Originally Posted by
evergrn
Thanks. I just had a look at Huntley Lodge on Tripadvisor, and most of the recent reviews are not very positive. I'll have to look into the other two places you mentioned.
Originally Posted by
chrisl137
The only places I've stayed at Big Sky are the Huntley Lodge and a Holiday Inn Express that doesn't seem to be there anymore, and it was before they merged with the adjacent resorts. Huntley Lodge is a nice full service hotel, but the resort lists it as 3-star on their page. They've got two other places that they list as 4 star (Summit and Village Center). Given that the Huntley is better than a Sheraton/Doubletree/Hilton caliber, I'd suspect they're pretty nice. I don't think the mountain has a lot of green runs - probably most are too long, even if they're easy, but there are quite a few blues and easy blacks (whose difficulty will depend on time of day and recent snowfall), and a lot of double diamonds.
The Summit Hotel at Big Sky is the nicest property on the mountain. It's probably a 3.5-4*. IIRC, it was originally sold as condos so the hotel rooms are either studios or lock offs or some combination.. There are no hotels at Moonlight Basin (which Big Sky merged with a few years ago). The majority of Big Sky accommodations are condo/town home rentals. There are some beautiful houses for rent at Moonlight that are ski-in/ski-out.
Big Sky has some beginner terrain, but I wouldn't call it heavy on green/blue. Check out the trail map before booking.
A few at Deer Valley (DV is a great intermediate mountain - they have wonderful corduroy):
Montage Deer Valley
St. Regis Deer Valley
Stein Eriksen Lodge
And Beaver Creek, CO:
The Westin Riverfront Resort and Spa (has direct gondola access to the Beaver Creek base)