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The majestic slopes of Montana's Big Sky, the resort community in the Rockies northwest of Yellowstone National Park, have been drawing skiers and snowboarders in growing numbers. But the area is just as stunning when it thaws, as meadows with wildflowers and hiking trails reemerge from the snowmelt. The latest hotel openings are leaning into the joys of summer in a bid to make Big Sky a place to visit all year.
This summer Gravity Haus, the Colorado-based hotel and social club, opened its first Montana location in a renovated local lodge. Like the brand's Aspen and Jackson Hole locations, the 29-room retreat hosts community-oriented outings, including downhill mountain biking and whitewater rafting in Yellowstone. In November, One&Only will debut Moonlight Basin, its own 8,000-acre sanctuary, though its restaurant, the Landing at Sky Lodge, is already open; guests can order the spiced lamb porterhouse or the 35-ounce wood-fired cowboy rib eye in a dining room with panoramic views of the Spanish Peaks.
Last year the rustic-chic Lone Mountain Ranch unveiled Auric Room 1915, a members-only supper club and venue where overnight guests can retreat into cowhide-swathed booths to enjoy fried chicken and pours of 18-year-old Elijah Craig bourbon. True to its cattle-ranch roots, the hotel still devotes Thursday nights all summer long to the rodeo, a rowdy, locally beloved spectacle of cowboy and cowgirl culture complete with Montana beef brisket sandwiches and plenty of beer.
Finally, in the Spanish Peaks, Montage Big Sky, which opened in 2021, expanded its lodging options last year with 47 new residences—including 15 freestanding Mountain Homes, each with five or six bedrooms—adding to the resort's 100 original rooms and suites. Guests can take advantage of all the hotel's perks, such as access to Crazy Mountain Ranch, an 18,000-acre working cattle ranch with ample terrain for horseback riding; an 18-hole golf course; and summertime outdoor excursions like heli-fly-fishing tours that take guests to remote stretches of the Yellowstone and Missouri Rivers.
This article appeared in the July/August 2025 issue of Condé Nast Traveler. Subscribe to the magazine here.
