Known for offering the 'Biggest Skiing in America', the resort of Big Sky, Montana, is suitable for winter sports enthusiasts of all abilities.
As well as extreme downhill trails on Lone Mountain, the resort also rests in the heart of 65 kilometres of cross-country skiing trails, while outdoors fans keen to enjoy a more relaxing holiday are able to hop onto a skimobile or dog sled and head out into Moonlight Basin.
What's more,
Big Sky hotels are just as popular during the summer months, with the resort home to its own Arnold Palmer Golf Course, and numerous mountain biking and horse riding trails, while the Gallitin River allows for excellent fly-fishing and white water rafting experiences.
Cedar Creek
Offering visitors the chance to enjoy a stay in a 'home away from home', Cedar Creek is especially popular with families holidaying in the famous winter sports resort.
Located close to the Moonlight Basin ski area, which boasts some of the most challenging skiing and snowboarding in the whole of north America, the condo-style apartments are also within easy travelling distance of the famous Yellowstone National Park and its summer activities such as trekking and climbing.
However, rather than its prime location, it is the home comforts offered by Cedar Creek which keep tourists booking year after year, with each apartment boasting its own fully-equipped kitchen and comfortable lounge for when the snow picks up, with some offering spectacular views of Lone Mountain.
For those also keen to enjoy some hotel luxuries, guests are able to make use of the pool and hot tubs at the Moonlight Lodge Spa and enjoy a free shuttle pick-up from the centre of Big Sky.
The Lodge at Big Sky
Located in the very heart of the Big Sky resort, the Lodge boasts 90 smart suites kitted out for outdoor sports enthusiasts keen to kick back and relax after enjoying a day on the slopes.
In addition to comfortable and affordable rooms, guests are able to enjoy a free deluxe breakfast bar, indoor and outdoor Jacuzzis, an indoor swimming pool, a spa offering massages and other therapeutic treatments, and the use of a full service bar and fireside lounge.
Its prime location means that the shops and restaurants of Big Sky, and more importantly, the ski lifts serving the resort, are all within easy walking distance, while most rooms offer excellent views across Lone Peak, Andesite Mountain and the Spanish Peaks.
Buck's T4 Lodge
Offering visitors to both Big Sky and the nearby Yellowstone National Park a generous welcome for more than 50 years, Buck's T4 Lodge has established itself as something of a Montana institution.
While it is has changed hands and expanded over the years, the philosophy of offering home-cooked, traditional fare and warm hospitality remains firmly in place.
That said, though the emphasis is on tradition, the deluxe rooms, which include King Honeymoon and King Mini suites, offer all the modern comforts travellers could expect, including state-of-the-art entertainment facilities.
However, as with all Big Sky hotels, the emphasis is very much on the outdoor, with Bucks boasting to offer the best-value and widest-range of activity packages in the whole region, including ski deals during the winter and excursions into the Yellowstone Park, including 'blue ribbon fly fishing', over the summer months.
