The Monthly Big Sky Edition June 2014

BIG SKY EDITION

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Arts Council of Big Sky

IN THIS ISSUE

Celebrates 25 Years!

Meadow Village Center Happenings

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Big Sky Resort

Music in the Mountain Free Summer Concert Series Kicks Off June 26th The Arts Council of Big Sky kicks off its 25th Anniversary Season with the amazing sacred steel sounds of the Slide Brothers , on Thursday, June 26, in Town Center Park.

The Slide Brothers are Calvin Cooke, Chuck Campbell, Darick Campbell and Aubrey Ghent–the greatest living musicians who embody the Sacred Steel tradition. The joyous music these legendary artists create extends far beyond scared steel to encompass blues, rock and soul all celebrated with a sound that is uniquely their own.

The bandl released their debut studio album on Concord Records in 2013. The album, simply titled Robert Randolph Presents: The Slide Brothers, was catalyzed

by Robert Randolph, who has revitalized the sacred steel tradition in the modern era, carrying the style born in The House of God Church more than 80 years ago to mainstream secular success before concert and festival audiences around the world. The album includes 11 tracks and features some of the most dynamic electric slide guitar playing ever recorded. Inspired by Randolph to finally emerge beyond their respected positions within the sacred steel community, the Slide Brothers tackle rock, funk and even the deepest blues with a ferocity that will startle fans of Duane Allman, Derek Trucks and even Muddy Waters.

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Yellowstone National Park

“Robert Randolph Presents: The Slide Brothers is a musically searing, uplifting collection of 11 songs coated with the unmistakable whine of the steel guitar and monstrous riffs from the collective…an album filled with gems.” Atlanta Journal-Constitution Park opens at 6 p.m., music starts at 7 p.m. Food and beverages from local vendors will be available. Please no glass containers or pets allowed in the park during concerts. Admission is free and suitable for all ages!

Plenty of parking!

The season continues with the annual performance of Montana Shakespeare in the Parks , right here in Big Sky! The show starts at 6:30 p.m. and is free for all ages!

This year, the troupe is performing the comedy As You Like It. Come down to Town Center Park, bring your picnic and enjoy the show!

Directed by new MSIP Artistic Director, Kevin Asselin, and set in 1917 Montana, As You Like It tells the story of Rosalind and Orlando, who, exiled, must find their way and love - in a new world.

Montana Shakespeare in the Parks (MSIP) opened its (continued on page 4)

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Sundays 1:00-5:00 • Mondays 10:00-6:00 • Tuesdays 4-8 • Wednesdays 4-8 • bigskylibrary.org

The library will be open throughout the summer. We invite you to take the time to see all the resources and wonderful new books that are available. Also, join us for the fun and entertaining programs planned.

The Summer Reading Programs are sponsored by the Friends of the Big Sky Community Library.

All programs are FREE and open to the public!

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June 25th-July 30th for grades K-5 on Wednesdays, throughout June and July. There’s a great line-up!

Wed. June 25th Discovery Center’s Birds of Prey....................... .4:00 One of our favorites! Join West Yellowstone raptor specialist AJ for a special program about raptors.

Wed. July 2nd ”Fun with Leg os”................................................4:00 We’ll be bringing out the legos for some creating fun. Maybe even some robotics with High Schoolers.

Wed. July 9th Magic/Science Show with Mr.E........................ .4:00 Come meet the famous Mr. E. He will have all

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sorts of new tricks and science magic for us.

Wednesday July 16th Icky Sticky Oobleck...........................................4:00 Join Mrs. House for a fun day of making Oobleck.

Wed. July 23rd “Magic Show”................................................... .4:00 Don’t want to miss this one! Magician Walt Woolbaugh will be back performing his wonderful world of magic and stories for us.

Wednesday July 30th “Life Science......................................................4:00 Join Fish and Wildlife expert Adam Pankratz as he discusses animal forensics with us. Find out what that means? Investigate and have fun!

is also where you get your reading logs)!

For every five hours you read, you can check in for a prize, up to a total of 10 check-ins during the program.

You must check in after 5 hours to be entered into the drawing!

Summer Events for Teens!

June 23rd from 12-2 ( pizza will be provided!): Duct Tape DIY! Please RSVP. June 30thfrom 12-2 (pizza will be provided!): Sticker Mak-ing! Please RSVP. July 7th from 12-2 (pizza will be provided!): Sharpie Tye-Dye! Please RSVP and bring your own white T-shirt .

