It has 135 trails and 20 lifts spread across more than 3, 000-acres, renowned tree skiing for experts, plenty of cruisers for beginners and intermediates, even in-bounds sno-cat skiing, something very few resorts offer.

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It counts five lifts and 59 runs (with more of both in the works) and is now the only resort in the world to offer lift, cat-, heli-, and backcountry skiing from the same village.

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My daughters and I managed to rouse ourselves one afternoon after skiing at Moonlight Basin to go to the spa and one night to take a Sno-Cat ride two miles into the back country in the dark for an excellent dinner (tenderloin and mashed potatoes followed by chocolate fondue) in a big, heated yurt, courtesy of Moonlight Dinners.

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