Yellowstone Club is a private, members-only ski and golf community in the Montana mountains near Big Sky, offering its wealthy members and their guests exclusive access to empty slopes and deep, uncrowded powder. It is one of the most exclusive private mountains in the world.
- 2,190 m Base
- 3,001 m Top lift
- 811 m Vertical
- 94 Pistes mapped
- 17 Lifts
Best known for
Après & vibe
As a private club, Yellowstone Club's dining, lodges and social life are reserved for members and their guests, offering a refined, secluded experience rather than a public après scene; the wider bars and restaurants of the Big Sky area lie nearby for those without access.
The resort
Yellowstone Club is not a public ski resort but a private, members-only community set in the mountains of south-western Montana, adjacent to the well-known public resort of Big Sky. Access to its slopes, lodges and amenities is restricted to members, who buy into the club, and their invited guests, which means the terrain is famously quiet even on a powder day. The mountain offers a full spread of groomed runs, trees and open bowls served by its own lifts, with private ski-in, ski-out homes lining the slopes. Its entire premise is privacy, seclusion and exclusivity, set against the big, snowy landscape of the Northern Rockies.
For the small number of people able to access it, Yellowstone Club offers something almost impossible elsewhere: a substantial mountain of good terrain and reliable Montana powder with virtually no lift queues or crowds. Because membership is limited, fresh snow stays untracked and the slopes stay quiet, effectively a private powder playground. It is worth understanding clearly that this is a members-only club, not a resort the public can book; for everyone else, the neighbouring public resort of Big Sky offers comparable terrain and scenery in the same corner of Montana.
The Northern Rockies deliver cold, dry storms through midwinter, and with so few skiers on the mountain, that snow stays soft and untracked far longer than at any public resort. The terrain runs from sheltered, immaculately groomed trails to open bowls and glades that hold powder well after a storm. The defining feature of the on-mountain character is quiet: uncrowded slopes throughout the season, with spring bringing softer, sunnier skiing.
Snow & weather
Live conditions from the mountain, plus the average snow you can expect month by month.
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Live data © Open-Meteo.com
Very good: the resort's Montana location in the Northern Rockies brings cold, dry snowfall through the winter, and its private, low-traffic slopes keep that snow fresh and skiable well after it falls.
Average monthly snowfall
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Terrain & aspect
- Novice
- Easy
- Intermediate
- Advanced
Slopes mostly face N — 85% on snow-holding, poleward-facing slopes.
Aspect derived from run bearings · OpenSkiStats / © OpenStreetMap (ODbL).
Skiing & terrain
Gentle groomed terrain provides an easy, private setting for beginners and families among the members' community.
Intermediates enjoy quiet, beautifully groomed cruisers with the rare luxury of near-empty slopes.
Advanced skiers have steeper trails, glades and bowls to explore, typically without another skier in sight.
Experts find open bowls and steeper powder terrain that, thanks to the tiny skier numbers, can stay untracked for days after a storm.
Skiing near-empty slopes
The defining Yellowstone Club experience is privacy: because access is limited to members and their guests, the mountain is remarkably quiet, with fresh snow staying untracked and lift queues effectively non-existent. It is powder skiing without the crowds.
Private ski-in, ski-out mountain living
The club is built around exclusive homes lining the slopes, offering members direct ski-in, ski-out access and a secluded mountain community. The seclusion and privacy are the whole point of the place.
Northern Rockies setting beside Big Sky
The club sits in the big, snowy mountains of south-western Montana next to the public resort of Big Sky, sharing the same cold powder and dramatic scenery. For non-members, Big Sky offers a comparable public alternative in the same area.
On the map
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Run difficulty
- Novice
- Easy
- Intermediate
- Advanced / Expert
- Freeride / Extreme
- Unknown
Run types
- Downhill — groomed
- Downhill — ungroomed
- Downhill — gladed
- Nordic (groomed)
- Ski tour
- ☾Lit (night)
- △Not patrolled
- →One-way
- ❄Snowmaking
Lifts
- Operating
- Operating (private)
- Non-operating
- Lift station
Slope-gradient grading
Downhill / ski tour
- Flat<3°
- Easy3–14°
- Intermediate14–22°
- Advanced / Expert22–45°
- Freeride / Extreme>45°
Nordic
- Easy<6°
- Intermediate6–9°
- Advanced>9°
Aspect (sun exposure)
- N — least sun
- E — morning
- S — most sun
- W — afternoon
Legend after OpenSkiMap
Stay in Yellowstone Club
Accommodation is private, in members' homes and club lodges reserved for members and their guests; visitors without membership stay instead in the neighbouring Big Sky area, which has a full range of public lodging.
Lifts and pistes from the door — the point of a high, purpose-built resort.
Self-catering residences, the bulk of the beds and the flexible-budget option.
Catered and self-catered chalets for groups wanting the whole place.
From simple to high-end, with pools and spas to thaw out in.
How to get there
Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport (BZN) is the gateway, the same airport that serves the wider Big Sky area, followed by a drive south into the mountains.
From Bozeman the transfer is a scenic drive south towards Big Sky; access to the club grounds themselves is private and arranged through membership.
Best time: January and February bring the coldest, deepest Montana powder, which the club's private, uncrowded slopes keep fresh for far longer than a public resort would.
Nearby resorts & areas
Other resorts within reach.
Getting to Yellowstone Club
Book an airport transfer up to the resort, or pick up a car at Bozeman (BZN) — search and compare without leaving the page.
Ski data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), via OpenSkiMap & Skimap.org. Basemap © OpenFreeMap / OpenMapTiles. Editorial: mynext.holiday. Accommodation via Stay22; transfers via Kiwitaxi; car hire via Travelpayouts.