By Becky Lomax on March 26, 2008

Montana resorts like to end the ski season with hilarity.

By Becky Lomax on March 24, 2008

Montana resorts like to end the ski season with hilarity.

By Becky Lomax on December 20, 2007

Many of Montana’s smaller resorts operate on limited schedules, but plan to run lifts daily during the holidays.

By Becky Lomax on September 24, 2007

Many of Montana’s ski areas saw their first snows of the season this week.

By Becky Lomax on September 18, 2007

The end of September heralds the last of the reduced season pass rates for many Montana resorts.

By Becky Lomax on March 26, 2007

Montana resorts don’t believe in ending the ski season in a fizzle. Most close their lifts in a blaze of zaniness that not only celebrates spring meltdown, but what’s left of winter.

By Becky Lomax on February 12, 2007

While many resorts reaching milestone anniversaries this year launched in the age of chair lifts, Showdown saw its birth in the days of leather lace-up boots, cable bindings, 220-centimeter wooden skis, and small engine-powered rope tows. And this coming weekend, it plans to celebrate.

By Becky Lomax on February 5, 2007

Got a friend that you want to get on skis or a snowboard? This weekend is the time to do it. On February 11, a first timer lesson with rentals and a beginner lift ticket is free at 10 Montana ski hills.

By Becky Lomax on December 4, 2006

As the first ski hill in Montana to be 100 percent open, Lookout Pass ran all three of its lifts last weekend. Following in its wake, a pack of smaller Montana ski hills are opening as snows permit.

By Becky Lomax on November 7, 2006

Even though Montana’s Showdown Ski Area doesn’t open until December, it already has a bigger snow pack than many other Montana resorts that have been beset with recent warm monsoons. With two feet at the summit and 18 inches at the base area, the mushy snow didn’t inhibit work on its new Sluice Goose Caboose lift.