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On October 23, 2003, Winter Sports, Inc. submitted the following letter to the
editor of The Missoulian:

Dear Editor:

We here at The Big Mountain have read Michael Jamison's article, "Losing Big,"
in the October 5 edition of The Missoulian. While the article appears to be
directed at the growing detachment of Montana businesses from their traditional
communities, Mr. Jamison uses Winter Sports' proposed "going private"
transaction in a way that invites us to try and avoid any misconceptions about
our plans. At the beginning of October 2003 we filed a preliminary proxy
statement and going private transaction statement with the U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission that details the board's reasons for going private, and we
would urge investors to read that document and the definitive proxy statement
that we intend to distribute to shareholders before drawing their conclusions
about the wisdom or advisability of our plans. The preliminary proxy statement
is available through the Internet at http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/
803003/000116923203005901/d57054_pre14-a.txt, and the definitive materials will
soon be mailed to shareholders and available on the Internet at
http://www.sec.gov.

However, to summarize, the board of directors is recommending this proposal for
approval by our shareholders; it is not a unilateral action that is to be
completed without shareholder approval. We have considered and discussed with
our shareholders the possibility that we might "go private" in our annual
reports and at our shareholder meetings over each of the past three years. The
board of directors has discussed the alternatives to this transaction, and has
thoroughly considered both the intended and the incidental effects on our
shareholders, on Winter Sports, Inc., and on the communities we serve. As with
each aspect of future strategy and goals for The Big Mountain and Winter Sports,
the law requires that we act in the best interests of the company and our
shareholders, and we believe that this transaction is the best alternative under
the circumstances. The principal reason for the "going private" proposal is that
we estimate it will cost us approximately $200,000 in fiscal 2004 to remain a
public company in light of the accounting, legal and printing fees required to
comply with the Securities Exchange Act. This is a substantial expense by any
standard, but when one considers that our aggregate net income for the past
three fiscal years was $1,022,715, it is quite considerable. This is
particularly true when one considers the limited benefits our shareholders
realize from our reporting company status: during all of fiscal 2003 the total
value of our reported stock trades based upon information obtained from the
Nasdaq's computerized trading system was $350,070, and our stock did not trade
at all from May 3 until September 28, 2003.

To be clear, we strongly value our relationships with our shareholders, our
guests and our community, and we do not take this step lightly. To the contrary,
if the board had seen significant attainable benefits to offset the cost, or if
we had seen a significant market for our stock that would have suggested that
our shareholders get a benefit from our remaining a "public company," we may
well have chosen another path. We believe that, by taking this course, we can
continue to grow and invest in the Mountain and, indirectly, in the communities
that we have served -- and that have served us -- since 1947. We regret that, if
the majority of our shareholders approve the transaction, some of our
shareholders will be required to liquidate their shares, but we do not believe
that will materially diminish the local ownership of The Big Mountain. In fact,
based on management's estimates, even our largest shareholders will see only a
nominal increase in their relative ownership, and those shareholders, like many
of our smaller shareholders, are local individuals and locally operated
businesses. (Contrary to Mr. Jamison's article, First Interstate Bank has not
advised us or the SEC that it is a significant shareholder, as would be required
under the Securities Exchange Act.)

While we regret that one result of our proposal may be to repurchase the shares
of those shareholders who have smaller holdings, we believe this transaction
would be a significant benefit to our shareholders and the company as a whole.
Again, we would invite your readers and our shareholders to review both the
preliminary and the definitive version of our proxy statement and our
going-private transaction statement as those documents are filed with the SEC.
We would ask that our shareholders pay particular attention to the definitive
versions of those materials in deciding whether to vote in favor of the
transaction. In the meantime, we hope you and your readers will recognize that
we have taken this step only after long and careful consideration of the
intended and incidental effects and the alternatives. We appreciate the support
our communities have shown over the past 56 years, and we look forward to
continuing to grow with you in the future.

Sincerely,

Dennis L. Green
Chairman, Winter Sports, Inc.