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The Best New Hotels Opening in 2022
As we continue to work our way through the 150+ great new hotels that opened last year, we’re getting distracted by the newcomers on the horizon for 2022. Can you blame us?
Montage Big Sky had its soft opening in mid-December in time for the winter ski season at Big Sky near Yellowstone National Park. Adding a luxurious lure to Montana, a state so blessed by Mother Nature, special hotel features include a terrific spa with an indoor lap pool, a sports stimulator, and a bowling alley. But get outside! In addition to skiing, winter is for snowshoeing, ice skating, and dog sledding, while the action in warmer climes centers around biking, hiking, and fly-fishing. (January)
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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 […]
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 […]
Mountain Weather. Mountain Snow, Mountain Sense
Does that chute cliff out? Will the kids like this run? Is that ice or wet snow on that face? Can the snowboarder in the crew glide this traverse? Is the Big Couloir beyond my ski level? To be a skier is to hone your mountain sense. It begins with knowing mountain weather—and the everchanging […]