Skiers and riders won’t need to sit around and watch the turkey thaw on Wednesday, Nov. 23.
In a press release on Tuesday, Nov. 15., Big Sky Resort announced that lifts will spin one day earlier than the planned Thanksgiving opening date. This announcement comes after a sequence of lingering storms that dropped more than 5 feet of early season snow, according to the release. The mountain will be open to all visitors, including day-ticket, Ikon Pass and Mountain Collective passholders.
Lift ticket offices will open for pass pickup for the season on Monday, Nov. 21 from 8-4:30 p.m.
“Thanks to favorable conditions and an extraordinary effort from our team, we’re thrilled to deliver an early opening and start the winter season off with mid-winter conditions,” Troy Nedved, general manager, stated in the release. “We’re looking forward to the most expansive opening day in our history.”
Swifty, Explorer, Challenger and Iron Horse are the four lifts expected to open, reportedly serving some 2,000 skiable acres. The next day, Ramcharger 8 will add 500 acres of Andesite Mountain to the Thanksgiving spread.
To support brave powder hounds, resort staff will provide “fuel for the early birds—complimentary breakfast snacks and hot chocolate in the base area,” according to the Opening Day webpage. Après festivities will include live music and beer tasting. Some resort restaurants will also open.
The release noted that terrain offerings are being assessed daily by mountain operations.
We all are familiar with using a limited palette, but do you use one? Do you know how to use a
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We all are familiar with using a limited palette, but do you use one? Do you know how to use a limited palette to create different color combinations? Are you tired of carrying around 15-20 different tubes when you paint plein air? Have you ever wanted to create a certain “mood” in a painting but failed? Do you create a lot of mud? Do you struggle to achieve color harmony? All these problems are addressed in John’s workbook in clear and concise language!
Based on the bestselling “Limited Palatte, Unlimited Color” workbook written by John Pototschnik, the workshop is run by Maggie Shane and Annie McCoy, accomplished landscape (acrylic) and plein air (oil) artists,exhibitors at the Big Sky Artists’ Studio & Gallery and members of the Big Sky Artists Collective.
Each student will receive a copy of “Limited Palette, Unlimited Color” to keep and take home to continue your limited palette journey. We will show you how to use the color wheel and mix your own clean mixtures to successfully create a mood for your paintings.
Each day, we will create a different limited palette color chart and paint a version of a simple landscape using John’s directives. You will then be able to go home and paint more schemes using the book for guidance.
Workshop is open to painters (oil or acrylic) of any level although students must have some basic knowledge of the medium he or she uses. Students will be provided the book ($92 value), color wheel, value scale and canvas papers to complete the daily exercises.