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((Short description|Ski area in Montana, United States))
((Infobox ski area
| name           = Moonlight Basin
| picture        = Moonlight Basin replica.jpg
| caption        = Tilt-Shift Photograph of Moonlight Basin
| location       = [[Big Sky, Montana]]
| nearest_city   = [[Bozeman, Montana]]
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| map_caption    = Location in [[Montana]]
| top_elevation  = ((convert|11166|ft|m|1))
| base_elevation = ((convert|7000|ft|m|-2))
| skiable_area   = ((convert|1900|acre|ha|0))
| number_trails  = 76+
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| liftsystem     = 6 chairlifts
| snowfall       = 400 inches
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'''Moonlight Basin''' is a private club in southwestern [[Montana]], located in the Madison Range of the [[Rocky Mountains]] in the resort village of [[Big Sky, Montana|Big Sky]]. It became part of [[Big Sky Resort]] in October 2013 when it, along with ski terrain within the Club at Spanish Peaks, were bought and merged into Big Sky Resort, making it one of the largest single ski resorts in the United States, with 5,750 acres (2,330&nbsp;ha) of terrain and over 30 ski lifts.<ref name=":0">((Cite web|title=Mountain Stats ((!)) Big Sky Resort|url=https://bigskyresort.com/mountain-stats|access-date=2021-01-25|website=bigskyresort.com|language=en))</ref> Moonlight Basin features a variety of skiable area and a number of amenities, including two lodges and a golf course.

== Resort history ==
The resort's land was purchased in 1992 from Big Sky Lumber Company and began as Moonlight Basin Ranch, a real estate development on the north edge of the adjacent [[Big Sky Resort]].<ref name="Here’s How Blixseth Did It">((Cite web|title=Here's how Blixseth did it|url=http://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/news/article_9996b63d-d08b-5451-9a62-c99505f51b9c.html|accessdate=April 12, 2011|publisher=[[Bozeman Daily Chronicle]]))</ref> The ranch's original 25,000 acres (10,000&nbsp;ha) were purchased by partners Lee Poole and Joe Vujovich of nearby [[Ennis, Montana|Ennis]], as well as Keith Brown of [[Fort Lauderdale, Florida]]. They bought the land for $6.5&nbsp;million from the Big Sky Lumber Company, a real estate development company created by [[Yellowstone Club]] founder [[Tim Blixseth]] and partners Mel and Norm MacDougal. The Moonlight Basin Ranch property sale was part of the 165,000 acres (67,000&nbsp;ha) that Blixseth and the MacDougal brothers purchased from [[Plum Creek Timber]] for $27.5&nbsp;million earlier in 1992.<ref name="Blixseth and BSL2">((Cite web|title=Tim Blixseth and BSL|url=http://www.landgrant.org/gallatin-lx.html/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110313201730/http://www.landgrant.org/gallatin-lx.html|archive-date=2011-03-13|accessdate=April 12, 2011|publisher=Gallatin Land Exchanges))</ref>

Moonlight Basin opened as an independent [[Ski resort|ski area]] in December 2003 on the north face of [[Lone Mountain (Montana)|Lone Mountain.]] The 11,166 foot (3403 m) [[summit]] can be accessed by the Lone Peak Tram, part of Big Sky Resort. The resort, which was built completely on private land, is adjacent to the [[Lee Metcalf Wilderness|Lee Metcalf Wilderness Area]] and the [[Yellowstone Club]] in the [[Madison River]] drainage in [[Madison County, Montana|Madison County]]. The Big Sky Resort, also on private land, is in the [[Gallatin River]] drainage which drains into [[Gallatin County, Montana|Gallatin County]].

Moonlight Basin features a wide variety of terrain, the most extreme being the Headwaters Bowl.<ref name="Archived copy">((cite web |url=http://www.snowjournal.com/print.php?docid=607 |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2008-05-05 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110613220117/http://www.snowjournal.com/print.php?docid=607 |archivedate=2011-06-13 ))</ref> These steep chutes and gullies are on the north face of Lone Mountain, and can be hiked to from the Headwaters lift (opened in December 2005) or Big Sky's Challenger lift, both of which unload at just under 10,000 feet (3,048 m) [[Sea level#AMSL|above sea level]].<ref>((Cite web|last=Staff|first=BRETT FRENCH Of The Gazette|title=Moonlight Basin's newest lift targets expert terrain|url=https://billingsgazette.com/news/features/outdoors/moonlight-basins-newest-lift-targets-expert-terrain/article_0223427a-06b8-50e9-8639-b4850ec13f7e.html|access-date=2021-01-25|website=The Billings Gazette|language=en))</ref>

