Missoula Events

Discounted Discovery Ski Area season passes on sale at midnight

Discovery Ski Area is kicking off March madness with a super great deal on season passes. For $249, skiers and snowboarders can get a Disco season pass that is applicable for the remainder of this ski season and all of the next (winter 2011-2012)!

Season passes go on sale March 1 at midnight. The sale [...]

Competitors and spirits fly high at Gelande championship

Rolf Wilson claims 8th Gelande Cup title. Photos by Linda Thompson

Reporter Betsy Cohen and photographer Linda Thompson captured the scene at Montana Snowbowl yesterday during the Gelande championships in a photo/story package in today’s Missoulian.

It’s more than just another ski event. The crowd is drinking beers, devouring pizza, lounging in lawn chairs on the [...]

Lookout Pass season ticket holder spaghetti appreciation feast

Lookout Pass Ski and Recreation Area will hold its annual Season Pass Holder Appreciation Spaghetti Fest at the mountain this coming Saturday, February 26 from 2 to 4 PM.  The food free and it’s the mountain’s way of thanking the “Lookout Family” of loyal skiers and riders.

Lookout is also kicking off its annual “Early Bird” Season [...]

Snowbowl, Whitefish Mountain Resort closes chairlifts due to high winds

It is darn right nasty outside!

A bicyclist travels east down the riverfront trail Tuesday morning. More winter weather is expected Wednesday, as a storm brings snow, winds and record cold through the weekend. Photo by LINDA THOMPSON/MIssoulian

Reported gusts of up to 15 mph at the top of Snowbowl and cold temperatures prevented the ski [...]

Let’s Gelande! Snowbowl hosts gelande North American championships this weekend

Missoulian file photo

It’s a bird! No, it’s a plane! No, it’s gelande jumpers!

The Gelande North American Cup championship is this weekend at Montana Snowbowl. The event is always a good time. These competitors fly dangerously through the air and the competition is fierce. Let’s also not forget that the the natural ski jump is located [...]

Ski and snowboard maintenance: Free wax and tune clinic this week

Tired of paying to have your skis tuned? Learn how to do it yourself!

Missoula REI is hosting a free clinic for skiers and snowboarders who want to learn how to wax and perform base repairs on alpine and Nordic skis and snowboards. The class is Thursday at the local retail store. Learn  how and why waxes [...]

Jesus Christ statue a part of Big Mountain history

University of Montana freshmen Jake Coburn, Stephanie Ralls and Claire Dal Nogare, from left, visit a statue of Jesus Christ at Whitefish Mountain Resort on Sunday afternoon. Photo by LINDA THOMPSON/Missoulian

Praying for snow has never been easier.

Reporter Tristan Scott writes about the history of the Jesus Christ statue atop Big Mountain. It’s things like [...]

Big sky at the top of Big Mountain a rare treat

I’m finally getting around to posting some pictures from last weekend’s ski trip to Whitefish Mountain Resort. My brother lives in Whitefish, so he knows all of the ski mountain’s secret powder stashes. Thanks for sharing, Ty!

I don’t think I’ve ever skied Whitefish Mountain Resort where I was able to see Glacier National Park and Flathead Lake. [...]

Documentary film shows the magic of Montana’s smalltown ski areas

In honor of the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival this week in Missoula, here’s a documentary film about smalltown, volunteer-run ski areas in Montana.

The film is called “Big Sky, Big Hearts, Small Hills: On the Slopes of Rural Montana,” and it was produced by Drew Vetere as his master’s thesis project for the photojournalism program at [...]

LTPark does Altoona Ridge Lodge

Blower powder? Yes, please!

Two weeks after my rendezvous at Altoona Ridge Lodge, my buddy Will Moss and his crew visited the backcountry ski bungalow in the Flint Creek Range and produced this swa-eet video!

LTPark Does Altoona Ridge Lodge from Will Moss [...]