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HIKE, BIKE & SKI Montana’s Yellowstone Country
100 Classic Trails in Bozeman, Big Sky & Beyond
Explore The Last Best Trails — Free Online Edition
For six years, my family and I spent weekends and holidays exploring hundreds of hiking, biking, and skiing trails throughout Montana’s Yellowstone Country—in every season and every kind of weather.
I GPS-mapped the trails, photographed our adventures, and returned to the routes we loved most to document and illustrate them in greater depth. To make the book more than simply my perspective, I also interviewed dozens of local trail experts, guides, and endurance athletes who shared their favorite places, hard-earned knowledge, and recommendations.
The result is The Last Best Trails—part trail guide, part illustrated adventure, and part collection of short animated films. Three books in one, created as a labor of love and an invitation to explore the Last Best Place.
One of my favorite features is something I still use regularly: detailed driving directions to every trailhead. The book was designed to help you get off the screen, find the trail, and start exploring.
We hope The Last Best Trails inspires you and your family to discover Montana's Yellowstone Country as much as we have—and continue to do.
A Gift for Fellow Explorers
As a thank-you for your interest in The Snow Day, The Last Best Trails, and SINTR Studio, I'm sharing free, private access to the complete online edition of the book.
It's the full book, including the illustrations, trail information, maps, photography, and animated features. The QR codes printed in the physical edition have simply been replaced with clickable links for the online version.
Real People. Real Places. Unreal Experinces.
Happy Trails!
— Bryan Schaeffer
SINTR® Studio
Bozeman, Montana
Press
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"It’s hard to imagine the sheer time and effort needed to create a comprehensive guide to southwest Montana’s hiking, biking, and ski trails. Luckily, you won’t ever have to take on such a monolithic task, because Bryan Schaeffer has done it for you."
Gerald Ligotti, Outside Bozeman Magazine
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"It seemed fitting to design a modern guide that captures the adventurous, exploratory nature of the place and the people who have inhabited it throughout the ages. The Schaeffer family spent six years (24 seasons) hiking, mountain biking, and skiing in the "Bozone." They explored hundreds of trails, GPS mapped them, and took photographs. The trails they kept returning to have made it into this three-sport book."
Ella Kuntz for Bozeman City Lifestyle Magazine
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"Beautifully illustrated. One of my favorite kinds of books because it gets to the point, it gives me the information I want."
DJ Zepp 105.7 The Eagle Radio Station
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“Aptly named for the gems it highlights, Bryan Schaeffer's book Discover Montana Treasures is an all-seasons enticement for families to discover the beauty and wonder of Bozeman and beyond.”
Julie Kleine, Montana Parent Magazine
Podcast
Join local authors Bryan Schaeffer and Ephie Risho as they discuss how they first found their passion for writing and eventually decided to share their creations with the world. Hear about their struggles and ideas they thought would be home runs that later turned into do-overs. We’ll uncover their humility in this ever-evolving and often noisy industry.
Follow Us To Adventure!
Follow Us To Adventure!
“Schaeffer’s guidebook should be a coffee-table mainstay for any Bozeman local, and an essential reference for visitors." - Outside Bozeman Magazine
Available at:
The Country Bookshelf, Barnes & Noble, The Postal Annex, Bozeman
Wheatland Books, Livingston
Big Sky Resort, Big Sky