The Best Winter Vacations in Montana
- Skiing at Whitefish Mountain Resort (MT; tel. 800/858-3930; www.skiwhitefish.com): With an annual snowfall of 300 inches, a vertical drop of 2,500 feet, a superpipe for the snowboarding crowd, and virtually no lines, Whitefish Mountain is one of the best ski areas in the northwestern United States.
- Skiing at Big Sky and Moonlight Basin (MT; Big Sky tel. 800/548-4486, www.bigskyresort.com; Moonlight Basin 877/822-0430, www.moonlightbasin.com): Big Sky and the much newer Moonlight Basin have connected their trail systems, making for a combined 5,300 acres of terrain -- the largest ski area in the country, not to mention the one with the most vertical drop.
