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Visitor reviews for Big Sky Ski Resort

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Ski Resort Rating: Rate Big Sky

• April 15, 2009
  RB from United States
  

  Big Sky is truly a destination resort worth visiting. The mountain is huge and terrain is quite varied. Add on Moonlight Basin (which can be skied on one lift ticket) and you have one of the biggest and most diverse areas in the country. On-mountain accommodations are really quite good, particularly the Powder Ridge cabins, which offer luxury at a moderate price. Snowfall isn't quite as great here as Jackson Hole (a few dozen miles to the south), but it's still excellent. Plus, the mountain holds its snow very well due to the high altitude, cold temps, and north/east orientation. I have only one gripe with Big Sky: on mountain dining is far too limited. Hopefully, that will change with additional development.

• February 18, 2008
  Andrew B from United Kingdom
  

  Just back from a week in Feb 2008. In brief this is a big resort (for the US) with few visitors. Not at all sophisticated in either accommodation, mountain dining or apres-ski but if you want some varied slopes with no queues and good chance of fluffy powder it's a good bet. Couple it with Moonlight Basin (next door on a shared lift pass) for even bigger area (intermediate skiers here for a full week will need to explore here for 1 or 2 days). Steep blacks off Challenger and Lone Peak Tram are manageable for confident intermediates; chutes in the same area are for expert only; green & blues on Andesite were deserted, wide - ideal for beginners. Glades all over, some of which have been thinned for beginners. On mountain dining - Pinnacles at the top of Ramcharger has best food & good bar/wine list at a full service restaurant; the only other option is the Moonlight Lodge off the Iron Horse Lift - it has a "deli" restaurant (soups & hot or cold sandwiches) and full sit down table service - limited menu but incredible wine list. If you stay longer than a week or just want a day off skiing (why would you?) the trips to Yellowstone National Park are supposed to be good - hiking/snowmobiling/4x4. It's a long way to come from Blighty but worth it - expansion of accommodation is planned for next couple of seasons so get here before it is spoiled by too many beds than the mountain can handle.

• February 09, 2006
  Rick Lang from United States
  

  Well now.....my friends and I have decided this place is officially off limits to all other skiers.....just too nice. Spent a week here in early January and was skiing the same couple feet of dry fluffy powder that fell when I arrived, all damn week and never saw a liftline.......

• November 22, 2005
  Snow Forecast admin from United Kingdom
  

  Big Sky is a growing resort community set midway between Bozeman and West Yellowstone, Montana. Still surrounded by Wild Montana (elk are usually in the neighborhood, bear are a little more shy), this is a place where the ranching world meets modern life.

  Big Sky guests can enjoy all the comforts they want, but golfers may notice moose wandering across the course, and wolves roam the spectacular mountain scenery. You may see snow flurries on the higher peaks any time during summer, but days are mostly warm and sunny.

  Fly into Bozeman's Gallatin Field, about an hour north, rent a car and head south through the Gallatin Valley, following Highway 191 through the Gallatin Canyon, following the Gallatin River. (Curiously, the Swiss-born Secretary of the Treasury who gave his name to all these places never visited the region.) Then turn west on a spur road and wind your way up to Big Sky Resort.

  The Big Sky community is home to one of the largest ski resorts in North America. It's young (just over 30 years old), and vibrant in winter.

  Something like 10 percent of the community's 1,000 residents are involved with real estate, but come summer it's a very peaceful place to visit or live.

  "Peaceful" doesn't mean there's nothing to do -it just indicates you have a lot of choices and not much competition. You'll find blue-ribbon fly-fishing on rivers and streams. Dominated by Lone Peak (11,166 feet), there's hiking in surrounding mountains (the Gallatins, Madisons and Spanish Peaks), where carpets of wildflowers can last well into July at higher elevations.

  You can go horseback riding (the area has several famous guest ranches), try mountain biking, take a sunrise balloon ride, enjoy whitewater sports on the Gallatin River, swim, rock climb, play tennis, or just kick back and reeelax. Most visitors venture into Yellowstone National Park at least briefly. It's an hour south of the resort along Highway 191, but try to avoid weekends and holidays, when crowding is pretty much inevitable.

  Big Sky gets quiet after Labor Day. Fall colors change the landscape with bursts of brilliant gold aspen. Days are crisp and clear; there's hunting and still fishing; and many mornings there's fresh snow creeping down from the higher reaches, a reminder that skiing often opens before Christmas.