Montana Wallies

Alan(OnVacationInOregon)Forbes

Ted Turner owned everything in Montana.

tim smith

My father inlaw lived in Mammoth at the Park until about 5 yrs \",ago. My wifes cousin built a house on the way from livingston to Gardiner MT about 20 minutes before Gardiner up on the hill in Paradise valley. Beeeeautiful area. "

Ron Huber_2

Montana Wallies

Are there any Wallies in the Livingston/Bozeman area?

tim smith

We use to have property until 3 yrs ago in Bozeman, Kelly canyon

But alas, no longer.

Brad White_191

Andrew Hagen

is in that tiny state, probably not more than a day's drive at your highway speeds, at worst

Ron Huber_2

Almost All

Except for this 6 acres overlooking the Yellowstone river and the Rockies. This is our future house sight. I am trying to find out if there is much work for an old HVAC/Solar guy in the area. I will either move sooner or later or at least retire there. Right now NH is home.

hot_rod

A few RPA members

in that neck of the woods. Radiant Engineering does a lot of solar in the Bozeman area. I'll bet there are others, it a fairly progressive area of Montana with high LP prices

Artsy town, feels like money to me.

hr

MW_2

mt wallies

I live in Bozeman and have been in the trade for 11 years.

ScottRW

Why do they call it Big Sky Country??

Hi Ron, I'm in the Coeur d'Alene area, not quite in Montana but close enough. Welcome to the northwest.
Scott

jackchips_2

You

own 6 acres with a million acre view-really nice.

Jack

Mark Eatherton

Nice valley...

Here's a few shots of mine :-)

ME

Andrew Hagen_4

Montana Wallie

Thanks Brad...I am in Butte, a mere 110 miles from Livingston and about an hour's drive. ;-) Other than the perpetual 80mph winds in Livingston, it is absolutely beautiful there. Anyone from the Wall can feel free to drop me a line any time.

As mentioned before, Radiant Engineering is in Bozeman. I'm sure Dale and Bob would love to talk solar and hydronics any time.

The hydronics industry is very active in western Montana. We have a great climate for it and Livingston/Bozeman/Belgrade/Big Sky have been growing very quickly.

The attached photo is the view out my office window.

jackchips_2

I am not

jealous of all you folks with these great views. After all, I have a strip mall with a Seven Eleven out my front window and a Ridgid Calendar on my wall.

Jealous, never!

Nope, never!

No way!

Did I say I was not jealous?

Jack

Ron Huber_2

Wow

Just when ya think your all set. That is a view worth an early retirement Mark. I was stationed at Fort Carson from 72 to 75, where is this land?

klaus

klaus

Want to attached a photo.....

How do you do it on this site? Wanted to show a picture from my front porch, w/ eagles nest in the yard.

Josh_10

Nice! I just had a flashback to childhood. I grew up in Helena.

Ron Huber_2

reply

to the post, write your text and click attachments, browse to your photo to add it, then click add attachment to get it in your post.

Ron Huber_2

type of work

What is the predominant heating systems that you install out there? And what brands of equipment is popular?

Plumdog_2

A lovely view of the City Lights

The booming metropolis of Heeney! Taken from the Williams Fork side. I used to frequent the Cataract Lake region and others in the Eagles Nest. Very Nice.

Mark Eatherton

More Gore-y highlights

Plum dog git's it right. That is the Blue Valley (lower) at Green Mountain Reservoir as seen from the Blue Ridge in the Williams Fork Range.

I have been going up there for 50 years this summer. I will be spending my whole summers up there when I retire, and part of the Fall/Winter.

Here are some more views of the valley that should look familiar to those who frequent it.

Enjoy!

ME

tim smith

Idea!!!!! What about a Wallie get together in Bozeman and a

tour of Jellystone park and their district hot water system a park HQ. Could be a fun late spring thing. What a great place that all should see at some time.

klaus

transplanted Montanan

6th generation Montanan, but moved to Alaska 27 years ago. Picture taken from my front porch w/ eagles nest in the yard. Second pict is same location, but different day, w/ rare great sunset.

Plumdog_2

Dad and Brother and I

Built a log hunting cabin in the Williams Fork Range in 1968. About ten miles upstream underneath that powerline that shows in your beetle-kill picture; where the big houses are now. Before the tunnel, Keystone, Copper Mtn. and all. When Breck was a few saloons and a ski lift or two. Dillon Res. was already full however; 50 years ago the town of Dillon would have still been there.

Mark Eatherton

Have you ever seen these bizarre trees?

In my 55 years of trekking through the forests of Colorado, I have NEVER seen anything as bizarre as these deformed trees. No one, including the forest service seems to be able to give me a reasonable answer as to why they look this way. Unfortunately, the bark beetle is affecting them, and soon, they too will be standing dead.

DIllon Dam was finished in 1963 and was full in 1964, much to our chagrin. Being a junior water holder on the Blue River, it is supposed to be the LAST lake to fill, but historically has been the first.

Clif Heeney, who frequents this web site (yes, the town is named after his family) has some history in the valley as well. His Grand dad use to own the large ranch behind the town of Heeney, and his dad and I believe uncles helped in the construction of the reservoir (GMR).

I have walked the Gore Range Trail from Silverthorne to Dice Hill on the north end.

Enjoy!

ME

Steamhead (in transit)

The Old Faithful Inn

has steam heat. Let's have it there!

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Plumdog_2

Damaged Saplings

I've seen those too. My theory is that the 1 to 2 inch diameter sapling gets "attacked" by a buck while he's rubbing off the velvet. They like to lock their antlers onto the sapling and twist to bend it over. The tree doesn't snap, nor does it die if enough bark remains, and it begins growing another trunk vertically, while the broken horizontal part grows back towards the vertical as well. When you live in God's country, like Montana or Colorado, you gotta take time to ponder these things.

tim smith

My wifes step mom was the head of concessions at the park

until about 5 yrs ago. We spent a few christmas holiday's there and it is wonderful. Their house was one of the large ones kitty corner from the Yellowstone hotel at Mammoth. Elk would be 5 ft away from front porch when we would go out there carefully. They have a district heat system for mammoth with some largish Cleaver Brooks boilers. Hot water system if I remember right. I discussed some problems with their maint. staff while there once. I am sure I could arrange tours. Tim

Mark Eatherton

Plausible but....

This is the ONLY place I have seen these trees, and they are all bunched up together, within 200 feet of each other. I've also documented deadlings with the same curves.

I approached a geologist about it possibly being whip lash from an earth quake (the whole valley is over due for another BIG one...), he said his experience found that a big earth quake knocked trees down, not bend them.

Maybe wind, except that there is no consistency in the directions that they are bent. And the wind always goes from the valley towards the mountain. (Hang gliders LOVE that fact)

Possibly a wet heavy snow (VERY possible) when the trees were just saplings...

I'm open to suggestions.

Bizzare formations to say the least. I will probably go back up there this summer and harvest the dead standing trees before they blow down or catch on fire.

Here are some bizarre cleavage rocks I found on Green Mountain proper.

ME

Plumdog_2

I'll go along with the heavy wet snow

I've seen those bent trees here and there wherever there is boreal forest. But they are usually near a ridgeline. Have you seen the Bristlecone Pine walking display up on Mt. Evans? Amazing. The oldest living organisms on Earth. There is a sectioned piece of a tree with dates tacked onto the growth rings...Pilgrims...Columbus...Christ is born....Egypt....it makes you feel young again.

Joe Billow_6

I am up in Eureka.