The Mt. Ellis Academy, which is a private Christian academy runs the ski hill and has done so since 1959. It is for students from the academy only. However, it appears Mount Ellis Academy ran the ski hill as a public venue from 1971-79.
This where I learned to ski in the early seventies. There was a single chair chairlift on the opposite side of the main run at that time. There was also a rope tow at that time. No T-bar then, I went through many pairs of gloves.
How do they get away with it being private?
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The State of Montana gives them a permit for exclusive use of the land from November 15th to April 15th each year.
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Interesting. Do you have to be a student at a certain school in Bozeman to use it?
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The Mt. Ellis Academy, which is a private Christian academy runs the ski hill and has done so since 1959. It is for students from the academy only. However, it appears Mount Ellis Academy ran the ski hill as a public venue from 1971-79.
More info on it here: https://www.mtellis.org/bear-canyon
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When did you get the photos?
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Last week. Good place for social distancing!
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More like a hall lifts have big sheaves
this lift
And so as snow summit
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This where I learned to ski in the early seventies. There was a single chair chairlift on the opposite side of the main run at that time. There was also a rope tow at that time. No T-bar then, I went through many pairs of gloves.
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