May Cover Artist: Ryley Enich

Sun. May. 1st, 2022

Ryley Enich is a designer, outdoor enthusiast and artist. His work, a reflection of where he feels most happy, largely depicts scenes from mountain hikes, pristine streams or alpine lakes. He is a native Missoulian and Bozeman area transplant, and…

Get Ready For Your Next Adventure

Angie Ripple  |   Sun. May. 1st, 2022

Each May, Bozeman celebrates as over a thousand students graduate from Montana State University and ready themselves for their next adventure. This year marks the 20th anniversary of the publishers of Bozeman Magazine graduating from MSU with art…

Miracle of America: One of Montana’s Hidden Gems

Colleen Angarone  |   Sun. May. 1st, 2022

The wind whistled and wailed, picking up snow piles on both sides of the freeway. My friend Hans’ tiny Honda CR-V rode the waves of sleet, which appeared as a ghostlike entity dancing with unpredictable twists and turns. I clung tightly to the…

Spring Road Trip

Steve McGann  |   Sun. May. 1st, 2022

Every May I charge off somewhere too early for the season. I once loaded a large canoe on top of a small car and drove to Hyalite. The ice fisherman out on the reservoir got a good laugh from that misguided decision. I put my head down and drove the…

Bozeman Condo & Townhouse Sales

Tim Ford  |   Sun. May. 1st, 2022

As the green grass starts to occasionally peek out, the weather is reminding us that Bozeman is a mountain town. We were teased by an early stretch of warm weather, but as I write this, winter has returned and reminded many not to take their snow…

Last Call Modern Mexican

Angie Ripple  |   Sun. May. 1st, 2022

There is something about this place that continues to draw people here. A simple pandemic road trip to keep a vacation promise to his kids led Luis Valdovinos to Bozeman from Albuquerque, New Mexico in the summer of 2020. By fall, the magnetism had…

Sitting Around the Table with Jacob Rountree

Missy Glenn  |   Sun. May. 1st, 2022

Mid-April, I had the opportunity to sit down with Jacob Rountree, an up-and-coming singer-songwriter who has been building momentum in the Pacific Northwest, particularly in Bozeman, over the last five years. Jacob won Bozeman Magazine’s…

Celebrating the Genius of the Grateful Dead: Cornell ‘77

Sun. May. 1st, 2022

On a cold, blustery, wet Mother’s Day evening in Ithaca, New York, thousands of fans waited impatiently for the doors to open to Barton Hall, a low-slung brick building on the campus of Cornell University. Inside, the Grateful Dead were poised…

Vigilante Music Festival

Sun. May. 1st, 2022

In May 1863, a group of prospectors were headed toward the Yellowstone River and instead came upon a party of the Crow tribe and was forced to return to Bannack. On May 26, 1863, Bill Fairweather and Henry Edgar discovered gold near Alder Creek. The…