The Big Sky Gathering (2/24/19 - 3/2/19) ...and beyond.

[Talisman]

You only have to smell me if you're uphill of me. Ski faster == no smells.

I wasn't worried about our tender olfactories, a sweet smelling ski stud from CO would be a hit with the local ladies at the River House or the Broken Spoke. Depending on our snow pack during the season there are lots of touring opportunities.

 

[Andy Sainsbury]

PSA Dan Egan will be coaching and guiding at Big Sky during the gathering!!! What great opportunity we have to ski with and learn
from the extreme skiing pioneer and HOF'er.

 

[MattSmith]

You only have to smell me if you're uphill of me. Ski faster == no smells.

Speaking of uphill, anyone else gonna have touring gear and want to stretch their legs near Big Sky during the gathering? Would be fun to skip some meadows one day.

Yea... but you gotta shower first. We may be barbarians, but we're civilized barbarians.

I checked out Gems in a Van. Neat idea. I'll look forward to following along and will have lots of questions by the time we reach Montana. I'm planning "car life" for a few months this winter. Looks like a 36 hr drive will get me from Boston to Bozeman.

I'll have touring gear. Others will too. Give the "official" gathering thread an opportunity to launch and we'll see if we need a sub thread for outside the resort adventures.

 

[mdf]

PSA Dan Egan will be coaching and guiding at Big Sky during the gathering!!! What great opportunity we have to ski with and learn
from the extreme skiing pioneer and HOF'er.

I noticed that. But then the "camps and special programs" panel disappeared from the Big Sky lessons page, and Egan's skiclinics.com site is gone (or at least off-line).
Any idea what's up?

 

[Andy Sainsbury]

I noticed that. But then the "camps and special programs" panel disappeared from the Big Sky lessons page, and Egan's skiclinics.com site is gone (or at least off-line).
Any idea what's up?

I noticed that. But then the "camps and special programs" panel disappeared from the Big Sky lessons page, and Egan's skiclinics.com site is gone (or at least off-line).
Any idea what's up?

On the Big sky website Egan's clinics are under:The Resort, then Mountain Village Lessons and Programs, Specialty Clinics.
He will be at Big Sky Feb. 21st thru March 9th. And an early season tune-up clinic mid December. This was confirmed by Dan.
As for the skiclinics.com website I'll have to get back you. He can be reached on his Deganmedia.com website.

 

[mdf]

On the Big sky website Egan's clinics are under:The Resort, then Mountain Village Lessons and Programs, Specialty Clinics.

Yep, user error. The two lessons pages look so much alike I didn't realize I clicked on the other one.

 

[TheArchitect]

I'm still pissed that I had to cancel my attending last year's Gathering so I just changed my trip plans and will be heading to Big Sky to ski with you fine folk. I was doing a trip to Jackson Hole 2/6-2/12 but I've moved it to right before the Gathering. I'm going to ski Jackson Wed-Friday, drive up to Big Sky Saturday and attend the gathering Sun-Tues. Very excited!

 

[Tony S]

So, feel free to redirect me to a different thread or whatever, but ... so many posts to search. Key question as I look at lodging: Are we spending the whole time at Big Sky? Or are we spending one or more days at Bridger Bowl (as in 2013)? Inquiring minds need to know!

 

[Philpug]

So, feel free to redirect me to a different thread or whatever, but ... so many posts to search. Key question as I look at lodging: Are we spending the whole time at Big Sky? Or are we spending one or more days at Bridger Bowl (as in 2013)? Inquiring minds need to know!

We are in the process of getting the official thread together along with the Roll Call thread, we hope to have it up next week.
Thank you for your patience. ​

 

[Gary Stolt]

There will be others skiing JH Fri & Sat before heading up to BS. Maybe we can make a few turns.

 

[TheArchitect]

There will be others skiing JH Fri & Sat before heading up to BS. Maybe we can make a few turns.

Sounds like a plan. I'll skiing JH Wed-Fri and driving up to BS on Saturday.

 

[PisteOff]

There will be others skiing JH Fri & Sat before heading up to BS. Maybe we can make a few turns.

Sounds like a plan. I'll skiing JH Wed-Fri and driving up to BS on Saturday.

@ChunderBlunder and I have been discussing this very same thing. We weren’t sure if we wanted to go before or after..... this could certainly sway our decision. We both enjoyed skiing with @Gary Stolt in Utah.

 

[Tricia]

The official thread has been started. Closing this one now.
OFFICIAL 2019 Big Sky Gathering General Information