9 'It was like being hit by lightning" according to the client. Given 113 acres in Alpine Gulch in the Judith Mountains of central Montana, it was a dream come true for them, after searching for years for acreage like this. The land already had a small log cabin on it. Located at the very bottom of the canyon, in a grove of old firs, it was always dark, cold, andclaustrophobic. The clients desired something else--light, sun and expansiveness. A forest fire that burned across part of the land in 1989 exposed just such an opportunity. Sited about 70 feel above the valley floor, on the edge of a limestone ledge, the site has long views up and down the valley, seemingly hanging in space. But, it also has the intimacy of an aspen grove, and a meadow of wildflowers in the other

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