Last Splash
Rob Brekke successfully crosses the pond during the 2018 Whitefish Pond Skim at Whitefish Mountain Resort on Saturday. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Danner Pickering celebrates after being named the pond skim ski winner at the 2018 Whitefish Pond Skim at Whitefish Mountain Resort on Saturday. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Participants compete in the 2018 Whitefish Pond Skim at Whitefish Mountain Resort on Saturday. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Participants compete in the 2018 Whitefish Pond Skim at Whitefish Mountain Resort on Saturday. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Danner Pickering navigates a successful run across the pond during the 2018 Whitefish Pond Skim at Whitefish Mountain Resort on Saturday. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Johnathan Cook, dressed as President Donald Trump and Stormy Daniels, crashes into the pond during the 2018 Whitefish Pond Skim at Whitefish Mountain Resort on Saturday. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Cassie Heitz successfully crosses the pond during the 2018 Whitefish Pond Skim at Whitefish Mountain Resort on Saturday. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Billy “The Candy Man” Marcial tosses a lollypop into the crowd as he successfully crosses the pond during the 2018 Whitefish Pond Skim at Whitefish Mountain Resort on Saturday. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Tim Butler crashes into the pond during the 2018 Whitefish Pond Skim at Whitefish Mountain Resort on Saturday. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Participants compete in the 2018 Whitefish Pond Skim at Whitefish Mountain Resort on Saturday. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Participants compete in the 2018 Whitefish Pond Skim at Whitefish Mountain Resort on Saturday. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Participants compete in the 2018 Whitefish Pond Skim at Whitefish Mountain Resort on Saturday. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Participants compete in the 2018 Whitefish Pond Skim at Whitefish Mountain Resort on Saturday. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Participants compete in the 2018 Whitefish Pond Skim at Whitefish Mountain Resort on Saturday. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Pond skim ski winner Danner Pickering celebrates a successful run across the pond during the 2018 Whitefish Pond Skim at Whitefish Mountain Resort on Saturday. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Participants compete in the 2018 Whitefish Pond Skim at Whitefish Mountain Resort on Saturday. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Tim Butler crashes into the pond during the 2018 Whitefish Pond Skim at Whitefish Mountain Resort on Saturday. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Billy “The Candy Man” Marcial celebrates after a successful trip across the pond at the 2018 Whitefish Pond Skim at Whitefish Mountain Resort on Saturday. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Participants compete in the 2018 Whitefish Pond Skim at Whitefish Mountain Resort on Saturday. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Participants compete in the 2018 Whitefish Pond Skim at Whitefish Mountain Resort on Saturday. (Casey Kreider photos/Daily Inter Lake)
Billy “The Candy Man” Marcial crashes into the pond during the 2018 Whitefish Pond Skim at Whitefish Mountain Resort on Saturday. (Casey Kreider photos/Daily Inter Lake)
Danner Pickering celebrates after being named the pond skim ski winner at the 2018 Whitefish Pond Skim at Whitefish Mountain Resort on Saturday. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Whitefish Mountain Resort celebrated its closing weekend with the annual pond skim contest Saturday afternoon. Thousands of spectators lined the Middle Fork slope to cheer on 60 costume-clad skiers and snowboarders as they battled for $1,000 in cash prizes.
The ski resort wraps up its 70th winter season Sunday with a settled base of 159 inches at the summit. More than 400 inches of snow fell on Big Mountain this season, ranking 2017-18 among the snowiest winters on record at the resort.
The resort will reopen for summer activities on weekends beginning May 26 through June 10, with full daily operations starting June 16.