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Day Hikes Around Bozeman, Montana, 3rd

Day Hikes Around Bozeman, Montana, 3rd
By Robert Stone

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Bozeman, Montana is an amiable mountain community steeped in history and surrounded by stunning landscape. The city lies between the Gallatin and Yellowstone River valleys amidst several mountain ranges. The fantastic scenery combined with national forests, wilderness areas, and an outdoor-oriented community make the hiking in this area superb.
In this thoroughly revised third edition, Day Hikes Around Bozeman, Montana pulls together 75 of the best day hikes into a straight-forward, hassle-free guide aimed to get you on the trails. The hikes explore the mountain ranges and valleys that converge around Bozeman, including the Bridgers, Gallatin Canyon, the Spanish Peaks, the Gallatin Range, and Paradise Valley. Several trails are located with the city itself, which boasts a thriving community trail system and an active liberal-arts college. The Gallatin National Forest, part of the greater Yellowstone ecosystem that stretches to Bozeman, spreads across 1.8-million acres and six mountain ranges. Trail highlights include waterfalls, alpine lakes, sweeping overlooks, valleys surrounded by craggy peaks, petrified forests, historic sites, and the soothing sound of creeks tumbling through forested canyons.
Companion guides include Day Hikes In Yellowstone National Park and Day Hikes In the Beartooth Mountains.

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  • Amazon Sales Rank: #808990 in Books
  • Published on: 2007-04-01
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Binding: Paperback
  • 192 pages

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From the Back Cover

DAY HIKES AROUND BOZEMAN, MONTANA is a collection of 75 memorable day hikes in the mountain ranges and valleys surrounding this city. Trails are abundant and the hiking is fantastic. Highlights include plunging waterfalls, valleys surrounded by craggy peaks, petrified forests, sweeping overlooks, and the soothing sound of creeks tumbling through forested canyons. Hikes are suited to every ability and interest. Clear directions and ample maps.

About the Author

Since 1991, veteran hiker Robert Stone has been writer, photographer, and publisher of Day Hike Books. He is a Los Angeles Times Best Selling Author, an award-winning author of Rocky Mountain Outdoor Writers and Photographers, and writes a column for the LA Weekly magazine. Robert has hiked every trail in the Day Hike Book series. With 22 hiking guides in the series, many in their third and fourth editions, he has hiked thousands of miles of trails throughout the western United States and Hawaii. Robert resides summers in the Rocky Mountains of Montana and winters on the California Central Coast.

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Buffalo Horn Pass straddles the Gallatin Range Divide between the Yellowstone and Gallatin Rivers. The pass lies between the northwest corner of Yellowstone National Park and Ramshorn Peak in the 26,000-acre Gallatin Petrified Forest. Millions of years ago, volcanic mudflows smothered and preserved ancient tropical forests in this fascinating area. Exposed by erosion, petrified stumps and logs are abundant throughout the landscape. The hike begins from Tom Miner Campground and parallels Trail Creek, continuing past the creek’s headwaters to a circular meadow at the 8,523-foot summit of Buffalo Horn Pass. Atop the ridge are the petrified forest and a 4-way junction, with connections to the Gallatin Canyon, Ramshorn Peak, and Yellowstone National Park. (followed by driving and hiking directions, map)

Customer Reviews

Excellent day hiking guide for the Bozeman MT area5
This well researched book has many excellent short hikes in the Bozeman area including Bear Canyon, Galatin Valley and Paradise Valley. The book includes hikes to waterfalls, mountain lakes and of course, the wonderful Hyalite Canyon area. For day hikes in Yellowstone National Park, Stone has published "Day Hikes in Yellowstone National Park."

Useful4
If you are visiting the Bozeman area in the near future - this is a must have resource if you are going to hike. The information is mostly up to date, one note when the book says the rode is rough on the way to the trail, you may want to have a car than can handle mud and bumps and bad roads.

In other words, leave the rental car that is front wheel drive and subcompact for the easy roads.

Good book -

JVD

No Crazy Mountain range included2
We were planning on hiking the Crazy Mountain range, but there were no trails included in this book even though they are in the Bozeman area.