In 1992, my husband and I were working and living in
New York City. We had both grown up in the Northeast corridor
and had had enough of the congestion, noise, and dirt.
We decided to plan ahead for retirement by setting our
sights on a western ski town. We wanted an uncrowded,
unspoiled place where we could build a slopeside home
with an inspiring view of the natural landscape. We hoped
to avoid the glitz of Aspen, the condos of Vail and Big
Sky, the close proximity to Salt Lake City of Alta, Snowbird,
and Park City, and any lift lines longer than 30 seconds.
After perusing ski magazines and other collateral material,
we decided to focus on six Rocky Mountain locales: Telluride
and crested Butte in Colorado, Jackson Hole and Grand
Targhee in Wyoming, Sand Point/Schweitzer in Idaho, and
Whitefish/Big Mountain in Montana. We took several weeks
to visit our target towns and selected Whitefish as far
and away the best choice for our needs.
We had eliminated Telluride because of its developing
resemblance to Aspen; Crested Butte because of its emphasis
on extreme skiing and seeming lack of architectural planning;
Jackson Hole mainly because of the expense of view properties;
Grand Targhee because of the commute from the nearest
village (Driggs, Idaho); and Schweitzer because of our
preference for the atmosphere of Whitefish compared with
Sand Point.
We built our home on Big Mountain during the fearsome winter of '96-'97 and shoveled every inch of those 30 feet of snow off the construction site. We now live in our dream house with its 100-mile, sunrise-to-sunset panorama. We are in love with the people and the place that are Whitefish, Montana.
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