September 2, 2008 - Edra Blixseth, who recently won control of Big Sky, Montana's Yellowstone Club, and Sam Byrne, another major owner, have hired the Arizona-based Discovery Land Company, led by Michael Meldman, to manage the private golf and ski club in Big Sky, Montana.  The new, concerted effort is to build infrastructure and improve amenities; finish construction projects postponed or delayed; and begin land planning and development projects, adding 450 residential, condo, and townhome residences in the coming months. Included in these endeavors are a Family Village adjacent to the Warren Miller Lodge, additional ski facilities on Eglise Mountain, completing the previously planned golf clubhouse, building a luxury spa, finishing the ice rink planned above the parking structure adja... 09/05/2008

The premiere Nordic ski resort, Lone Mountain Ranch, built in 1977 and based in Big Sky, Montana has sold. Everlands, a company that buys the world's historical resorts in places like the Bahamas, Alaska, Martha's Vineyard, and beyond recently purchased Big Sky's Lone Mountain Ranch. Lone Mountain Ranch will soon be member-based, like The Yellowstone Club, also in Big Sky, MT. In an effort to include the Big Sky locals, the previous owners, who also created the Ranch, made strict agreements that Big Sky locals be allowed to continue using the 80km of nordic ski trails. January 2013 update: Lone Mountain Ranch is still open to the public and remains North America's premiere, public nordic ski resort, offering over 50 miles of Classic and Skate skiing and snowshoeing trails, evening sleig... 01/09/2008