Bozeman Magazine

Bozeman’s An Unrivaled Outdoor Hockey Rink

Thomas Austin

The afternoon sun beams, but it’s too cold to feel any warmth. Your breath billows out like smoke. Behind you, rocky peaks rise from the valley floor. Snow and ice sparkle beneath your feet.A harsh noise — something like ripping paper — splits…

Bozeman Women Hit The Slopes

Maisie Bissell

Amelia DiGiano With so many places to ski in the world, what is it that makes Bozeman so special? If you ask the locals here in Bozeman where they ski, there’s a 90% chance they’ll say Bridger Bowl. Established in the mid-1940s, it has…

Ice Climbing: A Beginners Take

Olivia Mitchell

Living in Bozeman gives you access to many different outdoor activities, including countless winter hobbies, such as skiing, snowboarding, ice skating, snowshoeing, snowmobiling and, my personal favorite, ice climbing, a sport in which participants…

We Love Winter

Angie Ripple

In spring 2019, Dragan Danevski and Lina Hultin founded the Bozeman-based non-profit, Montana Endurance Academy [MEA]. Originally from Sweden, Lina has since moved to Norway to be closer to her family. Dragan is well known in the community, having…

It Sure Beats Sitting On The Couch

Thomas Austin

I sat on my couch in Bozeman, eyeing the mailbox like a rabid dog. The mailman would be there any minute with a package containing my car keys, which I had left in Oakland while visiting family, a boneheaded maneuver that would surprise nobody who…

Top 10 Tips For Thriving in Bozeman Winters

Olivia Mitchell

Someone once told me that the best way to feel at home is to embrace where you live, and live each day to the fullest. Well, that can be a challenge here, because the winters in Montana can be pretty grueling and long. So, here are the top ten ways…

Bozeman’s Legendary Ice Rinks & Sledding Hills

Leather Straps and Loose Runners

Rachel Phillips

Long before downhill meccas like Bridger Bowl and Big Sky broke onto the scene, local families flocked to popular skating rinks and sledding hills for easy, convenient outdoor winter recreation. Neighborhood parks and inexpensive or homemade…

On Being In One's Element

Scott Parker

My whole life, I’ve been on a first-name basis with the rain. I know it intimately and directly, like gravity or my own breath, and therefore trust it. It is the only element I inhabit without hesitation or self-consciousness. It is, in fact…

Local College Hockey Is Booming In Bozeman

Montana State University Hockey

Did you know that MSU has a thriving hockey program? There is a new Women’s team (D1 ACHA) and two Men’s teams (D2 and D3 ACHA). Bozeman now has a vibrant college hockey scene—the Montana State Hockey Team Men’s D2 team was…

TEN Cross Country Ski Locations Around Bozeman

Steve McGann

Having deserted Montana winters about five years ago for warm and sunny Arizona, I have felt neither interest in nor expertise for writing about the season. This year, however, my wife and I will be in Bozeman for most of December and into January…