Big Sky Resort Voted 2015 Best Family Friendly Resort

Big Sky Resort has been awarded the 2015 Best Family Friendly Resort by the visitors to OnTheSnow.com in the Visitor’s Choice Awards (VCA) adding to a string of VCAs for 2014 Best Terrain, 2013 Best Overall Resort, and 2009 Best Overall Resort. Terrain variety, consistent snowfall, and space to ski are a few of the attributes which continually give Big Sky Resort top rankings. 


Other attributes voters liked about the Resort were the additional outdoor activities offered. Kids 10 years old and younger ski free and attend Kids Club après ski free when lodging in Big Sky Resort managed properties or ski free when taking a snow sports lesson. “Big Sky Resort is about families spending time together,” explained Sheila D’Amico, Public Relations Manager at Big Sky Resort. “The layout and flow of the mountain’s terrain allows family members with different skiing levels to still be able to experience the resort together.”

 The Visitor Choice Awards are the most comprehensive reader-generated ski resort awards in the world. Accolades are presented for both overall and regional winners in four categories: Best Overall Resort, Best Resort Terrain, Best Family Resort and Best Park & Pipe. SKI Magazine also awarded Big Sky Resort top 10 rankings in Terrain Variety (2), Terrain Challenge (6), and Scenery (9) in the 2016 SKI Resort Guide. 

Big Sky Resort has also recently has been recognized by MTBparks for Top 5 Best Bike Park, OpenTable Diner’s Choice Award at Everett’s 8800 and Andiamo Italian Grille, FindTheBest.com Smart Choice Award, Meeting Focus’ Top 50 Best of the West Award for meeting facilities, and Trip Advisor’s Excellence Award. 

About Big Sky Resort:

Big Sky Resort, established in 1973, is located in the Northern Rockies of southwest Montana between Bozeman, Montana and Yellowstone National Park. Big Sky Resort is the Biggest Skiing in America with 5,800 acres offering an average of two acres per skier and 4,350 vertical drop. Big Sky Resort is owned by Boyne Resorts, a Michigan-based corporation and the largest family-run four-season resort company in North America. Boyne Resorts also owns Cypress Mountain near Vancouver, British Columbia; Boyne Mountain, Boyne Highlands, and The Inn at Bay Harbor, all in Michigan; Brighton in Utah; Crystal Mountain and The Summit at Snoqualmie in Washington; Loon Mountain in New Hampshire; Sugarloaf and Sunday River Resort in Maine; and Gatlinburg Sky Lift in Tennessee.