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.

I set out to ask the locals what they thought were the best orchards around. Overwhelmed with the response, this is what they said.

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.