Your 2025 guide to Under the Big Sky — where it is, what it is, how to stay, and all of the ways to make the most of your time around Glacier National Park and Flathead Lake.

It may be Glacier National Park and the surrounding beauty that draws you into Flathead Valley and Montana, but it’s the annual events near Glacier and all the community that will keep you coming back year after year.

A few days ago, a return guest reached out to me asking where the best place to find flats — or 100 lbs — of Flathead cherries would be. So, I set out to ask the locals what they thought. Overwhelmed with the response, I thought this might be helpful for those of you coming for the same reason.