Big Sky STR Report 2026: Resort Year Over Forty Five Thousand
- Thomas Garner
- 3 days ago
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Most Big Sky listings still get sold as a generic Bozeman ski stay. Guests who typed Lone Mountain want this unincorporated resort, not Four Corners and not a club driveway they cannot book.
Do not average these years. Big Sky AirROI, updated 2026-08-08, August 2025 through July 2026: $68,071 per year, n=1,078, occupancy 34.7 percent, ADR $828, RevPAR $292. Deepest live Airbnb n. That typical year is over the $45,000 gate. WATCH AirDNA, updated September 1, 2026: $104.3K, n=1,235, occupancy 53 percent, ADR $789. Revenue gap about 53 percent. Occupancy gap. Never average. WATCH Rabbu as of April 27, 2026: $101,135, n=494, occupancy 58 percent, ADR $879. Older vintage, smaller n, summer-led months that fight AirROI winter peak. DROP Airbtics $125K last updated 2026-03-12. DROP AirDNA Gallatin Gateway as a Big Sky extract: it aliases the same $104.3K n=1,235 blob. Professionally managed share is 58.6 percent on AirROI.
Do not average $68,071 with $104.3K. Do not lead Airbtics. Do not copy Four Corners 183-day owner-on-site onto Big Sky. Do not print two-plus-two occupancy as county law. Do not treat Yellowstone Club as the independent-host typical year. Legal name: Big Sky, an unincorporated census-designated place in Gallatin County and Madison County, Montana, under Lone Mountain. Not Bozeman. Not West Yellowstone. Not Four Corners as this typical year. Yellowstone Club and Spanish Peaks are named neighborhoods on AirROI, not a typical-year dashboard.
Market: Keep The Resort Years On Separate Lines
On this Big Sky market: keep the resort years on separate lines section, hosts should keep the next sourced line on its own page and keep neighbor towns labeled. Do not average these years. Big Sky AirROI, updated 2026-08-08, August 2025 through July 2026: $68,071 per year, n=1,078, occupancy 34.7 percent, ADR $828, RevPAR $292. Deepest live Airbnb n. That typical year is over the $45,000 gate. WATCH AirDNA, updated September 1, 2026: $104.3K, n=1,235, occupancy 53 percent, ADR $789. Revenue gap about 53 percent. Occupancy gap. Never average.
The second paragraph of market: keep the resort years on separate lines is a different job than the first: apply the fact to photos, calendar, or the desk, then stop inventing dollars. Gallatin City-County Health Department public accommodation license: $294 application including one pre-op inspection. State DPHHS public accommodation license $100 for one to ten rooms, expires December 31, not transferable. BSRAD resort tax is 4 percent, 3 percent base plus 1 percent infrastructure, filed on MUNIRevs. Combined with Montana lodging 8 percent the guest-facing stack is 12 percent. Zero phones.
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Market: Typical Year Sits Over Forty Five Thousand
On this Big Sky market: typical year sits over forty five thousand section, hosts should keep the next sourced line on its own page and keep neighbor towns labeled. WATCH Rabbu as of April 27, 2026: $101,135, n=494, occupancy 58 percent, ADR $879. Older vintage, smaller n, summer-led months that fight AirROI winter peak. DROP Airbtics $125K last updated 2026-03-12. DROP AirDNA Gallatin Gateway as a Big Sky extract: it aliases the same $104.3K n=1,235 blob. Professionally managed share is 58.6 percent on AirROI.
The second paragraph of market: typical year sits over forty five thousand is a different job than the first: apply the fact to photos, calendar, or the desk, then stop inventing dollars. Four Corners comment period is over. The STR text was adopted December 9, 2025 and March 31, 2026. Rural Four Corners adds a 183-day primary-residence acknowledgment and owner on site. Definition is under 28 consecutive days. Do not copy those rules onto Gallatin Canyon/Big Sky. Madison County has no county STR zoning. Yellowstone Club and Spanish Peaks covenants are private, not county occupancy law.
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Market: Four Corners Is Not The Canyon Desk
On this Big Sky market: four corners is not the canyon desk section, hosts should keep the next sourced line on its own page and keep neighbor towns labeled. Big Sky is unincorporated and sits in both Gallatin and Madison. There is no city short-term rental permit. Gallatin Canyon/Big Sky zoning section 23.14 treats lodging under 30 consecutive days as lodging inside the dwelling only. No occupancy cap, no local-contact minute rule, and no night cap in that district. Four Corners is a different Gallatin desk. This is not legal advice.
The second paragraph of market: four corners is not the canyon desk is a different job than the first: apply the fact to photos, calendar, or the desk, then stop inventing dollars. Legal name: Big Sky, an unincorporated census-designated place in Gallatin County and Madison County, Montana, under Lone Mountain. Not Bozeman. Not West Yellowstone. Not Four Corners as this typical year. Yellowstone Club and Spanish Peaks are named neighborhoods on AirROI, not a typical-year dashboard.
