Big Sky Info


  • View the Moonlight Basin Snow Report

  • View the Big Sky Resort Snow Report

  • Year-round population: 2,500-2,700 people

  • Just 18 miles to the Yellowstone National Park boundary, 48 miles from the west entrance of the park 

  • 10% of Montana remains roadless versus just 2% of the other states in the continental U.S.

  • At 147,000 square miles, Montana is the fourth largest state

  • Big Sky Resort founded in 1973 by NBC broadcaster Chet Huntley

  • Lone Peak Summit elevation: 11,166 feet

  • Meadow Village elevation: 6,200 feet

  • Moonlight Basin ski area opened in 2003

  • Big Sky Resort / Moonlight Basin interconnect offers more skiable acres than any other ski area in America

  • The area surrounding Big Sky has more blue-ribbon trout streams and lakes in an 80-mile radius than anywhere else in North America

    • Average Temperatures (Fahrenheit)
    January . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
    		21°
    April . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
    		43°
    July . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74°
    September . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
    		62°

    Average Annual Snowfall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    400 in.

    Elevations
    Lone Peak Summit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
    		11,166 ft.
    Mountain Village . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
    		7,500 ft.
    Meadow Village . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  6,200 ft.

    Big Sky Resort
    Total skiable vertical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
    		4,350 ft.
    Total skiable acres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
    		3,812

    Moonlight Basin
    Total skiable vertical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
    		4,150 ft.
    Total skiable acres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
    		1,900
    Typical Ski Season . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    Thanksgiving to mid-April


    The Biggest Skiing in America is in Big Sky, Montana

    Consistently recognized in national ski magazines
    for short or non-existent lines
  • 5,512 skiable acres

  • 4,350 vertical feet

  • 20 Ski & 5 Surface Lifts

  • 220 named runs covering over 110 miles
  • Three separate mountains

  • Longest Run is 6 miles

  • 400+ inch Average Annual Snowfall

  • 29,000 Skiers/Hour Lift Capacity
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    Two Resorts, one ticket.  Big Sky Resort and Moonlight Basin now offer you one lift ticket to access the 5,512 acres that make up the Biggest Skiing in America. The Big Sky Resort-Moonlight Basin interconnect gives you access to more skiing than anywhere else in the United States. With the Biggest Skiing in America lift ticket, you can access more skiable acres and endless ways to navigate 4,350 feet of vertical drop than you can imagine. At 11,166 feet it's easy to see Lone Peak's appeal to every age and level of skier and boarder. Runs up to six miles long and glades and bowls covered in 400~plus inches of annual snowfall make a day on the slopes that delivers something for everyone.