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2014 Teen Summer Reading Program (Going into 6th–12th grade) Get a prize! After each check-in your name goes into a raffle for a chance to win an Amazon Kindle Fire 7” Tablet. Just read to win!

Sign up by emailing Ms. Kabisch @ dkabisch@bssd72.org. You can also sign up in the library. Just go to the information desk (this

Even though school is closed for the summer the Friends of the library are busy with a variety of things. Whether it’s pre- paring books for automation, shelving books, tending to the memorial garden or getting books ready for the Book Sales, we can always use your help!

Meetings are held the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of each month at 10:00.

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77 Aspen Leaf Drive Unit 9 • Big Sky, MT 59716 • 406.993.2112 • bsccmt.org The Big Sky Community Corporation is a 501(c) (3) not-for-profit entity created in 1998 to promote, acquire, preserve and maintain land, parks, trails and easements for the use of the people of the Big Sky Community and the general public.

Big Sky will have five (5) miles of new trails this summer, directly accessible from Big Sky Town Center. BSCC obtained easements last June for over 8 miles of trails and this is the first of four phases of construction. The project is expected to be completed by July, weather permitting.

6th Annual Fourth of July Celebration Big Sky Community Park 8:00am-5pm Come down for a full day of fun!! 5 k Walk/ run race, Tennis, 3 on 3 basketball, fly fishing with HCR, disc golf tournament, kid’s activities galore, dunk tank, kids 1K race, homerun derby,

skatepark competition.

Parks & Trails Gala July 19 6:00pm-11:00ppm Big Sky Community Park Join us for our annual fundraising event under the stars in our very own community park! The evening features a live and silent auction, an excellent dinner and music that is sure to get you dancing. Don’t wait to get your tickets as this event sells out every year!

Camp Big Sky Our focus has been on programming for children entering kindergarten through fifth grades as we have found that this was the largest area of need.

However, with the addition of a high school three years ago, and the growth of our community over all, our class sizes are expanding and our middle school and high school numbers are

on the rise as well. Camp Big Sky is developing a Junior Leadership Program and more middle school age programs as well as employment opportunities for high school age students in order to meet the needs of the growing numbers of older children.

Activities this summer will include a skateboard clinic, horsemanship, Primitive Archery and Basic Long Bow Making, basketball, rock climbing, golf, ceramics, survival essentials and primitive days.

Full online registration is now available! Visit bsccmt.org to view the complete 2014 program list OR to register your family for Camp Big Sky events and activities. Contact Katie Coleman at camp@bsccmt.org with any questions.

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Gallatin Wild and Scenic Event

The BWTF and American Rivers are hosting a public event at the Warren Miller Performing Arts Center on Wednesday, July 2 at 5:30 pm to discuss the effort by Montanans for Healthy Rivers to designate the Upper Gallatin as Wild and Scenic.

Following the meeting, there will be a showing of the film, DamNation. Watch the movie trailer here. Tickets are $13 and can be bought online or at the door. For more information, contact Kristin at 406-993-2519 or kristin@bluewatertaskforce.org.

New Video and Photo Contest: Enter the Reeling for the River video contest or submit your entry for their Focusing on the Gallatin photo contest for the chance to win over $1,000 in prizes. Winners announced at the Big Sky Fly Fishing Festival on July 26 and 27. More information including rules can be found on the BWTF website.

Big Sky Fly Fishing Festival

Mark your calendar for the Big Sky Fly Fishing Festival July 26-27!

Saturday July 26th: Hooked on the Gallatin banquet at the Gallatin Riverhouse.

Sunday July 27th, 12pm to 4pm: Family-friendly outdoor festival at the Town Center park in Big Sky. Activities will include product demonstrations, casting clinics and competitions, fly tying, kids activities, scavenger hunt, wader and rod-rigging races, guided nature trips to the river, and river and trout conservation educational booths.

Sunday July 27th 5 pm and 8 pm: An early and late showing of the 2014 F3T Fly Fishing Film Tour at Lone Peak Cinema.

For more information you can view the website here or contact Kristin Gardner at 406-993-2519.

