Big Sky Lumber's political largesse is not limited to Congressional allies. Blixseth's personal projects and business ventures are also substantial. People who want to own an abode on the mountain must dig much deeper. They have no kitchens, but there is valet parking and maid service with fresh sheets every day. Vaulted ceilings, decks, marble, ski in and ski out.
Log homes are in the same price range.
How much they spend on the house is up to them. The Gallatin land exchange facilitated Tim Blixseth's development of the Yellowstone Club, a private luxury resort being built on formerly public lands. The Yellowstone Club will have seven ski lifts, hiking and biking trails, a golf course, swimming pool and tennis courts, facilities for riding horses, a health spa and fitness center, a fly fishing lake, remote cabins, private jet service, a chapel-and the new town of Big Springs. Partners in the Yellowstone Club include Tim Blixseth, ski film producer Warren Miller, master planned residential community builder David Marriner, ski resort manager Jon Reveal, U.S. Secret Service veteran Bruce Bales, who will guarantee the members' privacy and security, former football quarterback and congressman Jack Kemp, golf pro Annika Sorenstam, and sports medicine surgeon Richard Steadman.