Tim Blixseth fights civil fraud charges
By Mike Coil
In the ongoing saga of the Yellowstone Club bankruptcy case former club owner Tim Blixseth was in federal court last week answering to charges that he fraudulently diverted funds from the club to his own assets and then hid the same from creditors. Marc Kirschner, the Trustee of the Yellowstone Club Liquidating Trust, sued Tim Blixseth and his son Beau Blixseth in federal court alleging that Tim Blixseth diverted $286.4 million from the Yellowstone Club to buy expensive properties around the world and then transferred those properties to a company controlled mostly by Blixseth known as Desert Ranch, LLLP of Carson City, Nevada. The properties include timber holdings, a resort in Mexico, a private island in the Turks & Caicos and the Buffalo Bill Ranch in Cody, Wyoming, among others.
Fun times for Nordic and Alpine skiers
It’s a busy weekend in Big Sky
By Laura Bell
On Saturday, March 6th there will be an American Cancer Society benefit, Hope on the Slopes.
Drawing from the continued success of its summer Relay For Life events, the American Cancer Society is now offering winter enthusiasts the opportunity to enjoy their favorite sports while helping to raise funds to continue the search to find a cure for cancer.
Striking gold in Big Sky
2010-2011 Season pass only $799
Big Sky Resort is excited to announce new Gold Unlimited Season Pass pricing structure for the 2010-2011 winter season. Based on community, guest and business leader feedback, Big Sky is introducing the Gold Unlimited Pass for $799 and the College/Junior Pass for $699.
Second Winter Warm-up Lights Up Community Spirit
The theory of “emergence” is used by physicists and philosophers to explain how complex systems arise out of a number of simple interactions, such as the intricate patterns that are found in one ice crystal. If Big Sky were an organism, it would fit into the theory that “the whole is greater than the sum of its parts” – an axiom that was illustrated on a chilly Sunday afternoon in late February.