Terrain

The Terrain

20,000 acres of Prime Backcountry

From mellow glades to steep chutes, discover Montana’s most diverse skiing terrain

Our exclusive lease in the Northern Rocky Mountains of Montana gives us access to a vast white wilderness. With terrain that stretches from rolling meadows and burns, to steep tree runs and features, there’s something for every skier and rider. Whether it’s your first day chasing powder or your hundredth, our guides are pros at finding fun lines.  And because a portion of our lease revenue supports Montana’s public schools, your adventure helps give back to the community.

Powder Stats

The Northern Rocky Mountains of Montana averages 350 inches of snowfall each year, delivering the deep, consistent powder that makes GNPG one of Montana’s premier backcountry destinations.

Glades

Flow through perfectly spaced trees with untouched powder stashes. Our glades are ideal for advanced and expert powder skiers and snowboarders.

Glades
Pillow & Features

Pillows & Features

Playful features shaped by Montana’s deep snowpack. Bounce, pop, and drop through natural powder pillows that keep you grinning all day.

Chutes

Tight, steep, and technical. For expert skiers and riders, our chutes deliver adrenaline-pumping descents through the Rockies’ wild terrain

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Burns

A cross between a tree run and an open slope, those summer fires leave us with some interesting new runs each winter. It’s an almost surreal skiing experience. 

Due to prescribed yearly burns and contracted logging contracts within the Stillwater State Forest, our terrain is always expanding.

20,000+ acres of terrain

7,500’ peaks accessible by custom cats

Up to 3,788’ vertical descents

Safety & Prep

Every guest receives an avalanche beacon and training before heading into the field. With our experienced guides and daily terrain assessments, you’ll explore Montana’s backcountry safely—and with confidence.

What Our Guests Say

If you’ve not yet gotten the chance to have an epic backcountry powder day, in your own backyard I might add, get with the awesome crew here! They will take you out for a great day of freshies!! Cheers

– Mike

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Matthew Parobeck
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Excellent trip with GNPG! Group of 3 people, hit the steep and Deep first day, 2nd day the normal trip. Great ride in the cats up to the terrain and the runs were great! This is our 4th year in the back country and GNPG met all expectations! Highly recommend!
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Danell Booher
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Best. Day(s). Ever. Thank you to our guides, the cat drivers, the team who made lunch at the yurt. I couldn’t have asked for a better experience. Fresh powder, fun and felt safe the whole time.
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Andrea Marangoni
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Great powder… bluebird day! The steep and deep was absolutely worth it!! Cole great guide!!
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Kevin Hazzard
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My days with Great Northern were 2 seasons in the making. Last year, they didn't have the snow so they recommended we take a credit. That told me they really wanted us to have the best experience and not just take our money. So, we booked again for this season and added an additional day. Unfortunately, we didn't hit a snow cycle, but they have enough terrain to choose from that we were getting fresh pow on both days. Jay, Ky and the entire Great Northern Crew went out of their way to make sure we had a great time. The guides were great (Grant and Kenny - Day 1 / Cole and Tony for day 2) and Bill knows how to get that Cat around!! I've been out with many Cat operations throughout the Rockies and these guys are pros! Can't wait to get back out with them again.
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Riley Biloki
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Ky and the team over at great northern powder guides are amazing people and great to work with! If you're looking for experts in the back country look no further! Thanks again! Riley
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Jace Barrera
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Such and amazing experience! The skiing and powder were insane and the staff rocked! 100% doing again!
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Brian Judd
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Had the best time with our guides Calvin and KC. Special shout out to Cole who was our lead guide all three days we skied, who put us on trails that were amazing. It was great to have him all three days as he picked stuff for us that fit our skill level and really tailored the trip to us. Can’t recommend GNPG enough! Resort skiing won’t be the same after experiencing this!
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Jason Eckerman
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Amazing!!!! The terrain is special, the guides drivers and staff are wonderful, and the whole operation is really well done. I’ve been up several times and it’s an exceptional time each and every time.
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Aidan Stead
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From start to finish, this place was unreal. The guides/ staff were stellar: never once felt in danger, great to talk to, and made a phenomenal lunch. It felt like we were in a video game and teleported to the middle of nature in all the best ways. Conditions were amazing and I felt like I was surfing. #montanasucksstayaway