Any Skiers out there in FCS land?

[Ronbo]

Here is the new resort in development just outside of Missoula. Still some hurdles to work out for the upper runs that will be on Forest Service land. The lower part of the resort is already in development and has been offering snowcat skiing the last two seasons. The owners are looking to have the resort completed in the next 3-5 years.

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Bitterroot Resort at a Glance

The addition of North America’s largest ski resort to a medium-sized university town creates an attractive community without rival. Missoula would offer prospective businesses both the advantages of a medium-sized city, as well as the attractions normally held by exclusive resort communities like Whitefish, Aspen, Vail, or Ketchum.

Maclay Ranch: 2,960 acres
Drive Time to Missoula Airport: 30 minutes
Distance to Downtown Missoula: 15 miles
Vertical Descent: 5,342 feet
(This is the total potential vertical descent at Bitterroot Resort, more than any other North American ski resort.)


Comparative lift-served vertical descent available at other destination resorts include, in feet:
Whistler/Blackcomb - 5,280
Aspen/Snowmass - 4,406
Big Sky - 4,180
Jackson Hole - 4,139
Sun Valley - 3,400
Big Mountain - 2,500

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Skiing the powder at Bitterroot