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Going Vert
Après-ski life for the planks by Chad Harder When a renter's massive Malamute began treating my beloved fruit trees like snack sticks, a fence quickly became priority. We needed it strong and simple,...
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Glide path
Seeley Lake makes strides toward big-time Nordic skiing by Alex Sakariassen Last spring, western Montana's cross-country skiing community received some incredible news. Former Olympian John...
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When the skiing gets hairy
I'm sporting a frizzy Betty Page wig and breathing heavily. I've never been on skate skis before, and now I'm trying it in a 24-hour race with itchy wig hair in my eyes. Hell, I should be able to ski...
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Iceberg Notch
Was July descent a first? The extraordinarily long and snowy winter of 2011 kept motivated backcountry skiers up to their armpits in the steep n' deep well into July. Here, Dan Koestler takes one last...
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The old man and the ski
A local legend keeps his pow vow–72 times by Alex Sakariassen Don "Old Man" Gisselbeck is something of a legend among Missoula's backcountry skiers. Now 56, he's had his fair share of close calls; in...
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Powder trip
Sub-zero temperatures, rock-rimmed chutes, base lodge burgers, diehard skiers, towering timber, thigh-deep powder, and some of the most seriously badass bumps anywhereone woman meets Montana head-on....
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