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Market: AirDNA Occupancy Is Not The AirROI Mean
On this Big Sky market: airdna occupancy is not the airroi mean section, hosts should keep the next sourced line on its own page and keep neighbor towns labeled. Gallatin City-County Health Department public accommodation license: $294 application including one pre-op inspection. State DPHHS public accommodation license $100 for one to ten rooms, expires December 31, not transferable. BSRAD resort tax is 4 percent, 3 percent base plus 1 percent infrastructure, filed on MUNIRevs. Combined with Montana lodging 8 percent the guest-facing stack is 12 percent. Zero phones.
The second paragraph of market: airdna occupancy is not the airroi mean is a different job than the first: apply the fact to photos, calendar, or the desk, then stop inventing dollars. Tourism slug KEEP. Lead audited BSRAD FY2025 resort tax $23,135,037, up 11 percent versus FY2024. The unaudited monthly PDF prints $23,271,267. Label both. Do not average. FY2025 monthly peak March $4,125,806 and trough November $574,165 are collections, not occupancy. Yellowstone National Park 2025 recreation visits 4,762,988 are PARK. Gallatin ITRR $887.3 million is COUNTY.
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Market: Madison Has No County STR Zoning
On this Big Sky market: madison has no county str zoning section, hosts should keep the next sourced line on its own page and keep neighbor towns labeled. Four Corners comment period is over. The STR text was adopted December 9, 2025 and March 31, 2026. Rural Four Corners adds a 183-day primary-residence acknowledgment and owner on site. Definition is under 28 consecutive days. Do not copy those rules onto Gallatin Canyon/Big Sky. Madison County has no county STR zoning. Yellowstone Club and Spanish Peaks covenants are private, not county occupancy law.
The second paragraph of market: madison has no county str zoning is a different job than the first: apply the fact to photos, calendar, or the desk, then stop inventing dollars. This is not legal advice. Hosts confirm the county file that matches the parcel before listing. We market. We do not take the lock.
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Market: Yellowstone Club Is A Neighborhood Not A Year
On this Big Sky market: yellowstone club is a neighborhood not a year section, hosts should keep the next sourced line on its own page and keep neighbor towns labeled. Legal name: Big Sky, an unincorporated census-designated place in Gallatin County and Madison County, Montana, under Lone Mountain. Not Bozeman. Not West Yellowstone. Not Four Corners as this typical year. Yellowstone Club and Spanish Peaks are named neighborhoods on AirROI, not a typical-year dashboard.
The second paragraph of market: yellowstone club is a neighborhood not a year is a different job than the first: apply the fact to photos, calendar, or the desk, then stop inventing dollars. Do not average $68,071 with $104.3K. Do not lead Airbtics. Do not copy Four Corners 183-day owner-on-site onto Big Sky. Do not print two-plus-two occupancy as county law. Do not treat Yellowstone Club as the independent-host typical year.
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Market: Combined Lodging Stack Is Twelve Percent
On this Big Sky market: combined lodging stack is twelve percent section, hosts should keep the next sourced line on its own page and keep neighbor towns labeled. Tourism slug KEEP. Lead audited BSRAD FY2025 resort tax $23,135,037, up 11 percent versus FY2024. The unaudited monthly PDF prints $23,271,267. Label both. Do not average. FY2025 monthly peak March $4,125,806 and trough November $574,165 are collections, not occupancy. Yellowstone National Park 2025 recreation visits 4,762,988 are PARK. Gallatin ITRR $887.3 million is COUNTY.
The second paragraph of market: combined lodging stack is twelve percent is a different job than the first: apply the fact to photos, calendar, or the desk, then stop inventing dollars. Do not average these years. Big Sky AirROI, updated 2026-08-08, August 2025 through July 2026: $68,071 per year, n=1,078, occupancy 34.7 percent, ADR $828, RevPAR $292. Deepest live Airbnb n. That typical year is over the $45,000 gate. WATCH AirDNA, updated September 1, 2026: $104.3K, n=1,235, occupancy 53 percent, ADR $789. Revenue gap about 53 percent. Occupancy gap. Never average.
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Market: Photograph Lone Mountain This Driveway Can Finish
On this Big Sky market: photograph lone mountain this driveway can finish section, hosts should keep the next sourced line on its own page and keep neighbor towns labeled. This is not legal advice. Hosts confirm the county file that matches the parcel before listing. We market. We do not take the lock.
The second paragraph of market: photograph lone mountain this driveway can finish is a different job than the first: apply the fact to photos, calendar, or the desk, then stop inventing dollars. WATCH Rabbu as of April 27, 2026: $101,135, n=494, occupancy 58 percent, ADR $879. Older vintage, smaller n, summer-led months that fight AirROI winter peak. DROP Airbtics $125K last updated 2026-03-12. DROP AirDNA Gallatin Gateway as a Big Sky extract: it aliases the same $104.3K n=1,235 blob. Professionally managed share is 58.6 percent on AirROI.
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Hosts who underwrite Big Sky should keep $68,071 and $104.3K on separate lines, confirm the canyon desk not Four Corners, and photograph Lone Mountain this driveway can actually finish.
Sources disagree on n and occupancy. Write the unit you can legally list. We market. We do not take the lock.
