Missoula Events

Snowbowl’s opening weekend was one for the books

Best first day of skiing EVER.

I don’t use definitive statements like that lightly, but Sunday warrants it. The skiing was amazing.

Powder hit my mid thighs at Snowbowl and the temperature, I would guess, was around 20 degrees.  The Mountain was 85 percent open, with only the bowls closed. Saturday was Snowbowl’s opening day. My friend and [...]

Snowbowl eyeing Nov. 27 opening

Cruising Longhorn. Courtesy of Montana Snowbowl

Montana Snowbowl looks as though it may open early this year, eyeing Nov. 27 as a tentative date, said Brad Morris, who co-owns Snowbowl with his wife Ronnie.

“The snow is looking really good,” he said. “That gets people real interested.”

Snowbowl tries to open the weekend after the Thanksgiving holiday and [...]

Lookout Pass opens Friday ahead of schedule

Forget El Nino or La Nina, what’s the Spanish word for “open”?

Western Montana’s 2010-2011 ski season commenced Friday with the opening of Lookout Pass, located on the Idaho – Montana boarder along Interstate 90. Ten inches of wet snow fell on Lookout Pass Wednesday night and two more inches on Thursday, said Bill Dire, Jr., Lookout [...]