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This Video Shows What It Really Takes to Make a Run Down Big Sky, Montana’s Big Couloir

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April 24, 2025

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This Video Shows What It Really Takes to Make a Run Down Big Sky, Montana’s Big Couloir

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If you ever want to have skiing nightmares, go down an internet rabbit hole of wipeouts at Big Sky’s Big Couloir. Wiping out in the infamous Montana couloir isn’t just a tough slide followed by shamefully retracing your tracks to dispose of any evidence of a yard sale. It’s full-on carnage, it’s broken bones, and potential death.

The triple black diamond run famously requires a check-in and thumbs up from ski patrol just to enter. If you’re one of the lucky few just to sign up for a run down Big Couloir, patrollers designate a time for your run and only permit one person down the couloir every 15 minutes. If patrol determines conditions aren’t safe, they won’t allow people to sign up. And if you think you can simply duck a rope and take your swing at it with or without ski patrol’s permission, enjoy retelling stories of that one time you had your pass pulled at Big Sky.

The video above is an interesting POV view. But the YouTube channel PeakRankings documented what the whole entire process is like during a day at Big Sky. It’s not as simple as getting on a lift and telling ski patrol your plans at the top. There’s the “Penalty Box,” where skiers and snowboarders will sit and wait for God knows how long just to sign up. There are multiple check-ins to see if the trams and the couloir are even open. There’s a waiver you’ll have to sign. And just to make everybody nervous, there is constant talk with strangers about the hassle for a spot, the nerves they’re all feeling, and rumors (or non-rumors) about that guy who just tumbled head over feet down the couloir once he got his shot.

A single run down Big Couloir is an all-day affair in this case. Two skiers document their day at Big Sky and the hours of effort it took before they finally got a 2 p.m. time slot — one of the last few runs of the day. Surprisingly, once they got there, three people were already making their way down the run.

Watch the entire video from PeakRankings here.

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Montana State’s Taylee Chirrick earns second straight Big Sky Conference weekly honor

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January 6, 2026

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Montana State’s Taylee Chirrick earns second straight Big Sky Conference weekly honor

BOZEMAN — For the second consecutive week, Montana State sophomore guard Taylee Chirrick has been named Big Sky Conference player of the week, the league office announced Tuesday.

The 5-foot-11 product of Roberts scored the game-winning basket with 1.7 seconds remaining to lift the Bobcats to a 71-70 upset of Big 12 member Colorado on Sunday afternoon at the CU Events Center. Chirrick finished the contest with 21 points, which included a 7-for-7 effort at the free throw line.

Chirrick once again stuffed the stat sheet, pulling down a team-best six rebounds, while adding four steals, three assists and a pair of 3-pointers in the victory.

Chirrick is currently ranked third in the nation averaging 4.5 steals per game, and her 27 total steals rank 14th overall. Her 19.8 points per game rank second in the Big Sky and 28th in the nation.

Montana State opens the Big Sky Conference/Summit League Challenge on Wednesday at North Dakota State in Fargo. Tip is slated for 6 p.m. (MT) in the Scheels Center. The game will air live on the CBS Sports Network.

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Photos: Montana State clips Illinois State to win national championship

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January 6, 2026

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Photos: Montana State clips Illinois State to win national championship

Montana State plays Illinois State in the FCS national championship game at FirstBank Stadium in Nashville, Tenn., on Monday, Jan. 5, 2026.Justin Hosa / MTN Sports

Montana State topped Illinois State 35-34 in overtime to claim their first National Championship since 1984.TOM WYLIE/MTN Sports

Montana State plays Illinois State in the FCS national championship game at FirstBank Stadium in Nashville, Tenn., on Monday, Jan. 5, 2026.Kyle Hansen / MTN Sports

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Watch: Bobcat Built – Montana State’s Championship Quest

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January 5, 2026

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Watch: Bobcat Built – Montana State’s Championship Quest

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Montana State squares off with Illinois State Monday night in the FCS national championship game at FirstBank Stadium on the campus of Vanderbilt University. Kickoff is set for 5:30 p.m. and the game will be broadcast on ESPN.

The Bobcats are making their third trip to the title game in the past five seasons under coach Brent Vigen. The program is seeking its first championship since 1984.

MTN Sports has been on the ground in Nashville for the past five days covering the lead-up to the game, including the pregame show “Bobcat Built: Montana State’s Championship Quest” hosted by Scott Breen and Kyle Hansen.

In it the MTN staff provides game previews, features, facts and figures and sights and sounds from the past several days in Music City in the run-up to the game. To watch, see the video reel below.

Watch: Bobcat Built – Montana State’s Championship Quest

Bobcat Built: Montana State’s Championship Quest

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