September 2024
Fall is right around the corner, and our streams and lakes will cool off in time for some shoulder-season fishing. This time of year will be fitting for the Montana State University Library to showcase its 2024 Trout Lecture. This year’s…
September 2024
Steve McGann
Yellowstone Park forms a rectangle of land in northwest Wyoming. Mostly. The Congressional Act that set aside Yellowstone as a National park listed the boundaries in miles from certain landmarks, then stipulated the meridians thus encountered. The…
August 2024
Steve McGann
The story goes that on the approach to a Himalayan climb in the late 1970s, a couple of the American climbers decided that wearing their huge waffle-stomping boots made no sense. They made the long approach hike in sneakers. At that time, exercise…
August 2024
Peter Brancaccio
I grew up in the shadow of NYC and, somehow, I’d never been to the Statue of Liberty. Some things we just take for granted I suppose. I’ve been passing the turn-off on 191 for the Deer Lake Trailhead for 10 years now. I’ve never…
August 2024
Sierra Holmes
The gray clouds have dispersed, the sun is hot, snow has melted, and you look up at the beautiful Bridger range framed by a blue sky. Summertime is amazing, and is made even better by being surrounded by the beautiful scenery we have here in Montana…
July 2024
Steve McGann
Driving to the end of the road and walking off into the mountains is a wonderful thing. I have been doing it for a long time. There is such a sense of freedom, and something else—a bit of daring, as if it might not be quite legal. I mean, there…
July 2024
Sierra Holmes
Ultra-runner and author Donald Buraglio once said, “The benefits and opportunities of running are available to anyone. You don’t have to be born a natural athlete and you don’t have to be uniquely gifted. A life-shaping experience…
June 2024
I am a fifth-generation Montanan who has lived in southwest Montana for nearly 48 years. I first joined Beaverhead Ski Patrol in 2018, earning my OEC (Outdoor Emergency Care) certificate. Since then, my husband and I have relocated to the Whitehall…
June 2024
Steve McGann
We have been riding our bikes in Bozeman for many years, for pleasure and exercise, errands and commuting. The growth of our city has made this both harder and easier. It is harder, of course, because of much more traffic. I never did ride on Main…
June 2024
Peter Brancaccio
It snowed last night. On the first day of summer in Montana. So, before dawn I made a beeline for the Beehive Basin Trailhead in Big Sky. The Beehive has become a much sought after hike. There is a lot to like about this trek, and I…
