Fully illustrated handbook to Mountain Biking in the greater Bozeman, Montana area. This book is an entry point in the many sides of the sport, people that make the local bike community thrive and artwork and animation to get you stoked about where to explore or what skill to develop next. Includes: ? Access points, trails descriptions to over 20 local trailheads in the Bozeman and Big Sky areas? QR code links to interviews with local mountain biking program directors? GPS map with extended routes and trailhead directions? QR code link to animated short film
A smart illustrated guidebook to Nordic, alpine and backcountry skiing in the "Biggest Skiing in America" - MONTANA.Bozeman's 6 months of winter legendary trail systems, ski resorts and famous "cold smoke" powder provide limitless winter skiing opportunities for half of the year and more in the high-country. Hand-drawn maps and GPS tracks for the best Nordic, Alpine and Backcountry ski routes in this illustrated guide of the Bridgers, Bozeman, Gallatin Gateway, Big Sky and Yellowstone. There is unlimited skiing in this area. We just scratch the surface with these: 2 Down Hill Ski Resorts, 3 Cross Country Nordic Centers, and 30+ ungroomed backcountry routes. Your Illustrated Gateway to Winter.Expert advice from a dozen local skiers where to bring your dog, ski a peak, learn how to ski where to eat and soak and more brought to life in over 50 hand drawn illustrations. Ski like an all-around winter athlete. Loads of interactive content; audio interviews, animated videos and GPS tracks accessible from the book. Meet the people and places of SW Montana greater Yellowstone Region skiing. Let's go explore the last best place of skiing!
“You haven’t been west in any meaningful sense until you’ve been to Blue Deer, Montana . . . Rekindles our delight in Ms. Harrison’s offbeat sensibility and tart regional voice.” —The New York Times Book Review “What seems characteristic of the best crime writing is surpassingly true of Jamie Harrison: she is creating entertainment and diversion, but she is also writing social history as accurate in its essences as a road map and generating a most admirable work of literature.” —Los Angeles Times Love and rodeos, land and greed. The inhabitants of Blue Deer are gearing up for the annual Fourth of July rodeo, with tourists descending upon the town “in a kind of berserk westward ho.” When the bodies of an environmental lawyer and his lover are found bobbing inside a tent in a reservoir, Jules at first assumes jealousy, but follows the evidence through the intricacies of mining law, rodeos, and explosions, leading to a proposed resort in the Crazy Mountains. Going Local continues the exploits of Sheriff Jules Clement in this exciting installment of the critically acclaimed mystery series.
From the Cabinet Mountain Wilderness in the northwest, to the Yellowstone River Valley in the south, The Best in Tent Camping: Montana is a guidebook for tent campers who like quiet, scenic, and serene campsites. Whether you are a native Montanan in search of new territory or a vacationer on the lookout for that dream campground, this book unlocks the secrets to the best tent camping that Montana has to offer.
In the 87 issues of Snow Country published between 1988 and 1999, the reader can find the defining coverage of mountain resorts, ski technique and equipment, racing, cross-country touring, and the growing sport of snowboarding during a period of radical change. The award-winning magazine of mountain sports and living tracks the environmental impact of ski area development, and people moving to the mountains to work and live.
One fall night in TK, Steve Sabol of NFL Films answered the door to see his friend, Philadelphia Eagles linebacker Tim “Rosso” Rossovich, standing there literally on fire. After Sabol knocked Rossovich to the ground and put out the fire, Rosso stood up and (without missing a beat) said, “Sorry, I must have the wrong apartment.” Pro football has been filled with players like this—loose cannons, rebels and trash talkers. Some players are more likeable than others, and some might even be certifiably crazy...yet what perfectly sane athlete signs up to get belted around by 300-pound behemoths for three hours every Sunday? Why Dick Butkus claims his reputation for meanness—which includes biting a referee's finger—was blown way out of proportion How dumping Gatorade on a winning coach became a postseason tradition Who “He Hate Me” was, and exactly why “He” hated him. From sideline spats to touchdown celebrations to draft day tales, 300 Pounds of Attitude reveals the true stories of the most entertaining figures that have played the game of professional football. One fall night in TK, Steve Sabol of NFL Films answered the door to see his friend, Philadelphia Eagles linebacker Tim “Rosso” Rossovich, standing there literally on fire. After Sabol knocked Rossovich to the ground and put out the fire, Rosso stood up and (without missing a beat) said, “Sorry, I must have the wrong apartment.” Pro football has been filled with players like this—loose cannons, rebels and trash talkers. Some players are more likeable than others, and some might even be certifiably crazy...yet what perfectly sane athlete signs up to get belted around by 300-pound behemoths for three hours every Sunday? In 300 Pounds of Attitude, author Jonathan Rand takes us into the huddle, on the sidelines, and behind the scenes to reveal the most offbeat and hilarious stories from the NFL. Why Dick Butkus claims his reputation for meanness—which includes biting a referee's finger—was blown way out of proportion How dumping Gatorade on a winning coach became a postseason tradition Who “He Hate Me” was, and exactly why “He” hated him. From sideline spats to touchdown celebrations to draft day tales, 300 Pounds of Attitude reveals the true stories of the most entertaining figures that have played the game of professional football.
