On the way to Montana at night with a full moon |
Tuesday morning sunrise over Wyoming
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Setting moon |
Distant Wyoming mountains |
Wyoming roadside |
Snowy mountains
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Montana state line |
Entering the mountains |
Montana rest stop |
Bucks T4 Lodge sign |
Bucks T4 Lodge lobby decorations
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Elk head |
Checking in |
Motel room, part 1 |
Motel room, part 2 |
View from the motel |
View from the motel, continued |
Tuesday evening sunset, part 1
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Tuesday evening sunset, part 2 |
Tuesday evening sunset, part 3 |
Tuesday evening sunset, part 4 |
Sunday evening dinner restaurant
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Phil at the restaurant |
Dave and Jamie |
Restaurant menu |
Kim and Dave
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Steve at the restaurant |
Restaurant decorations |
Another elk head |
Phil and Steve
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Kim, Dave, Jamie, Teri, Phil and Steve at
Tuesday night dinner |
Fried chicken dinner |
Pulled pork dinner |
Wednesday morning drive to the ski area
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Flat snowy roadside view |
Approaching the ski area |
Unloading the car |
Kim and Jamie ready to ski
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Parking shuttle cart |
Phil in the parking shuttle cart |
Shuttle cart underway |
Phil and Kim leaving the shuttle cart |
Jamie with a mountain ambassador |
Base of the new Ram Charger lift |
Jamie and Dave about to ski Wednesday morning |
Kim, Steve and Dave at the base of the lift
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Dave and Steve on the lift |
Jamie, Kim and Phil on the lift
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Teri on the lift |
Near the top of the lift |
On-mountain restaurant |
Upper lift terminal building |
Top of a wide groomed run |
Jamie, Kim and Phil
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Phil and Jamie in a wide open area |
Scenic wide easy run
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Wide path through the trees |
Dave, Phil and Jamie rest stop |
Kim, Steve, Dave, Phil and Jamie |
Wednesday morning scenery, part 1 |
Wednesday morning scenery, part 2 |
Lone Peak framed by trees |
Kim, Dave, Steve and Phil near a resort sign |
Mid-mountain restaurant
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Lots of trails |
Lone Peak under clearing skies
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Lone Peak behind the trees |
Impressive view from the lift
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Terrain park under the lift |
Crossing over a small valley |
Snow blowing off Lone Peak |
Motel hot tubs |
Lone Peak Brewery building |
Lone Peak Brewery closeup
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Lone Peak Brewery sign |
Brewery menu |
Beer sign |
Wednesday evening welcome party jambalaya
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Welcome party bison steak rice bowl |
Jamie on Thursday morning |
Thursday morning view from the motel |
Outside the motel |
Loading the cars on Thursday morning
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Kim and Jamie scraping ice and snow
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On the way to the ski area |
Hot air balloon behind the buildings
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At the Big Sky parking lot |
Steve and Jamie on Thursday morning |
Clouds behind the mountains |
Kim and Dave's Thursday morning rest stop
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Teri's Thursday morning photo stop |
Dave, Jamie, Steve and Kim on a wide slope |
Phil, Dave, Jamie and Steve |
Busy base area
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Thursday afternoon view from the base |
Jamie with the mountain ambassadors |
Wide open bowl area |
Base of the upper mountain lift
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Upper mountain cliffs |
Base area viewed from above |
Jamie on the mountain tour |
On-mountain private home
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Yellowstone Club entrance |
Ultra wide easy run |
Jamie and Teri on Thursday afternoon |
Thursday afternoon trees and Lone Peak |
Trails below Lone Peak |
Impressive Thursday afternoon scenery |
Broad valley view |
Jamie on a gladed bump run |
Trees and bumps |
Thursday evening sunset at the motel |
Thursday evening sunset, part 2 |
Thursday evening sunset, part 3 |
Thursday evening sunset, part 4 |
Thursday evening sunset, part 5 |
Checking in at Milkie's Pizza and Pub |
