Big Sky, Montana

From Mauritius To Montana, Forbes Travel Guide’s 2024 Star Award Winners
The Only Five-Star Hotel Brand
Montage Big Sky, an alpine ski retreat in Southwestern Montana that opened in 2021, picked up its inaugural top rating. The win marked a Five-Star sweep for Montage Hotels & Resorts across its seven properties, giving it the title of the world’s only all-Five-Star hotel brand. The Montage collection spans from Bluffton, South Carolina, to Los Cabos with a strong presence on the West Coast with properties in Sonoma, Laguna Beach and Park City, Utah.
The U.S.-based company is a longtime luxury hospitality purveyor—it celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2023 and boasts the longest-running Five-Star spa. California’s Spa Montage Laguna Beach was the first spa to earn the Five-Star distinction in 2005 and has maintained the rating ever since.
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Curling Takes Big Sky
Need proof that the Big Sky Curling League is the hot winter event on a Friday night? Well, the sport’s popularity has soared so high that the longtime favorite, Trivia Night, had to abandon Friday due to dwindling attendance and switch to another night of the week. As for Broomball, the powerhouse non-gravity sport of […]

The Best Places To Stay In Yellowstone National Park
Yellowstone National Park, the United States’ original national park, is a bucket list trip for visitors from around the world due to its otherworldly geothermal features and western lore. Over 4 million people on average visit the park each year, and there are many ways to experience it, from wildlife spotting on the road to […]

What’s in a Name? The Lone Peak Couloirs
An iconic tram, a rugged Rocky Mountain summit, and a famously hairball ski line. Nope, not Jackson Hole. We’re talking Big Sky Resort, where the north and east faces of Lone Mountain (the official name) pack some of the most extreme lift-accessed terrain in North America. Here, the resort’s pièce de résistance—Big Couloir—drops more than […]