Big Sky Ski Resort

MONTANA / BIG SKY

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Elevation
7,500'
Base
11,166'
Summit
4,350'
Vertical Drop
Trails
320
5,850 Acres
Lifts
40
8 Types
Snowfall
257"
Annual Snowfall
21"
Nov
57"
Dec
44"
Jan
52"
Feb
57"
Mar
36"
Apr

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Big Sky
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Important Dates

Projected opening date

Nov 26, 2025

Projected closing date

Apr 26, 2026

Projected Days Open

150

Days Open Last Year

144

Years Open

53

Average Snowfall

257"

Terrain

Beginners Runs
21%
Intermediate Runs
29%
Advanced Runs
31%
Expert Runs
19%
Runs in Total
320
Longest Run
6 mi
Skiable Terrain
5,850 ac
Snow Making
400 ac

Lifts

40

Gondolas & Trams
2
Eight Person Lifts
2
High Speed Sixes
2
High Speed Quads
3
Quad Chairs
5
Triple Chairs
9
Double Chairs
4
Surface Lifts
13

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Reviews

hennebruce

I have been coming to big sky since its inception in 1973 when only the Huntley Lodge and Mountain Lodge were here. Even then the skiing was amazing. It expanded lifts every year and became out family's vacation week of choice leading to us buying a timeshare condo week in mid March when the temperatures were best for snow and comfortable skiing especially at the higher elevation lifts. We moved out east in the early 80's and had season tickets to the local slopes and traveled to the Vermont top rated resorts but the lines were intoleratable long (around 1 hour) and the snow was fine icy texture compared to the premium snow in Big Sky. Then we tried Lake Tahoe Palisades but were again disappointed. My son got a job at vail for a season and it was good overall but lacked the snow quality and atomosphere of Big Sky. So it was clearly apparent from actually skiing these areas that Big Sky was above all the rest. I had the chance to go to Whistler and liked the town like atmosphere but the skiing was again not equal to Big Sky. The other factors such as cost of travel are also a toss up for the big US resorts but really only consider the northern Rockies resorts worth spending money to go to. Big Sky is about 50 miles south of the conveniet Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport. Ski rentals and tune up shops are plentiful and cheap compared to the Utah and Colorado expensive resorts. These overall qualities of the Big Sky terrain, consistent predicable snow weather and cool night time activities for singes or the whole family have unfortunately (from my selfish perspective) attracted faster expansion of additional ski resorts and the rich and famous preferred North America ski destination driving prices up for skiing. So package deals are necessary for us regular folk but still -- Big Sky is -- Simply The Best.

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