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We are vacationing in Big Sky, Montana. I have learned a lot about the area. The resort and ski area was started by Chet Huntley (of Huntley and Brinkley news) back in the early ‘70s. There are several resorts on this part of the mountain. The one we are at is Lake Condominiums.
The scenery is beautiful. The mountains are so high, snow capped and amazing. Gas is almost as high as the mountains, $4.33 by Yellowstone,
$4.19 at Big Sky. For the most part, gas is over $4.00 in Montana, about $3.9X in South Dakota but NOTE-Mid range prices are often lower than regular. I found mid range gas for $3.82 while the reg. was 3.88.
We left Rapid City about 6:30 Sunday morning
and drove with only a few stops and I picked a road that had nothing to stop for...gas, food, sights. If anyone else wants to drive from Rapid City SD to Big Sky MT, stay on I-90, don't go the shorter 212 route. We did see Little Big Horn. Between the (very pretty 
) Ranger lady who spoke passionately about her Crow history, and the DW who is a history teacher, I got an earful of what happened, more then I needed to know.
The resort area is big for winter and ski season, and is trying to get full year, but they have a bit more to go for that. We got into the resort area about 5:30, tired and hungry. Try to find something to eat on a summer night in a ski area that shuts down for the summer
We finally found a bar, and got food from the bar.
We have plans for Yellowstone on Tuesday and Friday, Virginia City, MT on Thursday (and our 9 year annv. celebration dinner
), and white water rafting (half day) on Wednesday.
Due to the long drive, we will have to cut our stay at the resort short, leaving on Saturday, stay overnight in Bismarck, ND, then back to Minneapolis on Sunday.
I have taken pictures of the unit, and the area, and hope to provide a review once I get back.
The scenery is beautiful. The mountains are so high, snow capped and amazing. Gas is almost as high as the mountains, $4.33 by Yellowstone,
$4.19 at Big Sky. For the most part, gas is over $4.00 in Montana, about $3.9X in South Dakota but NOTE-Mid range prices are often lower than regular. I found mid range gas for $3.82 while the reg. was 3.88.We left Rapid City about 6:30 Sunday morning
and drove with only a few stops and I picked a road that had nothing to stop for...gas, food, sights. If anyone else wants to drive from Rapid City SD to Big Sky MT, stay on I-90, don't go the shorter 212 route. We did see Little Big Horn. Between the (very pretty ) Ranger lady who spoke passionately about her Crow history, and the DW who is a history teacher, I got an earful of what happened, more then I needed to know.The resort area is big for winter and ski season, and is trying to get full year, but they have a bit more to go for that. We got into the resort area about 5:30, tired and hungry. Try to find something to eat on a summer night in a ski area that shuts down for the summer
We finally found a bar, and got food from the bar.We have plans for Yellowstone on Tuesday and Friday, Virginia City, MT on Thursday (and our 9 year annv. celebration dinner
), and white water rafting (half day) on Wednesday.Due to the long drive, we will have to cut our stay at the resort short, leaving on Saturday, stay overnight in Bismarck, ND, then back to Minneapolis on Sunday.
I have taken pictures of the unit, and the area, and hope to provide a review once I get back.
Frank, if you read this, I think we need a sticky for Yellowstone. There have been a lot of questions on what to see, time or miles from XX to YY, what will I see and where, etc.
More inspections have to be done before they can open the section, and it may not be this summer. The Grand Prismatic Spring was unbelievably beautiful. 
We did so much, and only did the lower loop. We will do the upper loop on Friday and will catch the waterfalls that we missed on Tuesday.
If I was a few years younger (and had a more adventurous wife) we could have done the mad mile. That was an aggressive ride with lots of Class 4 rapids. I brought the waterproof camera and took a lot of pictures. We bought pictures that the rafting company took. Now I know exactly where I got nearly thrown from the raft. I was completely under a wave of water. Wow. The place we used is about 10 miles north of Big Sky.
My three ladies have been working just fine. The car (Sue) has been perfect, getting 27 or higher MPG and with no problems. The GPS (Jill) has been so helpful in finding the attractions along the road. And the wife (Kim) has been helpful on spotting animals on the Yellowstone loop and just a great traveling companion.
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