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Big Sky, Montana: Best mountain golf courses: The Club at Spanish Peaks, Big Sky Resort Golf Course, Reserve at Moonlight Basin.
Comment: Avid skiers/travelers say Big Sky – while booming – still has that small-town mountain feel like Aspen, Colo., or Jackson Hole 25 years ago. I got my first taste of Big Sky golf last fall, playing both Spanish Peaks and Moonlight Basin – two private clubs purchased by the same owner during the recession. There is limited access to both by renting a home within their high-end communities. High-end resort hotel projects (a Montage at Spanish Peaks and One&Only at Moonlight Basin) are in the works. The resort course, while relatively flat near the burgeoning town, does have a unique hook. It is Arnold Palmer’s first-ever design, dating back to 1973.
Giving Back to Move Forward
How Big Sky is tackling growth. Still a relatively new place, Big Sky Resort was founded in the early 1970s by famed NBC broadcast newsman Chet Huntley and purchased by Boyne Resorts in 1976 after Huntley’s untimely death. It was a pretty quiet ski area until the Lone Peak Tram was installed in 1995. Beyond […]
Montana Platinum: Bode Miller Finds Sweet Elevation in Spanish Peaks
Bode Miller is a new kind of mountain man. He’s way beyond bombing down black diamonds in the blink of an eye, and onto enjoying slower, immeasurably beautiful pleasures. Living his best life as a family man at Spanish Peaks Mountain Club in Big Sky, Montana, he’s evolved beyond “champion” into the most meaningful version […]
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 […]