The resort also features a number of open bowls, tree skiing, moguls, long groomers, and beginner runs. A full-day adult lift ticket for the 2008-2009 season was $39 (for reference, the full-day pass price for the 2020-2021 season averaged around $175). Initially, visitors could only ski the Moonlight Basin side; if they wanted access to Big Sky, they were required to buy a separate ticket. This changed in 2005, when Big Sky Resort and Moonlight Basin launched their "Biggest Skiing in America" deal, which gave visitors access to both resorts with the purchase one lift ticket (or season pass).<ref>((Cite web|title=Big Sky Resort History & Timeline ((!)) Big Sky 2025|url=https://bigsky2025.com/timeline|access-date=2021-01-25|website=bigsky2025.com|language=en-US))</ref>

The primary lift at Moonlight Basin is the Six Shooter, a high speed six-person [[chairlift]] that climbs 1,850 vertical feet (564 m) from the base. The Headwaters chairlift connects at the top of Six Shooter after a short hike, rising another 685 feet (209 m), for a total of 2,535 feet (772 m) of lift-served vertical rise from the 7,000-foot (2,134 m) base.<ref>((Cite web |url=http://www.moonlightbasin.com/site/mountain_detail.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=2008-05-05 |archive-date=2008-07-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080724160447/http://www.moonlightbasin.com/site/mountain_detail.html |url-status=dead ))</ref> The other upper lift is the Lone Tree quad, a four-person chair that gives access to more advanced-level terrain northwest of the Headwaters Bowl.<ref>((Cite web|date=2008-12-04|title=Moonlight Basin|url=https://www.skimag.com/ski-resort-life/moonlight-basin/|access-date=2021-01-25|website=Ski Mag))</ref>

The two original chairlifts at Moonlight Basin, Iron Horse & Pony Express, were installed by Moonlight Basin Ranch in the mid-1990s before it was a stand-alone ski area. The lifts were operated by the Big Sky Resort.<ref name="Archived copy"/>

Moonlight Basin is part of the [[Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem]], connecting two sections of the [[Lee Metcalf Wilderness|Lee Metcalf wilderness]].<ref>((Cite web|title=The Land|url=https://www.moonlightbasin.com/the-land/|access-date=2021-02-05|website=Moonlight Basin|language=en-US))</ref> It forms a [[wildlife corridor]] for [[elk]] migration and [[grizzly bear]] habitation. As such, the parent company of the ski resort, Moonlight Basin Ranch, has committed a significant percentage of its land holdings to [[Conservation (ethic)|conservation]].<ref>((Cite web|title='Unbroken Wilderness:' Big Sky And The Human Appetite For Consuming Wildness|url=https://mountainjournal.org/is-yellowstone-wildlife-and-montana-wilderness-threatened-by-outdoor-recreation|access-date=2021-01-25|website=mountainjournal.org))</ref>

== Bankruptcy and merger ==
Poole, who had become the sole owner of Moonlight Basin after buying his partners' shares, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in 2009.<ref>((Cite web|url=http://www.helenair.com/articles/2003/10/16/outdoors/c01101603_01.txt|title=Moonlight in Montana))</ref><ref name="Moonlight Basin Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection2">((Cite web|title=Moonlight Basin Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection|url=http://www.moonlightbasin.com/site/00512.html/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120510215937/http://www.moonlightbasin.com/site/00512.html|archive-date=May 10, 2012|accessdate=April 12, 2011|publisher=Moonlight Basin))</ref> The reorganized property reopened in 2010 as Moonlight Basin Ranch LP, but remained under bankruptcy protection while proceedings continued in Montana Bankruptcy Court with principal debtor [[Lehman Brothers]] Holdings.<ref name="United States Bankruptcy Court">((Cite web|accessdate=April 12, 2011|url=http://www.mtb.uscourts.gov/calendars/RBK%2004-04-2011%20BTE.pdf/|title=Docket 574|publisher=[[United States bankruptcy court|United States Bankruptcy Court]]))((Dead link|date=September 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes ))</ref>

On October 1, 2013, [[Boyne Resorts]] and the [[Yellowstone Club]] ([[CrossHarbor Capital Partners]]) announced that they had acquired the assets to Moonlight Basin Resort.<ref>[http://www.explorebigsky.com/newspost/the-big-merger The Big Merger], by Emily Wolfe, Explore Big Sky, August 22, 2013.</ref> The two companies  had just jointly-purchased the then-bankrupt Spanish Peaks Mountain Club for $26.1 million dollars that July.<ref>((Cite web|last=Bacaj|first=Jason|title=After years of economic uncertainty, ski resort merger shapes future of mountain town|url=https://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/news/economy/after-years-of-economic-uncertainty-ski-resort-merger-shapes-future-of-mountain-town/article_a93d3716-061d-11e3-9e23-0019bb2963f4.html|access-date=2021-01-25|website=Bozeman Daily Chronicle|language=en))</ref> Following the purchase, Boyne announced that Moonlight Basin and Big Sky Resort would merge. The new resort would offer more than 5,750 acres of skiable terrain, 4,350 vertical feet, and 38 lifts, making it one of the biggest ski resorts in America.<ref>[https://abcnews.go.com/Travel/wireStory/deal-announced-merge-big-sky-moonlight-basin-19972733 Deal Announced to Merge Big Sky and Moonlight Basin], ABC News, August 16, 2013.</ref><ref name=":0" /><ref>((Cite news|last=Max|first=Sarah|date=2017-01-10|title=A Ski Resort Grows Under an Expansive Montana Sky (Published 2017)|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/10/realestate/commercial/a-ski-resort-grows-under-an-expansive-montana-sky.html|access-date=2021-01-25|issn=0362-4331))</ref>

