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Big Sky Resort is a ski resort located in southwestern Montana in Madison County, an hour south of Bozeman via U.S. Highway 191 in Big Sky, Montana. Big Sky Resort opened in late 1973. In October 2013, Big Sky Resort became the largest ski resort in the United States by acreage with and a vertical drop of .〔 In July 2013, Big Sky Resort acquired on Spirit Mountain, previously a private ski mountain for Spanish Peaks members, which is accessible by chairlift.〔 In October 2013, Big Sky Resort acquired the terrain and facilities of Moonlight Basin Resort, a neighboring resort that shared the Northern Exposure of Lone Mountain.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://bigskyresort.com/media-and-press/press-releases/2013/october/biggest-skiing-in-america-just-got-bigger )〕 Big Sky Resort also offers meeting space for conferences, weddings, and corporate retreats.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://bigskyresort.com/meetings-and-groups/conferences )〕 ==Resort History== The resort was the vision of NBC News anchorman Chet Huntley, a Montana native. Big Sky opened in December 1973 with a main base area at an elevation of above sea level on the eastern face of Lone Mountain, , the sixty-seventh highest mountain in Montana, and the seventh-highest mountain in the state outside of the Beartooth Range.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://bigskyresort.com/corporate/big-sky-resort-history )〕 The first four lifts installed were the gondola and three chairlifts. The enclosed gondola carried four skiers per cabin and climbed to . The nearby ''Lone Peak'' triple chairlift provided the lift-served maximum of , unloading at the bowl beneath Lone Mountain's summit, providing a vertical drop of just under ). The "Explorer" double chair served novice terrain just above the base, and the ''Andesite'' double climbed the north face of adjacent Andesite Mountain to . This lift was renamed ''Ram's Horn'' in 1978, and replaced with the ''Ramcharger'' high speed quad in 1990.〔 After its third season, Boyne Resorts purchased the resort in 1976, following Huntley's death from cancer in March 1974 and the decision of owner Chrysler Corporation to divest its real estate development assets.〔 The resort grew steadily over the following decades, adding lifts and more than tripling the terrain available for skiing and snowboarding. The fifth lift, a second chairlift on Andesite Mountain, was installed in the summer of 1979. The ''Mad Wolf'' double climbed Andesite's eastern face and lowered Big Sky's minimum elevation to . This increased the area's vertical drop to over . The Mad Wolf lift was replaced with the ''Thunder Wolf'' high speed quad in 1994.〔 Two lifts were added in the 1980s, ''Gondola Two'' was installed in parallel to the first gondola, and the ''Challenger'' double chair served upper elevation expert terrain on the north edge of the ski area. A tow was later added above this lift. Gondola Two was replaced with the ''Swift Current'' high speed quad chairlift in 1997. The eighth lift at Big Sky was the "Southern Comfort" triple chair on Andesite Mountain, installed in 1990 and upgraded to a high speed quad for the 2004-2005 ski season.〔 In the fall of 1995, Big Sky gained prominence with the installation of the ''Lone Peak Tram'', built to take expert skiers to the summit of Lone Mountain at to copious extreme treeless terrain. The ''Shedhorn'' double chair was also part of this expansion, installed in 1995 on the lower south face of Lone Mountain.〔 The tram substantially increased Big Sky's vertical drop to . The minimum elevation was lowered further in the fall of 1999, with the addition of the ''Lone Moose'' triple chair with its base elevation of at ''Lone Moose Meadows''. This increased the ski area's total vertical drop to , with the maximum continuous vertical drop increased to from the top of the tram to the main base area.〔 The growth off of the slopes was highlighted in 1990 with the addition of the ''Shoshone Condominium Hotel'' and the ''Yellowstone Conference Center'', which increased summer business to the resort.〔 In April 2000, Boyne Resorts announced that an estimated $400 million in improvements would take place over the next ten years to the ''Mountain Village'' and the ski area. Later in 2000, the $54 million Summit Hotel was completed, providing four-star, ski-in ski-out accommodations. In late 2007, the $25 million Village Center Complex was opened, expanding the shopping, dining, and ski-in ski-out accommodation options.〔 In 2007, Big Sky expanded the skiing opportunities on the south face of Lone Peak with the addition of the new triple chair ''Dakota Lift'', and access to the accompanying out-of-bounds sidecountry, ''Dakota Territory''. Gondola One was retired in the summer of 2008, dismantled due to the rising cost of repairs.〔 Big Sky's neighbor on its north boundary was Moonlight Basin, which merged with Big Sky Resort in October 2013.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Big Sky Resort」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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