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Nestled between two mountain ranges on the
western edge of Montana, the Bitterroot Valley offers uncommonly
beautiful scenery. Immediate access to the Bitterroot National
Forest provides diverse recreational opportunities including
big-water rivers, hiking, horsepacking through glacier-draped
high country, and fly-fishing blue-ribbon trout streams. Read
what Frommer's
has to say about the Bitterroot:
Although in part a bedroom community
for Missoula, the Bitterroot Valley has become a second
home and retirement paradise for folks who have fallen in
love with the Missoula-area mountains, but not with the
Missoula-area traffic. Though not as well known as other
areas of the state, the fly-fishing in the Bitterroot River
is excellent, making it a preferred destination for anglers
in the know.
The Bitterroot has the reputation as
Montana's banana belt, because the microclimate in the valley
offers a long growing season. A lot of Missoula-area golf
fanatics head to Hamilton in February because the golf course
there greens up for play much earlier than the ones even
a few miles farther north.
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