BIG SKY INFO

  • 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