Thursday evening dinner menu |
Milkie's bar area |
Teri and Phil at Thursday evening dinner |
Dave and Jamie getting updates |
Steve with pizza |
Dave with pizza |
Friday morning on the way to the ski area |
Lone Peak on Friday morning |
Unloading the car on Friday morning |
Mountain ambassador with Jamie |
Wide Friday morning view |
Upper mountain traverse |
Valley view from the upper mountain |
Upper mountain traverse, continued |
Jamie's Friday morning photo stop |
Steve's Friday morning photo stop |
Dave's Friday morning photo stop |
Weathered dead trees |
Teri's Friday morning photo stop |
Lone Peak behind the scraggly trees |
Peaceful Friday morning scenery |
Steve and Jamie resting on a long groomed run |
Groomed run with valley view |
Cliffs view through the trees |
Distant valley view |
Jamie, Steve and Phil resting |
Dave resting |
Nice wide run |
Teri and Jamie's photo stop |
Steve and Phil resting |
Phil's Friday morning photo stop |
Moss and lichens on the trees |
Long wide run through the trees |
Friday lunch at the Madison base area |
Friday lunch, continued |
Phil at lunch |
Friday afternoon view from the base |
Kim's Friday afternoon photo stop |
Friday afternoon scenery |
Up above timberline |
Lone Peak closeup |
Friday afternoon valley view |
Night terrors |
Friday afternoon view from the lift |
Late Friday afternoon at the motel hot tubs |
View from the hot tubs |
Jamie arriving for Friday dinner at the Lone
Peak Brewery |
Beer sampler on an old ski |
Phil and Dave at the brewery |
Steve and Kim at the brewery |
Jamie and Teri on Friday evening |
Another elk head at the brewery |
Stuffed bear |
On the way to the ski area Saturday morning |
Elk herd near the road |
Elk closeup |
Elk in the snow |
Elk along the ridge |
At the ski area parking lot |
Raven in the parking lot, front view |
Raven in the parking lot, side view |
Dave, Jamie, Phil and Kim about to ski |
Ramcharger lift base |
Saturday morning at the main base area |
Waiting at the main base |
Getting on the lift
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Snow and fog on Saturday morning |
Snowy view from the lift |
Teri, Kim and Jamie on the lift Saturday morning |
Heavy falling snow viewed from the lift |
Jamie on the snowy lift |
Teri on the snowy lift |
Phil in the trees |
Jamie in fresh snow |
Back at the main base |
Lunchtime hot chocolate |
Back on the lift under a blue cover |
Discussions on the lift |
Fresh snow in the trees |
Teri's Saturday afternoon photo stop |
Jamie's Saturday afternoon photo stop |
Leaving the ski area in snow and fog |
Back at the motel late Saturday afternoon |
Motel sign in the falling snow |
Motel entrance |
Fresh snow at the motel |
On the way to the ski area Sunday morning |
Near the ski area entrance |
Snowy Sunday morning road |
Covid-19 warning at the ski area |
Covid-19 details |
Clearing skies viewed from the lift |
Jamie and Kim on the lift Sunday morning |
Teri, Jamie, Kim and Phil on the lift |
Deep snow under the lift |
Fresh snow on Sunday morning |
Lupine run sign |
Jamie on Sunday morning |
Snowy yurt at the Madison base area |
Kim at lunch |
Jamie and Kim in heavy falling snow |
Long snowy traverse |
Jamie, Kim and Teri on the traverse |
Dense snow covered forest |
Jamie resting on the lift |
Snowy forest viewed from the lift |
Jamie with valley view Sunday afternoon |
Phil and Jamie with valley view |
Tree run with clearing skies |
At the base Sunday afternoon |
Long lift line |
Snow statistics |
Sunday afternoon view from the lift |
Teri and Phil on the lift Sunday afternoon |
Phil and Jamie on the lift |
Jamie with another valley view |
Nice scenery |
Phil and Jamie resting |
Teri's Sunday afternoon photo stop |
Interesting sticker |
Jamie, Teri, Kim and Phil on Sunday afternoon |
At the end of the last skiing day |
Fully loaded vehicle |
Big Sky parking lot |
Parking lot view |
On the way back to the motel, part 1 |
On the way back, part 2 |
On the way back, part 3 |
On the way back, part 4 |
On the way back, part 5 |
On the way back, part 6 |
On the way back, part 7 |
Back at the motel on Sunday afternoon |
Motel parking lot |
Kim and Phil packing the car |
Kim with skis |
Late Sunday afternoon landscape |
Ousel & Spur restaurant |
Checking in for Sunday evening dinner |
Monday morning sunrise on the way back to
Nebraska |
Wyoming mountain pass |
Wyoming roadside cliffs |
Mountain pass, continued |
Flat Wyoming valley |
Hazy Wyoming mountains |
Wyoming roadside scenery |
Wyoming rest stop with snake warning |
Jamie at the rest stop |
Interstate 80 in Wyoming |
Craggy Wyoming hilltops |
Steamy oil refinery |
Teri, Jamie and Kim at a rest stop |
Wyoming wildlife |
Bluffs with horseback rider |
Low clouds over the bluffs |