== Activities and amenities ==
Moonlight Basin offers golf on a [[Jack Nicklaus]]-designed private [[golf course]] known as The Reserve at Moonlight Basin, which opened in 2016.<ref>((Cite web|title=The Reserve at Moonlight Basin (Big Sky, Montana) ((!)) GolfCourseGurus|url=https://www.golfcoursegurus.com/reviews/moonlight-basin-the-reserve-at/|access-date=2021-02-05|website=www.golfcoursegurus.com))</ref> The par-72 layout is 7,800 yards (7,132 m) at an average elevation of 7,500 feet (2,286 m). A spa, fine dining, and a four hole short course have since been added.
[[File:Feb 1, 2009 - Lone Peak in Big Sky, Montana.jpg|thumb|The northern face of Lone Peak with adjacent Headwaters Bowl (left). Moonlight Basin operates on this side of the mountain.]]
There are two lodges on the Moonlight Basin-side of the resort: the members-only Moonlight Lodge, and the Madison Lodge, accessible from the Madison Base Area. The former went private in 2017, though the Madison Lodge continues to be open to all guests.<ref>((Cite web|last=Admin|title=Moonlight Lodge goes private|date=24 November 2017 |url=https://www.explorebigsky.com/moonlight-lodge-goes-private/23468|access-date=2021-01-25|language=en-US))</ref> The Madison Base Area is home to a ski school, a restaurant, a rental shop, and a gift store.<ref>((Cite web|title=Mountain Village ((!)) Big Sky Resort|url=https://bigskyresort.com/mountain-village|access-date=2021-01-25|website=bigskyresort.com|language=en))</ref> Another members-only lodge is currently under construction in the Ulery's Lake neighborhood, scheduled to open sometime in 2021.<ref>((Cite web|last=Potter|first=Everett|title=Montana's LakeLodge Set To Debut At Moonlight Basin In Big Sky|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/everettpotter/2020/08/13/montanas-lakelodge-set-to-debut-at-moonlight-basin-in-big-sky/|access-date=2021-01-25|website=Forbes|language=en))</ref>

[[Image:Headwaters.jpg|thumb|Snowboarders hiking The Headwaters with Lone Peak in the background]]

==Resort statistics==
*  Total lifts: 7 (6 chairlifts, 1 conveyor)
*  Total skiable area: ((convert|1900|acre|ha|0))
*  Summit Elevation: ((convert|11166|ft|m|1|abbr=on))
*  Base Elevation: ((convert|7000|ft|m|-2|abbr=on))
*  Mapped Trails: 90
*  Longest run:  ((convert|2.8|mi|km|1))
*  Average annual snowfall: ((convert|400|in|m))

== See also ==

* [[Big Sky Resort]]
* [[Big Sky, Montana]]
* [[Boyne Resorts]]

==References==
((more citations needed|date=September 2008))
((Reflist))

==External links==
* ((cite web|title=Better Together, Big Sky Resort, MT|url=http://www.bigskyresort.com/the-mountain/the-biggest-skiing-in-america/better-together|work=bigskyresort.com|publisher=Big Sky Resort|access-date=2013-10-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005115626/http://www.bigskyresort.com/the-mountain/the-biggest-skiing-in-america/better-together|archive-date=2013-10-05|url-status=dead))
* [http://www.moonlightbasin.com/ Moonlight Basin]
* [http://www.bigskychamber.com/ Big Sky Chamber of Commerce]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110613220117/http://www.snowjournal.com/print.php?docid=607 Moonlight Basin - 01-Sept-2003] at SnowJournal.com
* [http://www.montanariveraction.org/big.sky.yellowstone.club.html River concerns - greater Big Sky area] at MontanaRiverAction.org
* [https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/08/AR2006120800462_pf.html "Plenty of Snow for Everyone" by T.R. Reid - 10-Dec-2006] at WashingtonPost.com
* [http://www.helenair.com/articles/2003/10/16/outdoors/c01101603_01.txt "Moonlight in Montana" - 16-Oct-2003] at HelenaIR.com
* [http://www.billingsgazette.com/newdex.php?display=rednews/2004/04/30/build/state/20-big-sky-expands.inc "Big Sky expands with new resort" - 30-Apr-2004]((dead link|date=February 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes )) at BillingsGazette.com

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