TO MONTANA FOR SOME FUN IN THE SNOW

TO MONTANA FOR SOME FUN IN THE SNOW

Mary Blilie had been at Big Sky Resort in Montana for just one day but had already snapped more photos of her kids than she had in a long time. That’s because when Blilie, now a Minneapolis engineer, was a kid her family skied here every winter and now, after a 17-year hiatus, she was determined to create some of those same happy memories for her own two children

A foot of fresh snow — and dinner in a yurt

A foot of fresh snow — and dinner in a yurt

Mother Nature, my daughter Mel says, delivered the best Christmas present of all — more than a foot of fresh snow. But unlike other ski resorts during a holiday week, there are no lift lines and no crowds. Where is everyone?

STRESS-FREE TRIPS IN 2008

STRESS-FREE TRIPS IN 2008

By Eileen Ogintz Tribune Media Services It’s two days before we leave for a trip out West and my husband can’t find his hiking boots. And he’s not worried in the least. But I’m in my pre-trip freak-out mode, searching the closets, the attic,...
Coming back year after year

Coming back year after year

Other families I meet around the village at the Base of Big Sky are equally enthusiastic about the ski school. The mountain is big but the ski school is small “and that’s important” says Lori Woolbright, who is back for her third holiday here with her husband and eight year old daughter from Myrtle Beach, SC.