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BRETT FRENCH
A remote ranch next door to the Lee Metcalf Wilderness south of Big Sky is being offered for sale to a Bozeman-based nonprofit, but the $2.9 million purchase price has to be raised by April 30.
“This is such a passion project,” said Jen Beaston, executive director of Crosscut Mountain Sports Center. “I’ve been working 15 hours a day, but it’s worth it.”
Beaston was approached in mid-February by one of the family members who own the Trapper Cabin Ranch, a 640-acre spread at the end of the Taylor Fork Road. The family compound includes three log homes, a manager’s cabin, barn and an off-grid power plant. The land had been offered to a deep-pocketed investor when it was listed for $15 million. ....

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