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In the early 1980s, many of the staff at Lone Mountain Ranch in Big Sky Montana were like a close-knit family, both working and living together on the property. Not only did the Lone Mountain actually function as a working cattle ranch, it also offered luxury guest accommodations for tourists looking to get a taste of the Old West.



On a hot July day in 1984, one of the staff members had decided to go out for a run along a well-used trail through the scenic beauty of the surrounding area and never returned.



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Research & Writing:

Ryan Deininger



Sources:

Victims: The Kari Swenson Story

Incident at Big Sky

LA Times

Wikipedia

Don Nichols Released (Guardian)

Dan Nichols Drug Charges 

Kari Swenson Op-Ed Bozeman Chronicle 2012

Carnegie Hero (Alan)

Sports Illustrated (Terror in the Wilderness) 

Homestead Act

Lone Mountain Ranch

30 for 30 Out of the Woods