Montage Big Sky

Montage Big Sky

At Montage Big Sky, the day can start on a ski lift and end in an indoor pool, with an archery range or a fairway somewhere in between. The hotel sits three kilometers from Big Sky's center, close enough to the Lewis and Clark Express Lift, Cabin Ski Lift and Highlands Ski Lift that its ski-in/ski-out access puts the mountain at the door. That range is the one thing few Montana properties can match: skiing and ski storage in winter, then a golf course, archery, fishing and cycling once the snow clears, all attached to a single 139-room hotel spread across five floors. Families get a kids club, a playroom, a children's pool and babysitting on request, while adults have a spa with sauna and steam room, a gym, and a restaurant and bar for the hours between activities. Rooms run from a 530-square-foot king to a 700-square-foot studio, most with a fireplace, air conditioning and blackout blinds for the long summer light. Pets are allowed, an extra bed costs 100 dollars a night, and the front desk works around the clock if plans change. This suits people building a trip around one lift pass or one golf membership who don't want to drive between hotel and activity. It is a poorer fit for anyone chasing Big Sky's nightlife on foot, since the center is a short drive away, or for anyone who wants a small, quiet lodge rather than a 139-room hotel with conference space built in. What stays with you afterward is not the pool or the spa but the fact that the same building works in July and January without asking you to choose. Montage Big Sky pairs ski-in/ski-out access with a golf course, archery range and kids club, few Montana hotels manage both seasons this well. Rooms run from 530 to 700 square feet, most with fireplaces. Good for one activity-pass trips; not for those wanting nightlife on foot.