On a 1,000-acre site east of Manhattan, Montana lies a quintessential Western ranch house. It’s a site that borders the trout waters of the Gallatin River. A creek, also good for fishing, wanders through the property, and an artificial pond rests at the rear of the 11,000-square-foot home.
The wonders never cease at a beautiful winter home designed by Daryl Nourse of Reid Smith Architects for a family from Down Under. Located in Yellowstone Club in Big Sky, Montana, the six-bedroom, eight-bathroom ski-in, ski-out home has an exterior totally in keeping with its alpine surroundings—yet something unusual happens immediately upon drive-up.
A family of four from Connecticut began coming to Montana in 2013 because they loved the winters—and then they discovered the summers. In the summer of 2018, when they moved to Montana full time, their son was getting ready to enter his sophomore year in high school and their daughter was 11.
This home is a defining property within the Big Sky, Montana region; it was one of the first to push the boundaries of interior spaces and exterior landscape. Large apertures of glass frame the views of Pioneer Mountain and Cedar Mountain to the west.
He likes modern; she likes antiques. But when it came to the design of their “forever home” in Big Sky ski-and-golf country, they agreed that, above all, it should be comfortable and welcoming.
Appreciating the rugged beauty and endless splendor of Big Sky Country’s mountain magic isn’t hard to do. For those seeking a destination dream home surrounded by vibrant views of a craggy range and endless sky above a verdant, rolling landscape, the upper-echelon real estate choices of Spanish Peaks Mountain Club are hard to beat.
Designer hiring another designer is pretty much the stuff of fairy tales—it doesn’t really happen. But in the instance of new construction in Big Sky, Montana, a novel collaboration turned out to be key. The series of events, which included a little professional matchmaking, an Italian meet-cute, and a symbiotic sense of style, made for a harmonious process and a home where a family can vacation happily ever after.
Poised on a ridge in the heart of the Yellowstone Club, a renowned enclave of ski-in, ski-out estates just west of Big Sky, Montana, a six-bedroom retreat created for an international couple tells a compelling story of the Rocky Mountain West’s past, present, and future.
It’s an oft-heard story in Big Sky: a Bay Area couple who owned a home in Deer Valley, but were considering a change, went to visit friends at the Yellowstone Club. “It was a bluebird day and super quiet,” recalls the wife. “On day one we just fell in love with the place.”
On a 1,000-acre site east of Manhattan, Montana lies a quintessential Western ranch house. It’s a site that borders the trout waters of the Gallatin River. A creek, also good for fishing, wanders through the property, and an artificial pond rests at the rear of the 11,000-square-foot home.
The wonders never cease at a beautiful winter home designed by Daryl Nourse of Reid Smith Architects for a family from Down Under. Located in Yellowstone Club in Big Sky, Montana, the six-bedroom, eight-bathroom ski-in, ski-out home has an exterior totally in keeping with its alpine surroundings—yet something unusual happens immediately upon drive-up.
A family of four from Connecticut began coming to Montana in 2013 because they loved the winters—and then they discovered the summers. In the summer of 2018, when they moved to Montana full time, their son was getting ready to enter his sophomore year in high school and their daughter was 11.
This home is a defining property within the Big Sky, Montana region; it was one of the first to push the boundaries of interior spaces and exterior landscape. Large apertures of glass frame the views of Pioneer Mountain and Cedar Mountain to the west.