Ruth Eddy

1 week ago | ypradio.org | Ruth Eddy

After getting fired in February, rehired in March, and offered a buyout in April, Eddie Garcia feels uncertain about his job, but more certain than ever about the work. “Now that it’s under threat, the call to duty is even more heightened” Garcia said. A resident of Bozeman, Garcia works as a ski patroller in the winter, but for the past two decades each summer he trades in ski boots for work boots , as an employee of the Custer Gallatin National Forest.

2 weeks ago | ypradio.org | Ruth Eddy

The Gallatin County Coroner’s Office identified the skier as 63-year-old Jon Lamb. According to the Coroner's office on Wednesday afternoon ski patrol found an unresponsive skier at the bottom of a rock field 200 feet below the ridge on Lone Mountain. Ski patrol performed life-saving measures, and transported the skier to the First Aid Room where he was pronounced dead. Messages left on his obituary page say Lamb had lived in Big Sky for many years and was an experienced skier.