Erik Borge and his wife Kristi own Maverick Mountain Ski Area and the Elkhorn Hot Springs Resort near Polaris in southwest Montana. They endured several days of unrelenting defense as the Sand Creek Fire threatened their businesses and romped from 1,684 acres on August 6, to 31,652 acres on August 17. After the initial onslaught, rains over the weekend slowed the fire’s spread but not before it damaged the resort’s only chairlift.
Author Archives: Robert Chaney
Robert Chaney grew up in western Montana and has spent most of his journalism career writing about the Rocky Mountain West, its people, and their environment. His book The Grizzly in the Driveway earned a 2021 Society of Environmental Journalists Rachel Carson Award. In Montana, Chaney has written, photographed, edited and managed for the Hungry Horse News, Bozeman Daily Chronicle, Missoulian and Montana Free Press. He studied political science at Macalester College and has won numerous awards for his writing and photography, including fellowships at the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University and the National Evolutionary Science Center at Duke University.
