those look like some challenging ski runs on Lone Peak! I checked your link and it gave me a good idea of the surrounding area. I've always thought about skiing there someday, but thought it was just one mountain surrounded by valleys. Thanks for posting.

Don

A lot of the runs off Lone Peak require an avalanche beacon, a buddy, and permission from the ski patrol. There is a bowl off the back side that is more tame and it's worth it to go up to the top for the view alone.

The views were more impressive than I expected too, and far more impressive than my photos would tell. Fan Mountain is really cool looking, as are the Spanish Peaks...basically, there are interesting mountains in all directions. It's one of the most scenic ski areas I've been to, and I've skied a lot of the big resorts in Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, California, and British Columbia.

Hey Lars them are some nice shots of the Big Sky area. I checked out the other ones on your site, and those distant mountains are the Madison range. That body of water below them is Ennis Lake which is close to the town of Ennis, Montana. The name for "the valley below" is Moonlight Basin.

Harold