PHOTO: Yellowstone Club
In the secluded Montana wilderness, fewer than 900 elite homeowners at the Yellowstone Club collectively boast a net worth exceeding $290 billion. Spanning 15,000 acres, this ultra-exclusive resort offers premier skiing, golfing, fly fishing, and more. It features 21 chairlifts, a gondola, and private amenities like a concert venue, kids’ movie theater, and “sugar shacks” offering free snacks across the property. With membership capped at 914, applicants undergo a rigorous vetting process and must purchase property to gain entry, ensuring exclusivity and luxury at every turn.
The Rainbow Lodge at Yellowstone Club was recently renovated and includes a dining room and kitchen expansion, patio, two spas, copper pool and a workout facility with men’s and women’s locker rooms
The Yellowstone Club, in Big Sky, Montana, bills itself as ‘the world’s only private ski, golf and adventure community’ whose ‘superior amenities, easy charm and overwhelming natural beauty present an incomparable venue for luxurious mountain living, year-round recreation, and cherished family traditions’
The members-only resort boasts 2,700 acres of ‘Private Powder’ (they’ve trademarked the phrase), as well as 18 lifts, more than 100 trails of varying difficulty, drops of 2,700 vertical feet and a terrain park for snowboarders and skiers
Yellowstone Club prides itself on the resort’s exclusivity and privacy, employing ‘a professional public safety and security staff’ as well as having its own fire department and emergency medical services team
Non-members who’ve scored an invitation have raved about Yellowstone Club on TripAdvisor, which features only 19 reviews of the resort – understandably, given the incredibly slim chance of being invited
Other users have expressed distaste for Yellowstone Club, and many local Montanans seem to enjoy poking fun at the uber-wealthy expounding upon their love of the state (yet rarely, if ever, leaving their exclusive resort)
SOURCE: THE DAILY MAIL