Editing Bozeman, Montana (section)

==Recreation==
The Bozeman area is noted for outdoor recreation,<ref name="Lonely Planet">{{cite web |title=16 things you need to know before you come to Bozeman |url=https://www.lonelyplanet.com/articles/things-to-know-before-traveling-to-bozeman |website=Lonely Planet |access-date=January 19, 2025 |archive-date=January 18, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250118050926/https://www.lonelyplanet.com/articles/things-to-know-before-traveling-to-bozeman |url-status=live }}</ref> particularly skiiing.
* [[East Gallatin Recreation Area]]
* [[Bridger Bowl Ski Area]] is located on the northeast face of the [[Bridger Mountains (Montana)|Bridger Mountains]], utilizing state and federal land.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://bridgerbowl.com/extras/BBA/ |title=Bridger Bowl Association |access-date=January 23, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101229211802/http://bridgerbowl.com/extras/BBA/ |archive-date=December 29, 2010 }}</ref> Bridger Bowl was Bozeman's first ski area and opened to the public in 1955.<ref>{{cite book |last=Jenks |first=Jim |title=A Guide to Historic Bozeman |publisher=Montana Historical Society Press |location=Helena, MT |year=2007 |isbn=978-0-9721522-3-5 |page=150 }}</ref>
* [[Big Sky Ski Resort]] is reached via the Gallatin Canyon and is {{convert|40|mi|km}} south of Bozeman. The resort has grown considerably since 1973 into a residential community and major winter tourist destination, described as one of the best in the nation.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Altschuler |first1=Wendy |title=This State Has One Of The Best Ski Resorts In The U.S. |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/wendyaltschuler/2025/01/17/this-state-has-one-of-the-best-ski-resorts-in-the-us/ |website=Forbes |access-date=January 19, 2025 |language=en |archive-date=January 18, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250118225858/https://www.forbes.com/sites/wendyaltschuler/2025/01/17/this-state-has-one-of-the-best-ski-resorts-in-the-us/ |url-status=live }}</ref>