Whitefish is a city located in Flathead County, Montana that had a population of 5,032 as of the 2000 census. The city sits on 4.5 square miles of total area, with almost all of it being land. If you look in the Whitefish, MT Business Directory, it will take you to the Whitefish Mountain Resort, a ski resort famous as the location of the life-altering crash by 1984 Olympic Downhill Champion Bill Johnson. The city offers great scenery as well, located just 20 miles from Glacier National Park, which encompasses over 1,000,000 acres.
If you look in the Whitefish, MT Yellow Pages, you will find the other attractions the city has to offer such as the historic Whitefish Depot. The town is also home to the Stumptown Museum and the Great Northern Brewing Company. There was some controversy in the city has the long-time residents were unhappy with the local ski resort's name change from Big Mountain Ski and Summer Resort to Whitefish Mountain, as they feared the town will be changed by outsiders. However, a majority of the economy in Whitefish is influenced by tourism.
Written by Lyndsey Morgan
