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Flathead Lake Lodge, in Bigfork, Montana, near Whitefish, lies at the foothills of the Swan Mountains where the Swan River feeds into the northern edge of Flathead Lake.
In the mornings, guests ride horses across the 2,000-acre ranch to a fire pit breakfast before deciding whether to hike to waterfalls, explore the on-property elk preserve, kayak, swim or simply relax by a bonfire while looking at the snow-capped mountains in the distance.
Up until recently, the lodge, open annually from May to September, was little known outside its coven of loyal guests, some of whom have been coming for over 50 years. That is, until the months before this post-pandemic summer, when suddenly, it was the top of everyone’s hot list.
With COVID-19 still raging in Europe, places like St. Tropez or Cannes are no longer the places to go. Bill Gates recently spent some time at his home in the Yellowstone Club in Big Sky, Montana, licking his wounds from his divorce announcement from Melinda, and Justin Timberlake spent almost a year there with his wife Jessica Biel and their children — preferring the wide, open spaces to a cramped mansion in Los Angeles.
The coveted crown of the "It Spot" goes to Montana … if you can get in.
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"Right now, we have an average of 20 families per week on the waitlist for 2021," said Chase Averill, the general manager of Flathead Lake Lodge and who, along with his father Doug, owns and operates Flathead Lake Lodge. "For 2022, we already have 88 families on our waitlist, and we’ve started to receive inquiries for 2023."
"Montana is where people want to be," said Averill. "While we see significant traffic from the west coast and Midwest, during the last five years, we’ve seen more guests come to the ranch from New York, Texas and all along the East Coast, which aligns with the increase in airlift from direct flight markets."
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