Ke hoʻomaka ka hāʻule ʻana o ka hau, hoʻomaka ka ʻimi ski akamai e ʻimi i kahi wela wela aʻe. ʻO ka poʻe huakaʻi e ʻimi nei i nā ʻike ski he nui ʻole ka lehulehu e ʻike iā Montana kahi home o nā kauhale ski papa honua a me nā momi ʻohana e mākaukau e ʻike ʻia. Ke noho ka poʻe kamaʻāina i kahi lā ma ka mauna, pale lākou i nā laina lōʻihi i kēia mau wahi ski liʻiliʻi ʻike ʻia me nā hana maikaʻi loa e kīpaku. E lawe i ka ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo mai kahi kūloko a hele i kahi o nā momi ski-mom-a-pop Montana kahi e pono ʻole ai nā poʻe kipa e kali no ka hāpai ski e hoʻokau i kā lākou holo hou.

ʻĀpana Ski Mountain Blacktail

ʻOiai ʻo ia wale nō kahi wahi ski ʻo Montana kahi e hiki ai iā ʻoe ke hoʻokele i luna, ʻo Blacktail Mountain kahi ʻike kūikawā maoli. Me nā hiʻohiʻona e hāleʻe ai i ka ʻāʻī o Flathead Lake a me nā mauna ʻo Swan kokoke, ʻoluʻolu e like me ka ski i lalo ke kaʻa ʻana. ʻOiai ʻoi aku ka nui ma mua o nā ʻike o ke ola, manaʻo ʻo Blacktail Mountain me kahi wahi huna a pili loa no nā mea hoʻoilo i ka hoʻoilo, ʻoiai kēlā me kēia holo i kahi mamao, akā maʻalahi ke kiʻi. ʻIke paha ka poʻe kipa iā lākou iho e like me ka mauna holoʻokoʻa iā lākou iho i ka wā e ʻoki ai lākou i ka pauka pristine.

Kahi Papa Ski Discovery

No ka skier makemake i kahi moʻolelo epic i kēlā me kēia holo, ʻo Discovery kahi wahi kūpono loa. ʻEkolu mau helehelena o ka mauna, me nā hiʻohiʻona a me nā pilikia nui. Hāʻawi ka maka i mua i kahi kāwili kono o nā hoʻomaka a me nā holo waena; Ma waho o ka noho Granite, piʻi aʻe nā mea i kahi notch me ka holo ʻana o ka lole a me ka lele lele mogul. ʻoiai ke alo o hope e hāʻawi i kahi pīhoihoi, manaʻo backcountry me ka maʻalahi hiki ke kiʻi ʻia mai kahi hāpai hāpai. He wahi pōkole ʻo Discovery mai Missoula, Butte lāua ʻo Helena e lilo ana i wahi maikaʻi loa no ka hopena pule ski a huakaʻi lā paha. ʻIke ka poʻe Skiers a me nā poʻe papa i kā lākou wahi punahele e kālai ai ma hope o kekahi lā ma ke kuahiwi, me nā ʻāina mai ka ski ski wikiwiki, nā ala helehelena a me nā kīʻaha palaoa.

Mauna Maverick

Aia ma ka Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest ma ka hema komohana o Montana, ʻo Maverick Mountain kahi vibe ski kula kahiko no nā poʻe e makemake i ka pīhoihoi pīhoihoi me ka ʻole o nā huakaʻi. E manaʻo ka poʻe Skiers ke hoʻi nei lākou i kahi manawa i ka manawa, ʻoiai e haʻaheo nā mea nona ka hāʻawi ʻana i kahi ʻano hoʻomaha i nā kumukūʻai kumukūʻai. I nā makahiki i hala aku, ua loaʻa ʻo Maverick Mountain kahi kaiāulu kūpaʻa o nā mea leʻaleʻa ski a me nā mea aloha waho, e hana ana no ke kaona liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi i kēlā me kēia lā o ka pule. Me nā huakaʻi paʻakikī he 22 e kūleʻa ai, ʻo kēia kahi wahi huna kahi āu e makemake ʻole ai e nalo.

Nalowale Trail Powder Mountain

No ke aha e kali ai i kahi laina lōʻihi i ka hāpai ski ke hiki i nā huakaʻi ke loaʻa i kahi ʻike ski pilikino hou aʻe? Ski ma ka puʻuwai o ka Continental Divide i kēia hoʻoilo ma Lost Powder Mountain, kahi huakaʻi hoʻomaha a ʻoluʻolu ʻohana e pili ana i ka palena ʻo Montana-Idaho. ʻOi aku ka waiwai o kēia hale ʻohana ma mua o ka loaʻa ʻana o kona kaulana ma ke ʻano he kūlana kiʻekiʻe loa me 80 mau makahiki o ka ski ski. E kiʻi i kahi ʻike Montana maoli ma kēia wahi ski ski, me nā ala hele no kēlā me kēia makahiki a me ka pae mākau e noi ai i kēlā me kēia ʻohana no ka manawa hoʻokahi e heʻe ai i ka pauka.