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first season in the summer of 1973. Since that time, MSIP has performed over 2,250 times to nearly three quarter of a million people becoming a mainstay of Montana culture. The company's contribution to the cultural fabric of Montana and its unique ability to serve the most remote rural areas of the region has been chronicled by Montana PBS, NBC Nightly News, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times and many others. In 1991, the company was named the recipient of the Montana Governor's Award for the Arts, the highest honor that can be bestowed on an arts organization in our state.

We're proud to sponsor the Big Sky performance of this great program! Park opens at 5 p.m., the play starts at 6 p.m. Please no glass containers or pets allowed in the park during concerts.

Admission is free and suitable for all ages! Plenty of parking!

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HISTORIC CRAIL RANCH museum

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Spotted Elk Road • Big Sky, MT • 406.993.2112 • crailranch.org Before Big Sky became a skiing and vacation destination complete with condos, second homes, and small towns, Lone Mountain looked east towards the Gallatin River into fields and forest covered mountains. The initial development of the region came from loggers who built access roads in the 1870s and ‘80s along Gallatin Canyon and uphill into the looming mountains and dense forests. These loggers were mostly seasonal, and prior to 1900 there were no fulltime residents in what was to become the town of Big Sky. Just before the turn of the century, Daniel Inabnit acquired a 160 acre homestead in the narrow valley leading up to Lone Mountain. He constructed a small, one room cabin on the land, and on December 7, 1901 he sold the property to Augustus Franklin Crail and his family.

Crail was born in Decatur County, Indiana in 1839.By 1865 he headed west and joined a wagon train that took him to Miles City in the Montana Territory. He got his start in Montana as a wheat farmer in what is now known as the Springhill section of Bozeman. In 1896 he was elected as the District Clerk of the 9th Judicial District in Gallatin County and served until 1900, elected on the Democratic ticket against a Republican endorsed by the Populist Party.

In 1902 the family moved into their one room cabin and began their life as homesteaders on land purchased for less than 1 dollar per acre. Throughout the years they improved the land, built many new buildings, raised sheep, cattle, chickens, and pigs, and grew hay.

Among the structures they built was a spring house over the stream running through their property for cold storage, a hay barn that held 50-60 tons of hay, a forge, and a two story ranch house.

They built the ranch house during their first cramped years. Still standing today, the home is an impressive structure considering its age; however, more impressive is that it was built by a family of five, including children who were 14, 13, and 3 when they moved to the Gallatin Canyon Basin.

Integral in building the home was oldest son Eugene Crail. By age 17 he had joined the carpenters’ union and he went on to earn a degree in Steam Engineering from Montana State University in Bozeman. During World War I he was in charge of building Red Cross Hospitals in England, and following the war, he returned to the homestead and built the original Ophir School as well the early buildings at the B Bar K Ranch, which would later become the Lone Mountain Ranch.

Crail Ranch.

Eugene eventually left Montana during World War II with his wife for Idaho. There he did defense work and Port Angelis, Washington where he supervised carpentry.

When Eugene finally got around to retiring, he was honored by the Carpenters’ Union for having paid his union dues for 80 consecutive years, becoming the oldest union carpenter with the most consecutive years of service. He died at age 97.

The youngest child, Lilian, was only just three-years-old when her family moved to their ranch.

When her father died, she was the beneficiary of his life insurance policy and used the money to fund her nursing education in Illinois.

She graduated in 1921, and her class picture still adorns the living room wall of the Crail homestead.

Emmett was the middle child, just a year younger than Eugene, and he managed the Crail homestead until age 60, when he married Butte schoolteacher Annie Breneman after a decades-long courtship and moved to Bozeman. Many of the photos within the Crail Ranch

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were established to promote and awareness and appreciation for the Crail Ranch and to preserve and maintain it as a heritage property for the Big Sky community. Today, the Crail Ranch is on the National Register of Historic Places.

court costs following the trial.

Crail decided to purchase the gun, perhaps because he already had the idea of starting his homestead, and won his own auction.

Once, while on the ranch, Eugene decided to try to scare a chicken with the gun, packed it full of black powder, and took aim. He fired and the chicken exploded in a blaze of feathers. Eugene would later tell the story of his worst spanking which he received upon his father’s return home.

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The Crail Ranch today contains numerous treasures from the early days, and many of them tell stories.

Literal stories can be found in the ranch home’s insulation which was exposed during restoration. The industrious family used newspaper as insulation, and part of the second floor wall is exposed to reveal a front page from the early 1900s.

