Montana has an illustrious aviation history. Mountain flying had its genesis here in the Treasure State and the techniques, skills, and equipment that were tested in the big stormy skies over Montana mountains are used by pilots around the world, from Alaska to the Andes and Himalayas.
All around were reminders of her Crow Reservation upbringing: sheep and wells, tall dry grasses, houses not that different from her own. “It helped me identify with the place,” she recalled, “...even on the Rez you have to be careful.”
Now 29, Heather McPhie was born and raised in Bozeman to a fourth-generation Montana family. She joined the mogul program at Bridger Bowl at age 12. Passionate about pushing herself and the sport of women’s mogul skiing, she picked up Red Bull’s first and only sponsored mogul athlete, attained five World Cup podiums, and a U.S. National Title in the 2012 season. All while also sustaining and recovering from a back fracture in 2006.
