For immediate release: April 4, 2025

In the afternoon hours of Wednesday, April 2, 2025, the Gallatin County Coroner’s Office along the Gallatin County Sheriff’s Office investigated a fatality that occurred in the Dakota Bowl, an out-of-bounds area of the Big Sky Resort. The skier was found unresponsive by ski patrol approximately 200 feet below the ridge at the bottom of a rock field.

Ski patrol initiated life-saving measures and transported the skier to the First Aid Room where he was pronounced dead. The skier was identified as 63-year-old Jon Lamb of Big Sky. An autopsy is scheduled, and cause and manner of death are pending autopsy results. The Madison County Sheriff’s Office was notified of the death as the incident occurred in Madison County.

Sheriff Springer wishes to express our deepest condolences to the family and friends of Jon Lamb during this time.

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