Also in the home is the guitar Sally Crail, Augustus Franklin’s wife.

Beneath the strings she attached small pieces of paper between the frets to help her guitar students learn the notes.

In an upstairs bedroom is a quite

knitted by Sally dated 1886. The quilt depicts numerous scenes that were close to her heart such as pictures of animals and scenes inspired by her children.

Her well-worn bible still sits on a bedside table, whose window now ironically looks out at the nearby Big Sky Chapel.

Though not at the ranch today, Augustus Franklin’s 1851 Colt Navy Revolver lived at the farm. As with many guns, this one tells an intriguing story from the early days of Bozeman.

As the story goes, the gun was brought to court as evidence in a murder/suicide while Crail was serving as clerk. The judge ordered the gun be put up for public auction, likely as a way to cover

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depict Emmett continuing his father’s tradition of managing the ranch, often accompanied by nieces and nephews of his eventual bride.

TODAY The Crail Ranch Homestead Museum is open on the grounds of Historic Crail Ranch Saturday and Sunday during July & August, 12 Noon to 3PM. The grounds are open to self-guided walking tours at all times, weather permitting.

Emmett decided to sell the ranch in 1950, and in 1951 Jack and Elaine Hume moved in. As she tells it, Elaine refused to move in until Jack installed plumbing into the house, which had never even had the luxury of running water (though the nearby stream was likely useful enough for the Crails).

The Museum Annex is open year round at the Corner of Lone Peak Trail and Hwy 191.

ADMISSION IS FREE! Bus tours and larger parties please phone us in advance: 406993-2112 or send us a note at crailranchmuseum@gmail.com

The Humes lived on the ranch for a little over ten years. Soon after, with the arrival of Chet Huntley, the developers of Big Sky Resort took over the cabins and used them as bunk houses for workers in the 1970s and ‘80s.

Following the development, the buildings were abandoned until the Gallatin Canyon Women’s Club organized efforts to restore the homestead. In 2006 the Historic Crail Ranch Conservators

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2014 Family Events: July 4 10am-2pm Kids' Fly Fishing Clinic

July 26 10am-3pm THE Annual Crail Ranch Bake Sale "Plus"

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August 3 Noon Potluck Festival and Museum Support Center Dedication

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The Meadow Village Center Businesses Thank You for your Patronage: American Land Title Company: 993-2101 Andesite Construction: 995-4140 Biggerstaff Construction: 995-4875 Big Sky Furniture: 995-3286 Big Sky Health & Fitness: 995-4522 Big Sky Noxious Weed Management Big Sky Owners Association: 995-4166 Big Sky Post Office: 995-4540 Big Sky Properties: 995-2000 Big Sky Ski Team Black Tie Ski Rentals: 995-3372 Blue Ribbon Builders: 995-4580 Blue Water Task Force Bozeman Deaconess Pharmacy: 993-9390 Country Market Grocery: 995-4636 ERA Landmark: 995-3444 Family Practice Physicians of Big Sky: 995-2797 First Place Pub: 993-7111 First Security Bank: 993-3350 First West Insurance: 993-9311 Gallatin Associates: 995-2850 Gallatin Family Medicine: 995-3111 Gallatin River Gallery: 995-2909 Greene Construction: 995-3393

Haas Builders: 995-4552 Hammond Property Management: 995-7220 Highline Partners: 995-3811 Horse of a Different Color: 995-3113 Knaub & Company, CPAs: 995-6040 Lone Peak Brewery: 995-3939 Lone Peak Lookout: 995-4133 Lone Peak Radiology Lone Peak Physical Therapy & Sports Medicine, Inc.: 995-7525 Lone Pine Builders: 993-2400 Made in Big Sky Artisan Shop OZssage Ltd. - Therapeutic & Sports Massage: 995-7575 Olive B’s: 995-3355 ProCard Direct Red Leaf Consulting Engineers: 995-2996 Ringstone Building: 581-5785 Sierra Pacific Window: 995-2559 Sotheby’s - Big Sky: 995-2211 The Arts Council of Big Sky Wade & Associates Builders: 995-3480 Wells Fargo Private Mortgage: 995-4625 Willow Boutique: 995-4557 Wittich Law Firm: 995-2522

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Big Sky Resort - Pick Your Pleasure If summer adventure is what you’re after - Big Sky Resort is the place to be. You can relax at the spa, take an expedition to the Peak, zipline above basecamp or tee off on the award-winning golf course. And that is just for starters!

