The Makings of a Forest Plan

Sorting out the Puzzle

Mariah Leuschen-Lonergan 

Puzzle pieces come in all sorts of shapes and sizes, coming together to create a picture that can be quite intricate and unique.  The Custer Gallatin National Forest started forest planning a year ago, and in 2017 we get into sorting the puzzle…

Making Turns with Vasu Sojitra

Adaptive Sports Director for Eagle Mount Bozeman

Angie Ripple

Sometimes editorial comes from the most interesting places, this time it was the checkout line at Costco. While items were conveying and the business account for Bozeman Magazine was showing on the back of our Costco card the cashier said something…

Don’t Hesitate to Hockey

The first step is always the hardest.  That is true for everything from monotonous domestic tasks to the things we love most.  We as people spend ample time priming the engine of action with forethought, cost and time analysis, and general…

Top 10 Bozeman Valentine’s Day Hot Spots

Rachel Hergett 

In February, we celebrate love, and particularly those we love. Our list of hot spots to spend Valentine’s Day features places to reconnect, to unwind, and most importantly, enjoy each other. As love knows no bounds, the ways we celebrate vary…

SWEEP! HURRY HARD! OFF! The Bozeman Curling Club

It all started one warm winter day at south side park. About 50 people gathered awkwardly on the ice, each of us with the same lack of experience, but eager with anticipation to begin, not knowing how we’d perform.  I had seen the…

Adolph Peterson: Jumping Skis, and the Development of Gallatin Valley Skiing

Rachel Phillips

Adolf Pedersen was born in Lillehammer, Norway on November 15, 1900. He and his family immigrated in 1915, joining his uncle who had immigrated in 1911. At Ellis Island, immigration officials wrote “Adolph Peterson,” after hearing his…

Across The Blue Line - A Community Working Together To Raise The Ice Barn

For the past 2.5 years, I’ve had the honor and privilege to work for the Gallatin Ice Foundation, a local nonprofit dedicated to raising funds to expand refrigerated ice facilities in the Gallatin Valley. While we are a rather small…

Big Sky, Montana Couple’s Record Season: 144 Ski Days Together

By Day 144, Bob and Sylvia Torter had skied nearly every day of Big Sky Resort’s winter season, and that’s despite a fractured ankle, a bout with pneumonia and cancer treatment on the far side of the continent.The couple, who’ve…

Memories of The Mountain

Pat Hill

My last full ski season began the winter after I graduated from high school. That was in 1976, back when Bridger Bowl only sported three chairlifts and a T-Bar. Back when it used to get cold—and stay that way awhile. Back when it used to…

OULA Studio Bozeman

When you first walk into the tucked away OULA Studio Bozeman, right across from Wild Crumb Bakery on Wallace, you will be greeted with hugs and huge smiles, top 40s music pumping from the studio, and chatty women of all ages, body types and walks of…