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Big Sky Resort will unveil its new Lone Peak Tram this winter, capable of hauling 75 people and climbing the 4,612-foot distance at 22 mph.

Big Sky Resort will unveil its new Lone Peak Tram this winter, capable of hauling 75 people and climbing the 4,612-foot distance at 22 mph.

Only about 35 miles separate Yellowstone’s relatively small, isolated grizzly bear population from the expansive contiguous population of Montanan, Canadian and Alaskan grizzlies that numbers in the tens of thousands.

Only about 35 miles separate Yellowstone’s relatively small, isolated grizzly bear population from the expansive contiguous population of Montanan, Canadian and Alaskan grizzlies that numbers in the tens of thousands.

Only about 35 miles separate Yellowstone’s relatively small, isolated grizzly bear population from the expansive contiguous population of Montanan, Canadian and Alaskan grizzlies that numbers in the tens of thousands.

Only about 35 miles separate Yellowstone’s relatively small, isolated grizzly bear population from the expansive contiguous population of Montanan, Canadian and Alaskan grizzlies that numbers in the tens of thousands.

Only about 35 miles separate Yellowstone’s relatively small, isolated grizzly bear population from the expansive contiguous population of Montanan, Canadian and Alaskan grizzlies that numbers in the tens of thousands.

The man was hunting black bears in the southwestern part of the state when a sow grizzly charged him

The self-defense killing is one of several recent incidents involving dead grizzlies in Wyoming, Idaho, and Montana

Biologists are optimistic that an itinerant bruin could trek south, bringing diversity to an area long severed from Montana and Canada’s contiguous population of grizzlies.