Press Releases

Big Sky Resort Kicks Off 50th Anniversary Season on November 22

100% of funds raised benefit three community organizations: Big Sky Community Organization, Gallatin River Task Force, and Morningstar Learning Center

The National Brotherhood of Snowsports, the largest winter sports organization for African Americans, is proud to announce its 2024 partnership with Big Sky Resort for its annual summit in Big Sky, Montana

Big Sky Resort is thrilled to announce the grand opening of its newest retail location, the Big Sky Resort Store, in the heart of Big Sky Town Center.

Path To Net Zero Carbon Emissions And Clean Electricity Goals Mapped

Discover the best of Montana's culinary scene at Savor Big Sky, June 29 – July 2

Big Sky Resort is proud to announce the opening of Levinski Lodge, the first apartment-style housing for resort team members.

With one of the biggest early season snowfalls in recent years, record-breaking snowmaking efforts, and reliably cold temperatures, Big Sky Resort teams have been working nonstop to prepare the mountain for an early opening on Wednesday, November 23, to kick off the 2022-2023 winter season. 

In the final phase of Big Sky 2025, Big Sky Resort will transform the winter and summer experience on the resort’s centerpiece, the iconic Lone Mountain.

On the heels of Big Sky Resort’s opening day for the 2021/2022 winter season, the resort’s premier slopeside hotel, The Summit Hotel, debuts a comprehensive renovation to all guest rooms with a lighter, sleeker, alpine luxe aesthetic as part of the resort’s 2025 Vision.

 After three summers of construction, Big Sky Resort has completed the third and final phase of the Mountain Lodge East workforce housing campus. This final phase adds 36 new beds, completing the 186-bed complex in Mountain Village, walkable to the ski slopes. 

Today at 9 a.m., Swift Current 6, the fastest six-person chairlift in North America, complete with heated seats and a weatherproof bubble, debuted on Big Sky Resort’s opening day. The excitement was palpable as skiers and riders experienced the quick seven-minute ride on the resort’s most popular chairlift. 

Swifty Session Pale Ale is a toast to the newest Big Sky 2025 upgrade – the installation of Swift Current 6. A portion of sales will benefit Big Sky SNO to further sustainability initiatives within the Big Sky community

Today, Alterra Mountain Company, Boyne Resorts, POWDR and
Vail Resorts announce the Climate Collaborative Charter, the ski industry’s first unified effort to
combat climate change with shared commitments around sustainability and advocacy.

Swift Current 6 will be a new six-person, high-speed chair with a signature Big Sky Blue Bubble, ultrawide heated seats, and will also become the fastest six-person chairlift in North America.

Featuring ultrawide, heated seats, and a weatherproof Big Sky Blue Bubble, Swift Current 6 is a major chairlift upgrade servicing Lone Peak from Big Sky’s Mountain Village.  

• 50 additional beds will be located in Mountain Village
• New beds will be completed for the 2020-2021 ski season
• Big Sky Resort provides more than 500 seasonal workforce housing beds in Big Sky

Meetings Today is proud to announce that Big Sky Resort has won a Best of Award.

Renewable energy credits eliminate lift operation's annual carbon footprint

Big Sky Resort has announced a new sustainability initiative, The Big Picture, with a long-term goal to reach zero carbon emissions by 2030.

On the heels of the opening of six new dining choices in Vista Hall, there is yet another new drink and dining option for Big Sky guests. Westward Social, a new bar and restaurant, completes the first phase of an ambitious re-imagination of the core village facility, The Exchange.

In cooperation with Big Sky Resort, this season the Big Sky Ski Education Foundation (BSSEF) has a permanent clubhouse in which to store gear, have meetings, wax skis, and eat lunch in their own nearly 2,000 square foot, ski-in, ski-out locker room.

Hungry skiers, riders and resort guests can easily explore a new cuisine every day of the week this season while enjoying panoramic views from the new Vista Hall. This beautifully reimagined 350-seat modern food hall is located on the upper level of the transformationally reinvented Mountain Village hub, The Exchange.

With a fresh blanket of snow across Montana, skiers and riders headed to Big Sky Resort via Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport (BZN) will find expanded air service from several cities this winter.

This summer, Big Sky Resort will install Axess smart gates equipped with Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology at select lifts that serve as access points to the mountain.

This summer, Big Sky Resort is re-envisioning its dining, après ski, restrooms and lockers in the Mountain Village base area.

• More than 250 additional parking spaces to be created for the 2019-2020 ski season
• Shuttle capacity to increase by 50 percent

• 75 additional beds will be located in Mountain Village
• New beds will be completed for the 2019-2020 ski season
• Big Sky Resort provides more than 500 seasonal workforce housing beds in Big Sky

Today at approximately 10:30 a.m., Ramcharger 8, the first eight-seat chairlift in North America and the most technologically advanced chairlift in the world, debuted at Big Sky Resort. "The upgrades unveiled today at Big Sky Resort mark a new age of lift technology in major zones of the mountain," says Taylor Middleton, president and general manager of Big Sky Resort. Shedhorn 4, a new high-speed quad on the south face of the mountain, will also debut next week.

Next steps in Big Sky 2025 Plan Announced.