THURSDAYTHURSDAY lonepeaklookout.com FebruaryJuly 19, 14, 2018 2019 FREEFREE VolumeVolume 2, Issue1, Issue 11 33 BigBig Sky, Sky, LONELONE PEAKPEAK LOOKOUTLOOKOUT MontanaMontana Cowboys and ski bums The best kind of culture clash BY JANA BOUNDS didn’t know many cowboys before
[email protected] starting the sport, but now counts many as his friends. There’s something decidedly “Everybody is awesome,” romantic about skijoring – where Hutchinson said. “What blew my the Wild West meets modern ski mind about skijoring was the clash of technology and skilled skiers. cultures between cowboys and skiers, Single digit temperatures didn’t but everyone gets along.” keep spectators away from Big Sky Cal Douglas is a cowboy born Skijoring Association’s Second Annual and raised in Gallatin Gateway. He’s Best in the West Showdown February been skijoring for five or six years, 9 and 10. Fires were created on the taking it up after seeing the sport at snow so the hardy and the brave could the fairgrounds in Bozeman. He owns garner some warmth. horses and grew up with them, so he “When ski bums, cowboys and decided the give skijoring a proper horses mix you get one hell of a party,” chance by building his own practice skijorer Chris Plank said while taking courses. a pull from a bottle of Hornitos at a “It turned into a really good time skijoring after party. every weekend. It seems the more Skijorer Glenn Hutchinson who we do it, the more people we meet won the 2018 National Championship and become closer – like family. The for the Sports Division with rider Melissa “Mo” Ostander rides Itchy while pulling Glenn Hutchinson.