After a decade of study and review, the Big Sky community’s effort to use highly treated recycled water for snowmaking to sustain late season water flow and river health has received final approval.
The Madison County Planning Board reviewed a preapplication for the Ruby View Subdivision in Sheridan.
Snowmaking as a means for treated water reuse has been part of the discussion in the Big Sky Community going back 20 years, according to Big Sky County Water and Sewer District 363 General Manager Ron Edwards. Granted, at that time it was more casually suggested.
From the beginning, Yellowstone Club skiers have been eyeing a cliff band of expert-level terrain adjacent to the club and thought, “If only…” However, that 500 acre stretch of land has been untouchable – owned by the United States Forest Service.
The Lone Peak High School golf team practices in a construction warehouse near the Whitewater Inn where they use a hitting net and imagined scenarios to prepare for future competitions on real turf.
Recent debate over the future of water in Big Sky has focused largely on disposal—including the controversial option of discharging treated water into the Gallatin River. But during the Feb.