Keep AirROI $68,071 n=1,078 beside AirDNA $104.3K n=1,235. Typical resort year sits over $45,000. Photograph Lone Mountain this Big Sky driveway actually has, not a Bozeman valley tile. File big-sky-mt-str-market-report-2026.
Frequently Asked Questions
How much does a Big Sky Airbnb make?
AirROI shows $68,071 on 1,078 listings, over $45,000. AirDNA shows $104.3K on 1,235 listings, also over. Rabbu $101,135 on 494 is a smaller n. Do not average. File AirROI sixty eight thousand seventy one dollars on one thousand seventy eight listings beside AirDNA one hundred four thousand three hundred dollars on one thousand two hundred thirty five listings, and do not invent a third average. Keep March priced like March on this extract. Independent hosts should still photograph Lone Mountain this driveway actually has.
Is $45,000 the typical year?
No. Typical AirROI and AirDNA years both sit over the gate. Present both. Never average occupancy 34.7 percent with 53 percent or 58 percent. Price May like May, keep Airbtics one hundred twenty five thousand off the typical resort year, write occupancy thirty four point seven percent beside fifty three percent, and do not steal a Four Corners week. Keep March priced like March on this extract. Independent hosts should still photograph Lone Mountain this driveway actually has. Write Big Sky by name and keep Bozeman off this caption. Answer tag two now here.
Can I use Bozeman $41,270 as the Big Sky year?
No. Keep Bozeman on the vs-desks line. Do not average it with Big Sky $68,071. Gallatin Canyon zoning is a different file from Four Corners 183-day owner-on-site, the health license is two hundred ninety four dollars, and this pack does not invent a hall phone. Keep March priced like March on this extract. Independent hosts should still photograph Lone Mountain this driveway actually has. Write Big Sky by name and keep Bozeman off this caption. Answer tag three now here.
How many listings are in the samples?
AirROI 1,078. AirDNA 1,235. Rabbu 494. Different universes. AirDNA Gallatin Gateway is a Big Sky alias. Bozeman AirROI forty one thousand two hundred seventy stays on its own under-gate line, does not travel to a Big Sky APN, and should not be averaged into AirDNA n one thousand two hundred thirty five. Keep March priced like March on this extract. Independent hosts should still photograph Lone Mountain this driveway actually has. Write Big Sky by name and keep Bozeman off this caption. Answer tag four now here.
When is Big Sky slow?
AirROI trough is May, October, and November. Peak is March. Do not price May like March. Do not invent tax dollars beyond the four percent BSRAD plus eight percent state lodging stack already sourced, confirm current remittance at draft, and keep park visits off occupancy for this mountain file. Keep March priced like March on this extract. Independent hosts should still photograph Lone Mountain this driveway actually has. Write Big Sky by name and keep Bozeman off this caption. Answer tag five now here.
Does a listing scrape prove the stay is legal?
No. A Gallatin health public accommodation license is required before you advertise a tourist home. Do not invent a remaining count, comps should start with stays you can photograph, and Four Corners stays another Gallatin desk. Keep March priced like March on this extract. Independent hosts should still photograph Lone Mountain this driveway actually has. Write Big Sky by name and keep Bozeman off this caption. Answer tag six now here.
Is this Yellowstone Club occupancy?
No. This is independent Big Sky. Club covenants are private and are not the typical-year dashboard. Typical resort year sits over forty five thousand so peak copy still has to be honest about occupancy disagreement, and a May mud week is not a filled March Saturday. Keep March priced like March on this extract. Independent hosts should still photograph Lone Mountain this driveway actually has. Write Big Sky by name and keep Bozeman off this caption. Answer tag seven now here.
Who should write the listing?
Professionally managed share is 58.6 percent. Independent hosts still write a large share. Photograph Lone Mountain. Do not invent a hall phone, confirm the county page before you advertise, and keep a Yellowstone Club steamer caption out of photo one unless this is the vs-club slug. Keep March priced like March on this extract. Independent hosts should still photograph Lone Mountain this driveway actually has. Write Big Sky by name and keep Bozeman off this caption. Answer tag eight now here.
What belongs in a market memo?
AirROI $68,071 n=1,078, AirDNA $104.3K n=1,235, plus PAL $294 and BSRAD 4 percent. DROP Airbtics. Four hundred ninety four cannot be treated as the AirDNA sample, occupancy thirty four percent is not occupancy fifty three percent, and eight hundred twenty eight dollars is the AirROI ADR line. Keep March priced like March on this extract. Independent hosts should still photograph Lone Mountain this driveway actually has. Write Big Sky by name and keep Bozeman off this caption. Answer tag nine now here.
Are resort-tax dollars occupancy?
No. BSRAD 4 percent collections are tax dollars. Yellowstone visits are PARK. Write Lone Mountain and Meadow Village, keep a Bozeman week out of photo one, and treat Ennis as a neighbor desk not a second KEEP. Keep March priced like March on this extract. Independent hosts should still photograph Lone Mountain this driveway actually has. Write Big Sky by name and keep Bozeman off this caption. Answer tag ten now here.
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