Updated and revised this guidebook is the definitive resource for finding the backcountry skiing in Southwest Montana! 29 routes in 6 local ranges are covered, with classics like Mt. Ellis, Beehive Basin, Mt. Blackmore, and History Rock covered in full color show you where to go in the Montana backcountry when you adventure away from the local resorts like Bridger Bowl, Big Sky, and the Yellowstone club.

Finally, there is a definitive guide to cross-country ski trails around Bozeman, Gallatin Canyon and Paradise Valley, Montana; one of the finest Nordic destinations in America. First Ascent Press is proud to announce the publication of Ski Trails of Southwest Montana by Melynda Harrison and with trail maps by Mariann Van Den Elzen. Ski Trails of Southwest Montana is the premier Volume launching a new series of ski trail guidebooks by author Melynda Harrison. “Greater Yellowstone Ski Trails Volume 2” will cover Yellowstone National Park and West Yellowstone. “Volume 3” will cover Jackson Hole, Teton Valley and Island Park.

Peaks and Couloirs of Southwest Montana is a guide to backcountry skiing in the Gallatin, Madison, Bridger, Tobacco Root, and Montana Abaroka Ranges. The guide covers nearly 200 ski routes across 49 peaks, 8 basins, and 3 traverses. With aerial photography, custom route maps, and skiing history, Peaks and Couloirs is the definitive source for all things backcountry skiing in the Southwest Montana region.

“Get your head into the clouds with Aerial Geology.” —The New York Times Book Review Aerial Geology is an up-in-the-sky exploration of North America’s 100 most spectacular geological formations. Crisscrossing the continent from the Aleutian Islands in Alaska to the Great Salt Lake in Utah and to the Chicxulub Crater in Mexico, Mary Caperton Morton brings you on a fantastic tour, sharing aerial and satellite photography, explanations on how each site was formed, and details on what makes each landform noteworthy. Maps and diagrams help illustrate the geological processes and clarify scientific concepts. Fact-filled, curious, and way more fun than the geology you remember from grade school, Aerial Geology is a must-have for the insatiably curious, armchair geologists, million-mile travelers, and anyone who has stared out the window of a plane and wondered what was below.

Newsman Chet Huntley and his consortium developed Big Sky Resort in the early 1970s. Since then, it has grown to become a year-round, world-class recreation area with "the Biggest Skiing in America," four ski resorts, and a vibrant community around them. Located on the meadows of the West Fork in the Gallatin Canyon, this area was, early on, a microcosm of pioneer hardiness and activity characteristic of the Northern Rocky Mountains. Throughout its early history, one finds Native Americans, trappers, miners, loggers, cowboys, and ranchers. Some of their ventures failed and some succeeded as the land and weather allowed. The most successful ventures were the dude ranches that introduced the pleasures that remain today--hunting, fishing, trail rides, touring Yellowstone Park, and even skiing. Outdoor adventure in an authentic American Western setting was, and is, Big Sky.

Rev. ed. of: Comprehensive guide to wilderness and travel medicine / Eric A. Weiss. 1992.

There is an all-round winter athlete in every family member. This book is intended to desegregate skiing in the greater Bozeman area so your entire family can make the most of our long, beautiful winters here.