I Know You Were Worried Files: The Yellowstone Club Is Back

Thanks to reader Bob for making sure I saw Sarah Max's New York Times business story on the resurgence of Big Sky's Yellowstone Club. The second home for the uber-rich had been the subject of several prior NY Times pieces looking at what a mess things had become. But you can throw out your Lunesta and plan on resting easy now. All is right with their world and they contractors are even getting paid thanks to shrewd new investors and Discovery's Mike Meldman lending his touch.

Max writes:

Likewise, the new owners have toned down the décor in the lodge and converted the caviar bar to a breakfast buffet. What was to be a grand ballroom in the basement of the Warren Miller Lodge is now dedicated to children’s activities, with a basketball court, game room and movie theater.

“This isn’t Augusta or some Upper East Side club,” Mr. Meldman said. “It’s a ski place in Montana, and you have to program it that way.”

Skiing is the primary draw. Yet more members are coming throughout the year to hike, bike, fly fish and golf — though people golfing in bare feet, with their dogs, is not an uncommon sight.

The place is so expensive they can’t afford shoes. Send checks now!