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CHET HUNTLEY & BIG SKY, INC. CONCEPTUALIZE BIG SKY RESORT

1968

LIFTS OPEN FOR FIRST WINTER OF SKIING AT BIG SKY RESORT

1973

EVERETT KIRCHER PURCHASES BIG SKY RESORT

1976

MAD WOLF INSTALLED

1978

FIRST MAJOR SNOWMAKING SYSTEM INSTALLED

1981

GONDOLA II BUILT

1984

CHALLENGER LIFT INSTALLED

1988

YELLOWSTONE CONFERENCE CENTER & SHOSHONE CONDOMINIUM HOTEL OPEN

1990

SOUTHERN COMFORT & RAMCHARGER LIFTS BUILT

1991

BIG SKY RESORT PURCHASES MOUNTAIN LODGE

1993

IRON HORSE TERRAIN EXPANSION

1994

LONE PEAK TRAM & SHEDHORN LIFT BUILT

1995

SWIFT CURRENT REPLACES GONDOLA II

1996

SNOWCREST LODGE OPENS

1997

LONE MOOSE TERRAIN OPENS

1999

SUMMIT HOTEL OPENS

2000

MOONLIGHT BASIN OPENS

2003

SOUTHERN COMFORT HIGH-SPEED UPGRADE

2004

DAKOTA TERRITORY EXPANSION

2007

BIG SKY RESORT ACQUIRES MOONLIGHT BASIN

2013

MOUNTAIN BIKING EXPANSION

2014

BIG SKY 2025: A VISION FOR THE FUTURE INTRODUCED

2016

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Explore over 50 years of Big Sky Resort history.