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A Recreational and Quality-of-Life Opportunity for Montanans

Missoula is a growing and diverse community with many unique amenities that attract people and businesses.

The addition of North America’s largest ski resort to a medium-sized university town creates an attractive community without rival. Missoula would offer prospective businesses both the advantages of a medium-sized city, as well as the attractions normally held by exclusive resort communities like Whitefish or Ketchum.
Bitterroot Resort at a Glance

Maclay Ranch: 2,960 acres
Drive Time to Missoula Airport: 30 minutes
Distance to Downtown Missoula: 15 miles
Vertical Descent: 5,342 feet
(This is the total potential vertical descent at Bitterroot Resort, more than any other North American ski resort.)


Comparative lift-served vertical descent available at other destination resorts include, in feet:
Whistler/Blackcomb - 5,280
Aspen/Snowmass - 4,406
Big Sky - 4,180
Jackson Hole - 4,139
Sun Valley - 3,400
Big Mountain - 2,500


Mid-mountain Nordic Skiing.
We propose development of a cross-country ski trail system at 6,000 feet, traversing onto Mormon Ridge.

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