Just because the snow melts doesn’t mean the adventure ends. When ski season wraps, North America’s top mountain resorts trade snowflakes for sand traps – transforming into epic summer golf getaways. Think crisp alpine air, emerald fairways, and après-golf drinks on the patio with the same sweeping views you loved from the lift.
Summer Golf at Your Favorite Ski Resorts
1. Whistler Blackcomb, British Columbia, Canada
Forget beach vacations – Whistler in the summer is where real golfers go to play. Golf in the Canadian Rockies is equal parts sport and spectacle, with glacier-fed lakes, tight, tree-lined fairways, and enough jaw-dropping views to rival any run on Blackcomb. Some of our favorites in the area include the Palmer-designed Whistler Golf Club, along with Nicklaus North, just a few minutes away.
And for those who really want to take their game to new heights, there’s heli golf – a bucket-list experience that starts with a 20-minute scenic flight to Whistler’s highest point, Mount Currie, where you’ll launch eco-friendly golf balls into the wide-open wilderness during a 30-minute range session. It’s part golf, part adventure, and all the proof you need that Whistler just does summer differently.
2. Park City Mountain, Utah
We’re headed back below the border with our next pick: Park City, Utah. And it’s one of the most underrated golf destinations in the West. Canyons Golf is the headliner, built right into the side of Park City Mountain. Expect 550 feet of elevation change, a dramatic 300-foot drop on Hole 10, and a gutsy island green on 18. Just a few miles away, Park City Golf Club, a local favorite, offers a walkable, tree-lined layout right in the heart of town. Other tracks like Glenwild Golf Club, Promontory’s Painted Valley and Pete Dye courses, and Talisker Club (designed by Mark O’Meara) deliver championship-level play with sweeping Wasatch views to match.
3. Vail & Beaver Creek, Colorado
From Park City, we keep climbing – this time into the Colorado high country, where summer golf feels like it’s been airlifted into the clouds. Welcome to Beaver Creek and Vail, two mountain towns that trade ski boots for spikes as soon as the snow clears.
At Beaver Creek Golf Club, you’ll find a Robert Trent Jones Jr. design that winds through the resort’s lush terrain with lush fairways, well-placed bunkers, and epic elevation changes. A few miles east, Vail Golf Club offers a more relaxed, walkable round at the foot of the Gore Range, where Gore Creek and glacial backdrops provide the kind of setting you’ll actually want to slow down and enjoy. But, Red Sky Golf Club is the real showstopper here. Set just beyond Beaver Creek in Wolcott, it’s home to two championship tracks – one by Tom Fazio, one by Greg Norman. What more could you want?
4. Stratton Mountain, Vermont
After chasing altitude out West, we’re heading East, where Stratton Mountain Golf Course delivers a different kind of mountain golf. It’s less rugged, more refined. Less big-and-bold, more classic-and-crisp. But don’t let the postcard setting fool you – Stratton’s 27 championship holes pack a punch. Designed by Geoffrey Cornish, the Mountain, Forest, and Lake nines thread through Vermont’s Green Mountains with a mix of elevated tees, narrow tree lines, and greens that demand your full attention.
It’s golf with that signature Vermont calm: cool mornings, quiet fairways, and pine-scented air that invite you to linger a little longer.
5. Sun Valley Resort, Idaho
Long celebrated for its snowy slopes and Hollywood history, Sun Valley trades fresh tracks for fairways in the warmer months – and it turns out, the golf is just as cinematic. The centerpiece here is Trail Creek, a Robert Trent Jones Jr. re-design that moves with the land, curving along rivers, under aspen groves, and through truly stunning mountain terrain.
If you’re looking for something a little wilder, the White Clouds Course turns things up a notch. With only nine holes but elevation for days, it’s all big tee shots, big views, and bold shot-making. Over at Elkhorn Golf Course, you’ll find a resort-style layout that’s equal parts playable and polished, with wide fairways and enough contour to keep things interesting.
Add in long summer days under Idaho’s big sky, the scent of sagebrush on the breeze, and a town where fly shops and fine dining share the same block, and Sun Valley starts to feel like the best-kept secret in mountain golf.
6. Big Sky Resort, Montana
If golf had a frontier, it would look a lot like Big Sky, Montana. Here, the fairways don’t just hug the land – they vanish into it, stretching toward snow-capped peaks beneath skies so vast they feel almost unreal. It’s golf unplugged, untamed, and unmistakably Montana. Every crisp strike echoes off the mountains, and your only gallery might be a herd of elk just beyond the rough.
At Big Sky Resort Golf Course, an Arnold Palmer design drapes along the Gallatin River with effortless swagger. It’s equal parts classic mountain track and open-air nature show, where elevation and wildlife keep things interesting. But if you’re after something even bolder, head to The Reserve at Moonlight Basin, an 8,000-yard Jack Nicklaus course set at 7,500 feet. It’s golf on a grand scale with the kind of silence that reminds you just how far you’ve escaped.
7. Lake Tahoe, Utah/California
Only in Lake Tahoe can you stripe a drive beneath a snow-capped peak, then walk off the 18th green and straight onto a paddleboard.
If you’ve carved turns at Heavenly, you already know the magic of Tahoe’s South Shore. Just minutes away, Edgewood Tahoe delivers that same wow factor – this time, from the tee box. This lakeside legend hosts the celebrity-stacked American Century Championship every summer, but you don’t need a TV crew to feel the magic. From the pine-framed fairways to the closing stretch right along the water, it’s the kind of course that leaves you speechless, even if your scorecard tells a different story.
Up at Northstar, experience the Northstar Golf Course, a casual but quietly challenging track that winds through Martis Valley, surrounded by Jeffrey pines and snowy ridgelines that linger deep into summer.
And the hits don’t stop there. Just west, The Links at Everline delivers 18 holes of dramatic alpine golf at the base of Palisades Tahoe, complete with meadows, creeks, and granite cliffs. Over in Truckee, Old Greenwood brings Jack Nicklaus-designed boldness and Tour-level conditioning, while Coyote Moon offers a pure escape – no homes, no noise, just sky, trees, and the occasional deer watching you line up your shot.
8. Killington Resort, Vermont
Killington may be king of the East Coast ski season, but come summer, it trades moguls for mowed fairways, and the results are just as impressive. The Killington Golf Course, sitting at the base of the mountain, weaves elevation changes, dense forests, and panoramic Green Mountain views into one gorgeous loop. The front nine builds the drama, the back nine delivers it, and the cool Vermont air makes walking the course feel as refreshing as the pint waiting at the 19th hole. It’s a rugged, no-frills track – but that’s part of the charm.
While the seasons change, the hassle of traveling with your gear remains the same. That’s where ShipSticks comes in. We’ll get your gear to the first tee without the baggage claim drama, the oversized luggage fees, or the awkward stares as you wedge your travel bag into a rental car.
And when winter rolls back around? ShipSkis handles your skis or snowboard with the same door-to-slope convenience as you travel to your favorite ski resorts.
Golf in the summer. Ski in the winter. Easy travel all year long.
