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| Bozeman, Montana |
At the Snowfill Recreation Area, dogs rule.
The park was created in 2008 in response to a lack of off-leash areas in the city, offering everything a good dog needs and nothing she doesn’t. Open space? Count 37 acres of it. Smells? The hillside is soaked with a thorough record of every dog that has visited. Decorative fire hydrant? You shouldn’t even need to ask.
On a recent Saturday, Jessica Crawford brought Aiko, her 9-month-old chocolate lab, to Snowfill. Standing near a conveniently located wag-bag dispenser, Crawford noted the trail winding through the park and the broad views of the Gallatin Valley. “It’s such a utopia here,” she said. For Aiko and his fellow dog friends madly sprinting circles around each other, utopia might be an understatement.