HD 442 covers the southern Bridger Range and the country around Bozeman Pass—the spine running south from Sacagawea Peak through Storm Castle Peak and on toward Bozeman Pass and the Bangtail Range east of the Bridgers. Elevations run from about 4,500 feet on the I-90 corridor at Bozeman Pass to 9,000-plus feet on the southern Bridger summits. The country is similar to HD 441 to the north but with more rolling timbered ridges and less dramatic relief—Douglas fir parkland on south aspects, dense lodgepole and mixed conifer on the cooler faces, spruce-fir on the upper drainages, with big rolling parks at mid-elevation. The Bangtail Range east of the Bridgers and the Limestone Hills south toward Bozeman Pass offer rolling timbered country that holds elk and mule deer in real numbers but doesn't get the magazine attention of the higher ranges. Custer-Gallatin NF on the upper country, with private ranches (some of them sub-divided into ranchettes) on the foothills and along the I-90 corridor. I-90 cuts the south part of the unit at Bozeman Pass; forest roads from Bozeman Pass and from the East Bridger Canyon side provide access. Bozeman and Livingston bookend the unit with full services. Cell service holds along I-90 and on the developed slopes, weakens in the timber. Pressure during the rifle opener is significant from both Bozeman and Livingston hunters but the country absorbs them well because of its size and the rolling topography. Solid sleeper unit for hunters willing to walk the public timber off the obvious access points.