Big Sky, Montana
11 Yellowstone Lodging Options for Campers, Spa-Goers, and Everyone in Between
America’s first national park celebrates a birthday this month. March marks 150 years since Yellowstone was named a national park.
Located largely in the northwest corner of Wyoming, the park’s more than 2 million acres span active geysers like Old Faithful, roaming bison, the Yellowstone river, deep canyons, and more. Its geothermal areas “contain about half the world’s active geysers,” according to the National Park Service.
The park saw its busiest year on record in 2021, when more than 4.8 million visitors flocked to its gates for whitewater rafting, fishing, biking, and more. For the first time ever, the park welcomed more than a million visitors in a single month last July.
Modern alpine luxury abounds at the new Montage Big Sky resort, from guest-room views of the snowcapped Spanish Peaks to the indoor pool, where you can relax before or after a rejuvenating facial at the spa. Rooms and suites are bedecked in furs and stone-colored furnishings, not to mention opulent tubs for a soak.
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Fourty-four Americans have now taken the presidential oath. The words have been spoken during rising tides of prosperity and the still waters of peace.
Big Sky leaders to teach hands-on wildlife safety
‘Mobile wildlife education center’ to inform visitors, residents and workers about local wildlife, backcountry safety Charles Johnson paces excitedly around a trailer, quizzing EBS on paw prints, scat, pelts, and the difference between antlers and horns. More than just a trailer, it’s a “mobile wildlife education center,” Johnson says. He’s leading an effort called Wild Big […]
The glamorous US ski resorts the hoi polloi don’t know about
“No, that’s not true,” said the Lone Mountain Land Company representative. “The Yellowstone Club does not have a satellite monitoring its ski area for intruders.” I can’t say I’m not disappointed that despite it being a scurrilous rumour, the most exclusive and expensive ski resort in the world doesn’t have a satellite, let alone a laser beam […]