A buyer walked into a Spanish Peaks showing last October and asked what the club actually delivers on a Tuesday morning in July. The honest answer that day was a clubhouse, a golf course, and a hotel next door. The honest answer this July is different, and the difference matters more than most price sheets suggest.
Aspire Lodge, the 28,000-square-foot member amenity building that Lone Mountain Land Company has been building near the Lewis and Clark chair, opens this summer. That single fact reshapes how two otherwise identical Spanish Peaks residences perform for their owners, and it does so at a moment when Big Sky's broader market is cooling.
The Building, In Specifics
Aspire is not a second clubhouse in the traditional sense. It is a mass timber structure designed by Lake|Flato, built with Douglas fir glulam and CLT, with a program aimed at the parts of club life the original clubhouse was never built to serve.
- Two pools, including an outdoor lap pool with adjacent fitness courtyard
- Half-court basketball and sport court
- Climbing wall lit by clerestory windows
- Cardio and weight room, plus a separate fitness studio and yoga studio
- A lodge restaurant, bar, and pizza kitchen with a Lone Peak-facing roof deck
- A trailhead lobby that functions as the gateway to Spanish Peaks' hiking, biking, and Nordic trail network
The building sits upslope of Montage Big Sky and is described by its own design team as engineered to run roughly 70% more energy-efficient than a conventional structure of its size. Read that as an operational detail if you like. Read it more usefully as a signal that Aspire is meant to run hard and run daily, not host the occasional gala.
Two Nodes, One Club
Until this summer, Spanish Peaks members effectively lived on a single spine: the original clubhouse for ski access, fine dining, and golf services, with preferred access to Montage Big Sky for the spa, bowling alley, Compass Sports simulator room, and additional restaurants. Aspire adds a second node with a different personality.
| Node | Anchors the day for | Character |
|---|---|---|
| Spanish Peaks Clubhouse | Ski-in, ski-out access, Tom Weiskopf Signature and Tom's 10, fine dining, member concierge | Refined, service-forward, calendar-driven |
| Aspire Lodge | Fitness, family swim, climbing, casual lodge dining, trailhead departures | Active, multigenerational, drop-in |
| Montage Big Sky | Spa Montage, seven dining outlets, bowling, Rivalry simulator, indoor pool | Hotel-scale, guest-facing, evening-weighted |
A residence that sits five minutes from Aspire behaves differently on a summer Wednesday than one that sits five minutes from the original clubhouse. Neither is better. They are not the same product.
The Membership Tier Still Governs Everything
Aspire does not dissolve the two-tier structure that already shapes Spanish Peaks ownership. The club continues to offer Social Membership and Signature Golf Membership, with Social including clubhouse ski access, dining, the year-round heated pool and hot tubs, trails, tennis and pickleball, youth programming, concierge service, certain Montage amenities, and limited golf with fees. Signature Golf adds unlimited access to the Tom Weiskopf Signature Course and Tom's 10 Par 3 for the member and immediate family, advanced reservations, tournaments, and reciprocity at the Reserve at Moonlight Basin.
What Aspire changes is the weight on the Social side of that comparison. A Social membership attached to a residence within a short walk of Aspire is materially more useful in August 2026 than the same Social membership was in August 2025, because the day-to-day amenity surface has roughly doubled. The Signature Golf premium, priced against Social, is being measured against a stronger baseline than it was a year ago.
What This Does To the Comparison Set
If you are actively comparing Spanish Peaks inventory, treat Aspire as a variable that reweights specific product types. Four to work through:
- Highlands West and Powdercrest homesites. Marketed as ski-in, ski-out with short walks to two Weiskopf courses and the clubhouse. Aspire proximity is a real second attribute for buyers who plan to actually live in the residence for weeks at a stretch, not fly in for ski weekends.
- The Inn Residences at Montage. Deeded one-quarter interests in fully furnished three- and four-bedroom residences connected to Montage by an underground pathway. These already carried Montage privileges and Spanish Peaks membership benefits; the question now is how the fractional use calendar overlaps with a member's most useful window at Aspire.
- Inspiration Point townhome-style residences. Positioned for buyers who want a finished product rather than a design-build. The Aspire opening turns proximity from a nice-to-have into a routine, which changes what "finished" is worth.
- Elk Ridge and Wheatgrass Meadows homes, plus outlier acreage at Big EZ Estates. For legacy estate buyers, Aspire is less relevant to the daily experience and more relevant to how younger family members and guests use the property.
The point is not that Aspire lifts every value at Spanish Peaks equally. The point is that it does not.
Reading Price In A Softer Market
The broader Big Sky market has cooled through the first half of 2026. Zillow's home value index for Big Sky reads roughly $1.64M as of mid-year, down about 6.8% year over year, and Treasure State's January 2026 read put the median list price around $2.4M. Montana is a non-disclosure state, so the sold prices behind those figures are only visible through the Big Sky Country MLS, not the public portals.
An amenity that comes online during a soft market is not a rising tide. It is a wedge. It lifts what it touches and leaves the rest to the broader trend.
For a seller, the practical implication is that inventory closest to Aspire has a story to tell that inventory farther away does not, and that story deserves to be worked into pricing conversation rather than left to the buyer to notice. For a buyer, the implication is the reverse: two comparable residences at similar list prices may not be comparable at all by August, and the discount that looks obvious on the portal is sometimes the older residence in the older location trading against the newer utility next door.
Questions To Answer Before You Write An Offer
- Which membership tier attaches to this specific residence, and what is the current deposit, initiation, and annual dues structure quoted to me in writing?
- If this is a fractional interest, which weeks are mine, and how do those weeks map against Aspire's operating calendar?
- What is the walking or short-shuttle distance from the front door to Aspire, to the original clubhouse, and to the Montage entrance?
- For a homesite, what is my realistic construction timeline, and does my likely occupancy start before or after Aspire's first full operating year?
- What do the SPOA dues and any residence-specific assessments look like against the club dues, so I can see the full carrying cost, not just the club side?
FAQ
Does Aspire replace the original Spanish Peaks Clubhouse?
No. The original clubhouse remains the ski-in, ski-out hub with fine dining, member concierge, golf services, and clubhouse pool and hot tubs. Aspire adds a second amenity building with a different program focused on fitness, family swim, climbing, and casual lodge dining.
Is Aspire open to Social members, or only Signature Golf members?
Public materials position Aspire as a club amenity available to Spanish Peaks members. Because access details can vary by residence and by ownership interest, verify Aspire access in the membership documents tied to the specific property you are considering rather than assuming parity across the community.
Will Aspire access come with resort rentals of Spanish Peaks homes?
Not automatically. Spanish Peaks has historically drawn a line between public rentals, which do not include clubhouse or amenity access, and member and sponsored-guest use, which does. Buyers evaluating a residence for occasional rental should ask specifically how Aspire fits into that framework before closing.
If you are weighing a Spanish Peaks purchase this summer, or thinking about how to price a listing there against a comparison set that will look different by Labor Day, I am happy to walk through the specific residences on your list and what Aspire changes for each. Reach out to Sandy Revisky de Leon for a candid, unhurried conversation. Let's Get Started.
