Located near Yellowstone, Big Sky may be the country's best-kept snow-covered secret—the perfect melding of chill attitudes, epic scenery, big-time snowpack (400-plus inches annually), and truly great skiing and snowboarding. The lift lines here are ridiculously short, if they exist at all, and the trails run from well-groomed, breezy corduroy to narrow hairpin chutes.
Photo credit: Big Sky, Montana (courtesy, Big Sky Resort)
