Aloha to the Chutes of the Headwaters
Star Wars. Have you seen it? The first one, or second, or third, more? Is it real? On Maui, it almost was. Close to being real without Hollywood’s help. On top of a 10,000 foot high crater called Haleakala, is science city, not really a city, but a controversial location of telescopes and lasers. The laser came from the Regan era, nicknamed “Star Wars”, to be used to shoot down ICBM’s, missles from space. The orginal idea was abandoned, but the laser is still there. One of the things that astro-physicists and astronomers use the laser for is space distance measuring, like the distance form Earth to the moon. So accurate, it can measure from these dots . . , as in one inch to the 250,000 miles the moon is from Earth.
Happy recipients of MauiSkiBus.com stickers.
This is the same distance that this resort is to another resort sharing Lone Mountain, Montana. Add the inch, get two ski locales, 5500 acres of slopes, never to ski the same one, never to get bored. No matter what your level is, the previous statement holds true. From the massive extremes chutes, tough enough to hold the World’s Freeskiing Champoinship, to manicured groomed, so easy on the legs. It is as simple as adding an inch, the preciseness of that laser to the moon, but this Montana moon will light up this ski basin.
What a way to enjoy your own bottle of red wine at Moonlight Basin.
These two ski resorts seperated by an inch are different and at the same time compliment each other. One is bigger in the sky and this one has light shining down from the moon, to mean Moonlight Basin, Montana. MauiSkiBus.com was able to take a backroads shortcut on its drive here and did some romantic kissing of a snow berm, however is kiss is just a kiss, and all ended well. It was as simple as an inch too close.
A downhill snowy corner + a little extra speed = a snow berm kiss!
Thanks go out to a Campbell, a Stephanie, and a Moonlight Greg for the warm welcome that MauiSkiBus recieved. With these three and a simple pairing of the laser precise inch, Moonlight Basin has a rolling stone level of “Satisfaction”.
Tug and a tug and out MauiSkiBus came.