Cisco Systems lands in Montana the week of the Great Northern Music Festival

Cisco Systems flew from N Bar Ranch Airport to Mission Mountain Airport on June 8, 2026, a journey that lasted all of 47 seconds in the air and covered roughly six miles. The Bombardier Global 6000, tail N600NB, climbed to 13,800 feet before descending almost immediately, a trip that appears to have been a repositioning move rather than a conventional point-to-point business flight.

The same week, the 47th annual Great Northern Music Festival is underway in Seeley Lake, Montana, a four-day bluegrass and roots music event that draws thousands to the nearby Clearwater River Valley. Cisco Systems CEO Chuck Robbins is known to be an avid fly fisherman and outdoorsman, and the company maintains a corporate cabin in the area, according to property records — making the brief hop between private airstrips a seamless way to move the aircraft closer to the festival grounds.

Cisco Systems' flight history shows the Global 6000 spent the previous week shuttling between the Bay Area, Truckee, and Hailey, Idaho — routes consistent with mountain recreation. The quick repositioning from N Bar Ranch to Mission Mountain suggests the aircraft was simply being parked closer to the family compound for the duration of the festival.