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Montana - Big Sky - Anyone tried it? |
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As per the subject. Just found out that a friend has purchased a lodge there and won't be using it in late Feb, which is when I usually do my annual pilgrimage to Niseko.
I figure if Big Sky is good and I can do it cheaper than Niseko then I may as well give it a try.
Cheers...
Last edited by Poster: A snowHead on Mon Oct 29, 12 8:19; edited 1 time in total
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Big White is in BC, Canada.
Big Mountain, now Whitefish Mountain Resort, is in Northern Montana.
Big Sky is in Southern Montana.
Which is it please?
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Sorry for the confusion.
It's Big Sky...
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You need to Login to know who's really who.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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I think Big Sky is the resort where the slopes are really quiet for a lot of the season. You'll need to fly to a major hub airport and then get an internal flight to Bozeman. Big sky is about 45 minutes from Bozeman airport
http://www.bigskychamber.com/get-here.php
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Great mountain, great skiing.
Some excellent steep terrain.
Moonlight Basin on the backside.
Bridger Bowl the other side of Bozeman.
Lost Trail a couple of hours away.
Jackson Hole around 4 hrs south.
Yellowstone about the same distance away.
If the lodging is free, then it will be much cheaper than Niseko.
How long you going for?
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Then you can post your own questions or snow reports...
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Put this way, I have 12 days that I can be away from Hong Kong for, so I'm guessing that means a maximum of 8-10 days skiing if I did Big Sky.
My annual Niseko routine is usually 6 days skiing, 8 nights drinking.
Anyway, don't know yet what the offer on the lodging will be. I doubt it will be free, but I'm sure it'll be at mates-rates.
It certainly sounds pretty good from what you guys are saying...
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After all it is free 
After all it is free
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Biggest ski area in the states with only 2000 punters per day. Go figure. We spent an afternoon in mid Feb doing laps on one high speed quad with our kids, and no-one else was using the lift. At all. We found on-piste powder 48 hours after a snowfall and inexhaustible riches off piste. Lots of trees, steeps and powder but limited bumps as skier traffic was too low. Endless immaculate corduroy for piste blasting, too. Only problems are getting there and costs - very expensive lift passes and accommodation. Otherwise, blissful. But forget any ideas of nightlife. There isn't any.
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Well I've spoken to my friend who, while he hasn't determined exactly how he plans to rent the property out when he's not there himself, has assured me that I'll get mates' rates.
And apparently there's a lot of restaurants and a craft-brew pub nearby, which is right up my alley as far as nightlife goes. I am on the lighter shade of the 40s afterall.
Frankly, you guys make Big Sky sound like heaven on a stick, so if research shows it to make financial sense then I may need to shake the routine this season.
Thanks heaps...
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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MP and JJ describe it well.
Good terrain.
But miles from anywhere.
A light flashes in town when it snows.
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So if you're just off somewhere snowy come back and post a snow report of your own and we'll all love you very much 
So if you're just off somewhere snowy come back and post a snow report of your own and we'll all love you very much
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those videos do point to Big Sky's only real downside. It's a rocky place, and needs plenty of snow, especially to cover the steeps. Happens on most years, but can take until well into January sometimes. It's one of my faves.
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You know it makes sense.
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Ordinary_Skiier, have a look over on epicski, they're having their gathering there with a massive thread on the place
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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My cousin loved it so much she moved to Bozeman from San Francisco.... I really must go visit!
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