Speaking of beautiful sites, the Big Sky Golf Club in Pemberton (20 minutes north of Whistler) is pinched in a perfect pocket of fertile farmland right beneath the soaring ramparts of Mount Currie.

The fight over Shields Valley’s limited water supply has highlighted other enforcement challenges facing Montana.

An admission by the Big Sky Water and Sewer District that officials estimated data in 2020 used to decide litigation has revived allegations that their holding ponds are leaking.