Big Sky Resort opens its 2026-27 winter season at Mountain Village on Wednesday, November 25, from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM MST. The current first-party event page confirms the date, hours and venue and says terrain, amenities and opening-day festivities will be announced closer to the date. Skiing and snowboarding access remains subject to weather, snowmaking, terrain readiness and the lift product held by each guest; the event listing itself is not a lift ticket.

Big Sky Resort

Public resort day; terrain and lift eligibility depend on the guest’s lift product and ability.

Upcoming event; no results are available.

No external sanctioning body is published for this resort-operated event.

Big Sky Resort Winter Opening Day 2026-27

Big Sky’s December Park Session is a four-day youth ski or snowboard terrain-park clinic at Mountain Village for ages 8-14 and all listed ability levels. Sessions run 9:45 AM-3:15 PM on December 5-6 and December 12-13, 2026. The current price is $375. Lift access is explicitly not included; lunch can be added. Registration is currently active through Big Sky’s official shop, but inventory can change.

Snowboard

Ages 8-14; skiing or snowboarding; all levels as published by the resort.

Big Sky December Park Session 2026

Blacktail Mountain’s current 2027 Multi-Week Programs provide progressive ski and snowboard instruction for ages 4-15 in four-week or eight-week tracks. Families select a January, February or March block on Thursday, Saturday or Sunday, depending on the track. Programs range from one-hour beginner Alpine Bambis lessons to five-hour Young Bucks and Cadets split-day sessions. Base prices are $120-$475. Rentals are included for Bambis and Young Fawns; Young Blacktails and Young Bucks can add a four-week rental package for $65. Most participants must separately hold lift access: SnowCloud lists a $70 four-week program lift-access add-on or age-eligible season passes, while Cadets lists a $329 teen season-pass add-on. Public registration opened August 10, 2026 and remains active, but availability is option-specific: the live checkout can mark an individual weekday, month, skill or sport selection unavailable even while other options remain purchasable. The resort’s schedule table lists January Sundays as January 10, 17, 26 and 31, while January 26 is a Tuesday and SnowCloud describes the block as weekly Sundays beginning January 10. This unresolved first-party inconsistency is preserved here; confirm the four exact dates shown in the cart before purchase. Blacktail says multi-week programs are final sale, with limited documented exceptions for medical circumstances or family relocation; its general lesson terms also call lessons non-refundable and non-transferable. Instructors are trained through PSIA/AASI. Program hours, included rentals, lift-access needs and prerequisites vary by division, so use the exact registration link for the selected track.

Blacktail Mountain Ski Area Snow Sports School

Alpine Bambis

Alpine Young Fawns

Snowboard Young Fawns

Alpine Young Blacktails

Snowboard Young Blacktails

Young Bucks Technical Team

Cadets

Ages 4-15, with program-specific sport, age and skill prerequisites. Age is measured by December 1, 2026. Young Bucks requires intermediate-blue-terrain competence; Cadets is advanced and focused on a junior-instructor pathway.

Upcoming instructional program; no race results, standings or podiums apply.

PSIA-AASI training standards are referenced for instructors and the Cadets junior-instructor pathway; this is not a sanctioned competition.

Blacktail Mountain 2027 Multi-Week Youth Ski & Snowboard Programs

Blacktail Mountain Ski Area

Summit Pursuits Session 1 is a three-day Big Sky ski and snowboard clinic on January 12-14, 2027 for ages 15+ at intermediate through advanced levels. Ski Hall of Fame member Dan Egan and Big Sky Mountain Sports professionals coach small groups, capped at five per group, on bumps, trees, powder, steeps and technical terrain. The $1,750 clinic includes three full days of instruction plus meals, presentations and individualized coaching. Skiers and snowboarders are grouped by discipline, ability and goals, with women-specific groups available. The current page offers an active Buy option for this exact session; clock times, lift-access inclusion and a detailed daily itinerary are not published and must be confirmed before purchase.

Ages 15+; intermediate through advanced skier or snowboarder.

Big Sky Summit Pursuits 2027 — Session 1

Summit Pursuits Session 2 is a three-day Big Sky ski and snowboard clinic on February 23-25, 2027 for ages 15+ at intermediate through advanced levels. Ski Hall of Fame member Dan Egan and Big Sky Mountain Sports professionals coach small groups, capped at five per group, on bumps, trees, powder, steeps and technical terrain. The $1,750 clinic includes three full days of instruction plus meals, presentations and individualized coaching. Skiers and snowboarders are grouped by discipline, ability and goals, with women-specific groups available. The current page offers an active Buy option for this exact session; clock times, lift-access inclusion and a detailed daily itinerary are not published and must be confirmed before purchase.

Big Sky Summit Pursuits 2027 — Session 2

Shedhorn Skimo returns to Big Sky Resort on Saturday, February 27, 2027. The current first-party page offers three routes: a 25K course (about 16 miles and 8,000 vertical feet) with four climbs, four 45-degree-plus descents, two Lone Peak summits and the Big Couloir; an 11K course (about 7 miles and 4,500 vertical feet) with two climbs plus Lone Peak, Big Couloir and Headwaters terrain; and an 8K course (about 5 miles and 3,500 vertical feet) designed as a first skimo-race option with a skin track, bootpack and black-diamond descent. Registration is not yet open; Big Sky says to check back early next winter. Start times, fees, capacity and final race-day logistics are not yet announced.

Course-specific fitness, ski-mountaineering skill and required-equipment standards apply; review official rules before entry.

Big Sky Resort publishes the race and rules; no separate 2027 sanctioning body is stated on the current page.

Shedhorn Skimo 2027

Big Sky Resort’s current calendar confirms Easter Celebrations on Sunday, March 28, 2027. The first-party page specifically promotes skiing with the Easter Bunny, a hunt for hidden eggs and a sunrise service. Exact times, meeting points, age groups, access rules and the final activity schedule are still TBA. Skiing or snowboarding requires the appropriate separate lift access; no event registration or special ticket is currently published.

Public resort holiday programming; individual activities may later publish age or access rules.

Big Sky Easter Celebrations 2027

Big Sky Resort wraps its 2026-27 winter season on Sunday, April 25, 2027, with a published 9:00 AM-4:00 PM MDT closing-day window. The current first-party body copy promises live music, food, swag, costumes and spring turns, with details still to come. Resort operations list bonus weekends April 16-18 and April 23-25 conditions permitting. Lift access for skiing and snowboarding is separate from the celebration. The page contains stale 2025-26 heading/metadata text, but its current title and body explicitly identify April 25, 2027 as the end of the 2026-27 season; that discrepancy is preserved rather than hidden.

Public resort celebration; terrain eligibility depends on open operations and guest ability.

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