The Setting Cradled in a secluded valley, Spanish Peaks is a 5,700-acre private enclave in a very privileged neighborhood. To the west stretches the vast Lee-Metcalf wilderness. To the south awaits the awe-inspiring grandeur of Yellowstone National Park, to the north the Gallatin National Forest and the Spanish Peaks, and right next door, one private lift away, the largest and tallest ski terrain in the US - Big Sky Resort. Less than an hour from the Bozeman airport, The Club at Spanish Peaks is easy to reach, and impossible to forget. The Club The Club at Spanish Peaks is unlike any place you've ever been. And just like the place you've always wanted to be. The architecture is both grand and grounded, and the land, a high pine valley beneath soaring peaks, sings to your soul. The lifestyle, active and exhilarating, refined and relaxing, could be characterized as the antithesis of anywhere. If you long to replace society with community, if you prefer balance to bravado, if you want to feel privileged but ...

THE WEISKOPF DESIGNED COURSE AT THE CLUB AT SPANISH PEAKS NAMED ONE OF THE TOP TWO NEW PRIVATE GOLF COURSES BY GOLF DIGEST BIG SKY, MT (December 5, 2008) – The Tom Weiskopf designed course at The Club at Spanish Peaks, a private residential community, is ranked #2 in Golf Digest’s annual “Best New Private Courses” issue, which will hit newsstands in December. The new course at Spanish Peaks features  a remarkably diverse combination of holes that showcase a number of Weiskopf’s trademarks - changes of direction from hole to hole, a drivable par four, and risk/reward par fives. The course is accessible to only 395 property owners and their guests.   In the annual issue, the Golf Digest raters and editors compile the top new private courses that feature the best of private golf in extraordinary locations.  “This is a delightful surprise and a tribute to Tom’s creativity and design talent. I told him we wanted a course that is challenging to accomplishe ...

 8. The Club at Spanish Peaks Big Sky, Montana Price: Cabins from $2.2 million; sites from $700,000 Move-in date: Immediately     This 3,500-acre residential community in Montana's top ski resort has 400 full-ownership, four- and five-bedroom cabins, plus 450 lots available for building condos and town houses. Owners get ski-in, ski-out access during winter, and rights to a Tom Weiskopf-designed 18-hole golf course in spring.

r With thousands of breathtaking skiable acres dropping thousands of vertical feet on dozens of trails, all accessed by multiple high-speed lifts, the Yellowstone Club in the Montana mountains offers the finest conditions in the world. Yellowstone Club is reserved exclusively for the enjoyment and exploration of our Members, their families and their invited guests.            Yellowstone Club's private skiing facilities include:       Over 2,200 skiable acres 2,700 vertical feet Top elevation of 9,860 feet  300 inches of average annual snowfall Access to an additional 5,712 acres of public skiable terrain of the Big Sky Resort and Moonlight Basin ski areas, creating the largest contiguous skiable terrain in North America Pioneer Ski Lift Service: 3 Doppelmayr high-speed quads with bubbles on every other chair 1 Doppelmayr fixed-grip double chairlift 1 Doppelmayr fixed-grip triple chairlift Andesite ...

 From youngsters just starting out to seasoned, competitive players seeking to elevate their games, Yellowstone Club offers a comprehensive junior golf program designed to help students meet their individual goals and gain a lifelong appreciation for the game.      With attentive one-on-one and small group instruction, Yellowstone Club’s talented golf instructors will tailor lesson plans to each individual student’s needs which address swing mechanics, game strategy, fitness/flexibility and the mental aspects of the game.      Juniors will also have opportunities to enjoy the rewards and challenges of competitive golf at levels appropriate for their development.

The Montana Landscape - Open Meadow with Mountain Backdrops Hand in hand with the desire to own a piece of Montana with one of its fabled rivers flowing past your open front door, is the romantic vision of exploring the landscape in much the same way as it was done 150 years ago, on horseback with the sun on your shoulders and miles of prairie unfolding like a sea around you.  Montana has always been synonymous with America’s western frontier and horses were an integral part of that historical period.  They remain so today, being irreplaceable on many of our working cattle ranches, helping explore portions of back-country wilderness not accessible by all-terrain vehicles, pulling sleighs full of new found friends through snowy winter evenings, or simply allowing those of us fortunate enough to call Montana home yet another form of recreation that makes our friends from farther away envious of our lifestyle. PureWest represents a series of properties where horses are not only welcomed, they are e ...

  Hyalite Reservoir south of Bozeman, MT   When tales of Montana are traded on front porches, commercial airplanes and executive offices across the United States, they usually include a repertoire of epic skiing, trophy trout rising to dry flies, horseback riding in the back-country, hikes, mountain biking trails, even hunting big game.  I would venture that seldom are the terms “scuba diving” and “Montana” used in the same sentence.  There are, however, a group of hardy enthusiasts whose pursuit of new outdoor experiences leads them into the depths of Montana’s lakes and rivers.  I happen to be one of those tortured souls who use any body of water, no matter the temperature or visibility, as an excuse to get out and get wet. Southwestern Montana may not compare to the tropical destinations that draw travelers from across the globe to effortlessly drift in their warm, clear waters, but our little corner of the globe offers a glimpse into the not often seen natural wonde ...

      I had the opportunity this past weekend to take a morning and enjoy it with my family, which is something we do not get to do as often as I would like.  My wife and I currently have two children, our son is almost 4, our daughter is 18 months, and we are expecting #3 in December.  We are not crazy but, if the family continues to expand at this rate we may be soon.  Spare time is at a premium and enjoying it all together is rarer still. So when the opportunity arose for a family hike we were all excited.  As I have said previously, the most difficult part of recreating in the Bozeman area is choosing what to do and where to do it.  The possibilities are as near endless as it gets.  My wife and I are stealing an idea from my cousin Seth and his wife Brooke, we are taking 52 hikes in the Bozeman area and writing each of them on a playing card.  When it comes time to choose a path, we simply choose a card and head out, it makes the selection p ...

  Tourism is arguably the main economic driver for Bozeman and the Gallatin Valley as a whole, competing with Montana State University for largest overall economic impact. In terms of direct, quantifiable economic impact on the Gallatin Valley, tourism generates more than $600 million annually, the result of upwards of 1 million visitors coming through every year. Moreover, not only is this sector prominent, but it is continually growing. According to the City of Bozeman, in 2008 there were more than 10 million visitors to the state of Montana, putting a combined $3 billion into our economy. In terms of jobs, the sector employs nearly 50,000 people across the state, a number that is projected to continually grow as tourism itself continues to grow. This huge influx of tourism is generally associated with the many amenities we enjoy here in Big Sky Country; they provide the necessary incentive for out-of-staters to come and put their hard-earned money into our local economy. The ...

      It has been said that without adequate transportation, economic growth is not possible. Why is that, exactly? Just to clarify, I’m not talking about standard automobile-based transportation here; I’m talking about flight.   A study by Headwaters Economics has established a direct link between economic growth and mean travel time to a major airport, showing that as mean time to an airport decreases, per capita income, mean earnings per job, and service/professional occupations increase while the degree of specialization decreases. What this means, is that the farther away you are from an airport, the worse your area’s economic performance (measured by those four indicators) tends to be.          (Graphs: “The Economic Importance of Air Travel In High-Amenity Rural Areas,” Headwaters Economics)        This is because in today’s continually changing advancing business world, it ...