Big Sky Mountain Village · Three-Star · #4 in Big Sky
Huntley Lodge at Big Sky Resort
Chet Huntley's original 1973 lodge: the first hotel at Big Sky Resort, the building from which the entire Mountain Village grew.
Chet Huntley's original 1973 lodge: the first hotel at Big Sky Resort, the building from which the entire Mountain Village grew.
"The hotel that founded Big Sky. Three storeys, slopeside, modernised but never overstated. The cheapest ski-in-ski-out in the village."
Huntley Lodge is the founding hotel of Big Sky Resort. NBC News anchorman Chet Huntley, who had retired from broadcasting to a Montana cattle ranch, conceived the Big Sky project in the late 1960s and broke ground on the resort in 1971; the Huntley Lodge opened in 1973, the first hotel building in what is now the Mountain Village. Huntley himself died in March of that year, three months after the resort's opening. The lodge is the historical heart of the property, and the resort's contemporary master plan kept it slopeside while building the Summit Hotel, the Yellowstone Conference Center, and the broader Mountain Village around it.
The three-storey lodge has been continuously refreshed, most recently with a multi-year guest-room renovation cycle completed in the early 2020s. The accommodation programme runs to roughly 200 guestrooms in standard two-queen and king configurations, an eight-person loft-style room with two queen beds and a queen-twin bunk arrangement (the highest-capacity room in any Big Sky Resort hotel and the standard booking for ski-club groups), and accessible rooms with mobility accommodations. The rooms are honest mid-market lodge: clean lines, mountain-textile palettes, dark-wood furniture, and the kind of utility-grade finish appropriate for a property pricing at $192 to $458 a night.
The slopeside position is the proposition. Huntley sits at the resort's pedestrian core, with the Swift Current chairlift, the Lone Peak Tram entry queue, and the resort's main ski-school meeting points all within a one- to two-minute walk. The lodge shares the Big Sky Resort spa, fitness centre, indoor and outdoor pools, and hot tubs with the neighbouring Summit Hotel; daily complimentary hot breakfast is served in the historic main lodge dining room. There is no signature restaurant inside Huntley itself: dinner is at one of the resort's six dining outlets, all within a short walk.
For a resort that has added Forbes Five-Star options at the Montage Big Sky and the Yellowstone Club, Huntley Lodge holds the practical and historical position: the cheapest slopeside ski-in/ski-out address in Big Sky, the heritage of Chet Huntley's original vision, and a no-pretence operation that lets the mountain do the work. Skiers who want first-chair access at the lowest price band per night for a true ski-in/ski-out room book Huntley.
For families who want slopeside Big Sky lodging without the Montage Big Sky price band, the eight-person loft-style room is the resort's most capacity-efficient family booking, and the Huntley's location at the Big Sky Resort children's-ski-school meeting point makes morning logistics straightforward. The included hot breakfast and the resort's outdoor pool and ice skating rink cover the off-mountain hours; the resort's water park, Solace Spa, and bowling alley are all walkable.
For solo skiers who want first-chair access at the lowest defensible price, Huntley's two-queen and standard king rooms book at well under $250 a night in shoulder season and represent the value position in slopeside Big Sky lodging. The resort's pedestrian-only core means no rental-car logistics; the resort spa and pool offer the wellness option after a long ski day.
50 Big Sky Resort Road
Big Sky, MT 59716
United States
Big Sky Resort Mountain Village, base of Lone Mountain
~200 rooms across three floors
Standard Two-Queen from $192/night (off-peak)
Winter King from $202/night
Eight-person loft suite from $458/night
Slopeside ski-in/ski-out via Swift Current and base lifts
Check-in: 4:00 PM
Check-out: 11:00 AM
Opened 1973 by Chet Huntley as Big Sky Resort's founding hotel; continuous renovation cycles, most recent early 2020s.
Slopeside ski-in/ski-out at the base of Lone Mountain
Complimentary daily hot breakfast
Shared indoor and outdoor pools, hot tubs, fitness centre
Solace Spa access (via Summit Hotel)
Steps to the Lone Peak Tram queue
Eight-person family loft (resort's largest single-room capacity)
From $192/night off-peak. Mid-winter weekends typically range $250 to $420, with Christmas-New Year and Presidents Day topping out at $580 for the deluxe loft. The lowest-priced true ski-in/ski-out room in Big Sky.
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