Snowdrift
Moonlight Basin | Big Sky, Montana
Location
Big Sky, Montana
Photography
Whitney Kamman
Interior Designer
Abby Hetherington Interiors
Contractor
Schlauch Bottcher Construction
Snowdrift
Two Visions. One Forever Home
When two people want fundamentally different things from their forever home — one modern, one drawn to antiques — the architecture either picks a side or finds a third way. This one found a third way. Set on a prime Moonlight Basin ski-and-golf lot, this 5,300-square-foot mountain contemporary holds modern precision and rustic warmth in the same frame without a visible seam. Local Montana Chief Cliff stone runs through the exterior and interior: fireplaces, stair walls, the primary suite. Reclaimed wood and powder-coated steel beams add texture. Expansive window walls frame the Spanish Peaks, and the layout — kid-friendly rec spaces, a hidden pantry, and flexible guest quarters — is designed to be lived in for generations, not just visited.