Big Sky Resort is the Basecamp to Yellowstone and the perfect headquarters for mountain adventures. Basecamp can help your group arrange a variety of memory-making side trips to make your experience here even more enjoyable.

golf Combine classic links-style golf and the stunning natural beauty of Big Sky country to witness a golf experience like no other: the award winning, scenic 18 hole par 72 golf course at Big Sky Resort. The Arnold Palmer course is 6,500 feet above sea level, offering longer drives and spectacular views.

Winding along the wildlife-rich banks of the West Fork of the scenic Gallatin River, you tee up with beaver, deer and moose as your gallery.

Re-live your best shots at the Bunker Bar and Grill, or get some professional tips at the fullyequipped pro shop, all directed by the 2012 Horton Smith Award winning PGA Professional,

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Nature Zip The Nature Zip begins with a 20 minute hike up Lone Mountain and consisits of three ziplines ranging from 350’ to 500’ in length, 30 to 60 feet in the air.

The Hungry Moose Market and Deli Celebrates 20 Years!

The first Line starts toward the bottom of Huntley Hollow and ends in the trees below Middle Road.

The second Line starts a short downhill hike from the end of the first and ends next to the bottom of Hangmans. The third Line starts at the end of the second and ends towards the bottom of Middle Road/Lower Calamity Jane.

The Hungry Moose is celebrating twenty years in business with a huge blow-out community party including two bands, lots of food and drink and fun for the whole family! A great opportunity for "The Moose" to say thanks to all who have supported them over the years. So mark your calendar and plan to celebrate with them as they kick off summer with a bonus concert event! Visit their for more info.

Phone: (406) 995-5769 Email: basecamp@bigskyresort.com

Save the Date: Sunday June 29 at 5pm for The Moose's 20 year anniversary celebration at Town Center Park's Center Stage!

Big Sky Farmers Market kicks off its 2014 season soon!

The Big Sky Farmers Market has secured their Headline Sponsor - a HUGE thank you goes out to Pretty Paws and the many other businesses that have sponsored the market, which is held every Wednesday, July 9 through September 3 from 5 to 8pm at Fire Pit Park in the Town Center. For more information or to join your fellow businesses in supporting the market as a sponsor, please email market manager Erik Morrison, or visit the market’s website.

TNG Tower Building Breaks Ground!

TNG Tower Building broke ground between Lone Peak Cinema and the China Cafe it will be a mixed-use commercial and residential building. The building is being developed by Big Sky resident John Romney, it was designed by Bechtle Architects, and it will be built by Rotherham Construction, both from Bozeman.

Big Sky Medical Center Breaks Ground!

Near the end of May, Bozeman Deaconess Health Services officially broke ground on the new Big Sky Medical Center! The facility is set to open in fall 2015 and will bring greatly enhanced emergency and clinical medical services to Big Sky. Built by Langlas & Associates.

Alberto’s Authentic Mexican Cuisine is set to open July 1!

They would love to invite the Big Sky community to join them in celebrating their opening! A huge thank you to all who have made this dream come true! Check out their website here and sign up for their email list to receive news about the restaurant and special events.

Gallatin River Gallery

Randall Roberts “Mountains and Mustangs” New Bromoils, Opens Tuesday, June 17. Hours: Tuesday through Saturday, 11am to 7pm or by appointment.

GRG, Town Center, 406-995-2909, visit their website gallatinrivergallery.com

Choppers

Choppers is open 7 days a week at 11:30am for the summer season. They are also working on a new summer menu! Visit their website or Facebook page for more info.

Creighton Block Gallery

Creighton Block Gallery will be open from 11am to 6pm Tuesday through Saturday until June 30.

Wine tasting will still occur on Thursdays for interested clients. Visit their website for more info

The Cave

The Cave is now open 7 days a week for the summer and fall season. Their hours are Monday through Saturday from 10 am to 8 pm, Sunday 10 am to 6 pm (no liquor sales on Sunday). In the next week or so their new swag will be rolling in so stop in and check it out! Have you heard about their Wine Club? Check out their website for details or give them a call at 406-995-4343.

Lone Peak Expedition: Take the Tram to the top!

