While I have long been a devoted fan of the skiing in states like Colorado, Utah and California (not to mention British Columbia, Canada, whose Whistler/Blackcomb resort is IMHO the finest in the land), I do have to say that Montana holds a rather powerful allure. Big Sky country they call it, for good reason since the sky there gapes like a testosterone-addled teenager at a Sports Illustrated swimsuit model shoot (sorry, swimsuit models on the brain right now), is said to offer some of the finest schussing this side of the Alps.
But Montana tends to get short shrift in the mainstream press, the longer, um, shrift, going to places like CO and UT. But here in this LA Times piece, the good folks at California’s best paper gives a rather wordy and positive nod to the worthiness of Montana skiing, and they have got my curiosity piqued for sure. Just take this single sentence on the two resorts they cover in the piece:
“Big Sky Resort and neighboring Moonlight Basin offer creamy, six-mile runs where skiers and boarders can go 20 minutes without seeing another soul – on the intermediate runs. On the expert runs, high up the hill, you can go hours.”
I am shaking, people. And over on kayak.com this instant looking for fares.