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Chet Huntley, founder of Big Sky Resort. The resort was founded by Montana native Chet Huntley, the retired co-anchorman of The Huntley–Brinkley Report of NBC News. [4] [5] Big Sky opened in December 1973, with its main base area at an elevation of 7,510 ft (2,290 m) above sea level, on the eastern face of the 11,167-foot (3,404 m) Lone Mountain, the sixty-seventh highest mountain in Montana ...
The "Mountain" area of Big Sky is west of the "Meadow" area at a base elevation of about 7,400 feet (2,300 m). The community had two large ski resorts in the "Mountain" area: Big Sky Resort and Moonlight Basin. In October 2013, these resorts merged: both are now managed by Big Sky Resort, and both are alpine ski and golf resorts.
Pioneer Mountain has a summit elevation of 9,859 feet (3,005 m). The Yellowstone Club resort has several lifts and ski runs that tie it directly into Big Sky Resort's lift system. The Big Sky ski area and the Yellowstone Club share a five-mile border. The ski resorts are surrounded by 250,000 acres of the Gallatin National Forest. [5]
Moonlight Basin is a private club in southwestern Montana, located in the Madison Range of the Rocky Mountains in the resort village of Big Sky.It became part of Big Sky Resort in October 2013 when it, along with ski terrain within the Club at Spanish Peaks, were bought and merged into Big Sky Resort, making it one of the largest single ski resorts in the United States, with 5,750 acres (2,330 ...
Elevation: 11,167 ft (3,404 m) [1] ... and southern slopes of Lone Peak are occupied by Big Sky Resort. Lone Mountain above Big Sky, Montana Lone Mountain in winter ...
Resort name and website Nearest city State/province Peak elevation (ft) Base elevation (ft) Vertical drop (ft) Skiable acreage Total trails Total lifts Avg annual snowfall (in) Adult weekend lift ticket window price (USD) Date statistics updated Ski Bromont: Bromont: Quebec: 1,854 590 1,264 450 141 9 190 $72 January 29, 2025 [1] Apex Mountain ...
Highway 64 (MT 64) is a 9.039-mile (14.547 km) state highway in Madison and Gallatin counties in Montana, United States. that connects the Mountain Village area of Big Sky Resort to an intersection with U.S. Route 191 (US 191) in Gallatin Canyon, about 41 miles (66 km) south of Bozeman.
Big Sky Airport has one runway designated 16/34 with an asphalt surface measuring 7,600 by 100 feet (2,316 x 30 m). [1]For the 12-month period ending July 21, 2019, the airport had 12,350 aircraft operations, an average of 34 per day: 93% general aviation, 6% air taxi, and <1% military.