Mountain Jesus delights Skiers at Montana Resort

USA TODAY
March 7, 2011


MONTANA-- At the top of Whitefish Mountain Resort's Chair 2, through a miasma of snow and fog, you can glimpse the statue of Jesus Christ. Closer inspection reveals that the sighting is not a phantasm, but rather a painted stone figure that, according to a recently installed bronze plaque, has graced the mountain for nearly 60 years. In 1953, the Knights of Columbus obtained a special use permit from the U.S. Forest Service, and the agency leased a 25-by-25-foot swatch of land for the statue's installation. Construction of the statue was commissioned to St. Paul Statuary in St. Paul, and the figure was affixed to a concrete pad in 1955. [link]

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