The ultimate scenic view and high point of your summer is at the top of Lone Peak in Big Sky Montana.

The Basecamp to Yellowstone is proud to present the experience of a lifetime to stand at an 11,166 ft. summit and view two national parks, three states, and many mountain ranges.

You’ll ride to the summit via chairlift, expedition vehicle, and tram with a guide to point out different areas, views, and more. While you are taking in the views, keep an eye out for Billie and Nanny Goats that call Lone Peak home. You bring the camera, we’ll provide the binoculars.

Phone: (406) 995-5769 Email: basecamp@bigskyresort.com

SOLACE SPA When you enter a Solace Spa, you instantly feel the warm welcome and smell the calming scent in the air. Whether you find yourself at our Mountain Village location or our Moonlight Lodge locale, your experience will relax, renew and revitalize.

From our full service salon and nail services at the Mountain Village to our Signature Vichy Shower Experiences at Moonlight, we have something for every spa-goer.

At Solace, each guest has the opportunity to warm up, chill out and retreat to a place of tranquility and rejuvenation. We welcome you to find your Solace.

Solace Spa and Salon at Mountain Village You’re invited to luxuriate in our new 3,000 sq. ft. facility now featuring hair care, massaging pedi-thrones and comfortable rooms for changing, relaxation and a myriad of spa services. Let the elements of earth, sky, wind and water take your five senses on a journey of health and beauty.

Hours are from 9:00am to 7:00pm daily from June 8 - October 2, 2014. (406) 995-5803.

Wellness Studio Refresh your body and mind. Our Wellness Studio, located in the Village Center at our Mountain Village, offers daily classes including yoga, ballet fitness, cardio-conditioning, Zumba and more.

Wellness passes are available for purchase at Basecamp, Summit & Huntley Front Desks or at the Concierge Desks.

Solace Spa at Moonlight Lodge Sink into our Sanctuary lounge, sipping herbal tea as you leave the world behind in anticipation of your treatment. Let our steaming heated pool & hot tub soothe you, relax in the eucalyptus steam rooms; feeling your body renew itself. Guests of Solace Spa at Moonlight Lodge have access to our relaxing sanctuary and use of the pool and exercise facilities on the day of your treatment.

Hours are from 9:00am to 7:00pm daily from June 8 - October 2, 2014. (406) 995-7700.

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West Entrance 45 minutes south of Big Sky

Early Morning Delight in Yellowstone

by Jan Stoddard Wildlife watching during summer months can be challenging, especially if you follow a vacation routine of early nights and late mornings.

Time of day is so important for spotting wildlife during warm months that you might need to flex your schedule to make sure that you are in the right spot at the right time.

bears or moose. We just relaxed and drank a coffee marveling in the incredible views. The distant mountains were just layers of purple and white, with mist obscuring their lower plateaus. We spotted an elk herd across the valley, still lying on a mountain ridge. The rising sun shone against their backs as they lay, giving them almost a deep amber color. I think that they were enjoying a late morning themselves.

Summer days are hot and the wildlife moves back into trees or shaded areas during the heat of the day. Mothers protect their young keeping them in shaded or concealed areas.

Animals retreat to higher, cooler elevations and predators follow. Early mornings and evenings are the best for seeing wildlife especially around watering areas like rivers, streams, and wet meadows.

We headed through Tower and turned towards Mammoth. Unfortunately, no time for Lamar today.

We suddenly spotted our first bison of the day as two large bulls grazed nearby in the sagebrush.

The previous night showers had released an amazing array of smells.

The distinctive pungency of wet sagebrush was in the air. Further down the road, the bushes and flowers along the roadway gave off their fragrance.

One weekend, we entered the West gate at 6:00 AM. It was an especially frigid morning, a shivery 35 degrees F. The cold created its own magic this morning. The steam was rising off the Madison River, shrouding the lower river banks in fog. The rising sun was a brilliant yellow disk surrounded by layers of shimmering waves of oranges and reds. Rays of sun split the darkness of the pines creating a noisy kaleidoscope of warm rays. In contrast, if you reversed direction and looked at the western sky, it was a completely different view. A full moon was still high in the pale blue cloudless sky. The sky looked washed of color reflecting the quiet coldness of the morning.

The two sky views were the visual equivalent of a Yellowstone ying and yang.

Further down the road, the new bald eaglet was starting to stir. One of his white-headed parents was still squatting on the nest offering some warmth.

