The upper chairlift at Yellowstone
Club drops you off at 9,860 feet—close enough to the clouds that your first
urge is to duck as the clouds spill past you.
Your second urge is to spin around and take in the impossible beauty of
the seemingly endless expanse of mountains.
To one side, Sphinx Mountain surges 10,876 feet into the sky. On another side, all 11,116 feet of Lone Peak
rises to crown Big Sky Ski Resort.
Yellowstone Club is a
private resort. On all days of the year,
save one, only club members are allowed to access the ski lifts. On one special day, employee appreciation
day, club employees are allowed to bring a single guest to the club with them. The employees are allowed to ski the slopes
with their guests. Club members
volunteer to serve a free lunch and help manage other tasks.
That girl and I were
fortunate enough to spend yesterday at Yellowstone Club. We were the guests of my friend Mark and one
of his coworkers. That girl does not
ski, so we all rode the lifts in our streetwear and walked on and off the
chairs. We rode two chairs to reach the
top.
Today, I am posting photographs
from our day “the club.” That girl and
Mark are featured in the last photograph.
--Mitchell
Hegman
What we call a bluebird day.
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