"During a good season, we may see 60,000 guests," said Roger Elliot, general manager of Big Sky Waterpark near Columbia Falls. The park officially is open from Memorial Day to Labor Day ...

In 1983, Elliott took a job at the newly opened Big Sky Waterpark just east of Columbia Falls. The University of Montana student expected low-key summer work that involved sitting outside ...

For 42 summers now, Roger Elliott has been managing the Big Sky Waterpark in Columbia Falls. Back in 1983 he was fresh out of college and was hoping to get a job as a lifeguard, but the owners at ...