The other parent had already headed down the river searching for breakfast. We were one of only two cars stopping to take a look. The other vehicles were all in-park employees headed in for their morning shift quickly speeding by.

Just past Seven Mile Bridge, we came upon my favorite wildlife sight in the summer…calves! Two elk cows had been stuck with nursery duty that morning and were unsuccessfully trying to herd a group of five calves along the edge of the road. The calves varied in size and strength, with the smallest white-dotted one still struggling to keep up. Every once in a while, he would take off as fast as his hooves would allow, running to keep up. He was also the most naïve, or bravest, strolling out into the road to check out the on-coming traffic.

the same look and certainly chew the same way!

As we paralleled the Madison River, the cold created tendrils of steam floating up into the sky. The quiet waters reflected National Park Mountain and only geese inhabited the meadows.

Rounding the corner to Terrace Springs, a dense fog was bubbling from the pool and outlining the hot streams of water running down the hill. Beryl Springs was steaming cauldron and the warmer Gibbon was putting off enough mist to fill Gibbon Meadows. It is a spooky experience driving through the meadows on a cool morning where the trees loom like dark silhouettes out of the edge of your vision. Occasionally, you will get a glance at the ghostly shape of large bull bison or elk that live here during the summer.

At Canyon, we turned and headed up Dunraven Pass. On the way up the pass, we spotted a male mule deer with a beautiful pair of antlers all in velvet. He was grazing in a small open patch at the edge of the trees. We watched him as he watched us until either bored or way, he bounded away into the woods. His large leaps over deadfall and bushes seemed so effortless.

The cows were intent on breakfast, munching as hard and as fast as they could. The calves were hungry too but preferred to nurse and not graze.

They kept trying to sneak under the belly of the cows for a quick nip. The mother was not pleased and with a loud snort and a hip bump she moved them away.

The snows have finally receded from these mountain tops leaving an incredible blanket of color. I have never seen such a variety of vivid colors. Entire hillsides appeared to be painted in shades of yellow. Waves of silvery lupine in a variety of purple and bluish hues compliment the showy goldeneye. Harebells and mountain bluebells added their own blues. And, hidden in small patches, brilliant red and orange splashes gave away the presence of paintbrush.

Elk calves are just darn cute. Their faces are still delicate and they are all long legs and big ears.

As they get older, their hair and features become coarser. In fact, I have to agree with one park visitor who accused elk of being ‘camels’…they do have

By 8:00 AM, we were relaxing on the backside of Mount Washburn, enjoying the heat from the morning sun and just gazing at the incredible colors. Wolf-watchers were beginning to pool at the pool outs, while other drive-bys were searching for

As I was commenting on the lack of elk and antelope, we saw an amazing sight. Across the Blacktail Lakes meadows and up the mountain, we spotted three antelope running straight down the mountain pursued by a male antelope. They pounded across the entire valley, across the road, and back up the mountain to the south. That long run took just a few seconds.

Reaching the top, they paused, maybe to take a few deep breaths before disappearing. Although the antelope rut doesn’t usually start for another month, we had to wonder if that buck wasn’t feeling his oats on this cool morning.

Heading back towards West Yellowstone, we encountered more bison bulls along Obsidian Creek as well as another herd of elk. By the time we left at 11:00 AM, the temperature had doubled and so had the traffic. It was a great summer morning in Yellowstone.

Hints for spotting wildlife: • Look for a white vertical stripe where you wouldn't expect one (grassy meadows, uphill slopes, green pines). Look from 1 1/2 feet to 4 feet above the ground. You are looking for the backsides (butts!) of animals. This really does work.

• Also, make sure when driving to look ahead and not out to the sides. Run your eyes vertically up and down...most people just look out and to the horizon.

Your eyes will catch an out-of-place object more easily this way.

• When scanning the landscape, look for the thing that shouldn’t be there. A large green, grassy meadow doesn’t usually have large black or brown blobs (unless there are rocks). Similarly, a streak of tan or brown in the pines could be an elk. Let you mind unconsciously spot things and then look again to check them out.

• Don’t “expect” to see anything. It may be a brilliant display of flowers or a waterfall of melting snow. It could be dueling ground squirrels or osprey fishing along a river. Yellowstone never disappoints when you keep an open mind.

Photos by S. Stoddard

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