ALIVE: Driven to Inspire

Rallye Aiche Des Gazelles

Rachelle Croft and Rhonda Cahill want to show other mothers that they can achieve their dreams while raising children. The two 30-something moms from Bozeman, Montana, will compete in March in the toughest all-female off-road rally in the world in the Moroccan desert.

Snowballs & Inner-tubes

TUBULAR!

I always got off on gravity! As a kid, I enjoyed the ways it provided for some of life’s more endearing moments with some of my closest friends: water balloons, snowballs and inner-tubes. This page is dedicated to that last one. Although the…

Beating the Bozeman Winter Blues

I always breathe a big sigh of relief when January hits. The insanity of the holiday season has finally passed and new presents have the kids entertained. This serenity lasts for a couple of weeks, but the magic of new fairy and princess…

Featured Bozemanite: Howard Steven Moore

Liz Krause Williams

When I met Howie, I wondered if his near-death experiences changed him. Did stretching for air through the tumbling rocks and the solidifying concrete of an avalanche alter the course of his life? I pondered the affects of a potentially…

Gallatin Roller Girlz Fresh Meat (i.e. new skater) Camp starts Jan 6

Thinking of trying  Bozeman roller derby? Interested in being involved in one of the fastest growing women’s sports in the world? Join Gallatin Roller Girlz for our brand new Fresh Meat (i.e. new skater) Camp! This 8 week program runs from January…

Camping in the Snow…

Sarah Cairoli

Fall is quickly coming to a close. In my garage, the lawnmower has traded places with the snowblower and the rake has swapped hooks with the snow shovel. We’ve all spent November engrossed in various winter nesting rituals, preparing for the…

My Ski Life: A Letter From the Publisher

My personal ski life began before I could talk—on the back of my father, cross-country skiing through the wilderness of Montana. Both of my parents had fat orange cross-country skis that were well used in the Montana backcountry during the…

Come On In–The Water is Fine

The northern Rocky Mountains offer an abundance of outdoor activities all year long, including the opportunity to spend some time in the many natural hot springs in the region. Bozeman has several hot springs within a 100-mile radius, offering…

Bridger Bowl: New Exposure to Familiar Terrain

Bridger Bowl is opening two new chair lifts this season providing fresh perspective to the familiar Powder Park and Alpine terrain. This change includes the retirement of Bridger’s iconic red, center pole, Alpine chair lift that has been a…

It’s Back! Bobcat Football

Jack Thorsen, 12 year old Bobcat Football writer, predicts the beginning of another good season. That’s right; Bobcat football season is back. Montana State will play the Monmouth Hawks. This will be the first meeting between the 2 teams. I…

Sink Tips Demystified

With football season getting started and the nights growing cooler, it appears that summer is winding down. While there is still plenty of dry fly fishing to be had in September, fall inevitably brings to mind streamer fishing for brown trout with…

OverTimeSports: A New Approach to Adult Recreation In Gallatin Valley

No hocus pocus, just focus from Paul Churchill and Steve Klopmeyer, founders and operators of OverTimeSports (OTS) Bozeman. Bozeman’s first independent adult recreational sports league, OTS shows promise in their ability to deliver their…

A Pre-season Interview with MSU Football Coach: Rob Ash

Growing up, Coach Rob Ash really didn’t have a hometown. He moved from town to town in the state of Iowa, the son of a preacher. His mother taught Sunday school and choir at the church. Religion was a big part of Rob’s life growing up in…

The Ringing Rocks Phenomena

High on the southwestern flank of Dry Mountain, off the I-90 Pipestone Exit 241, 15 miles east of Butte America in Jefferson County, there is a rough, winding dirt road that leads to the natural, ethereal phenomena; The Ringing Rocks. Cows grazed…

Driving the Beartooth Highway

Bozeman has a beautiful backyard. The Gallatin Range fences in forests and alpine meadows perfect for hiking, biking, camping, and fishing. Recreational opportunities abound in our backyard, but it is Bozeman’s back forty, Yellowstone National…

Hope & the Holidays Golf Scramble

Hope & the Holidays is not a new organization, but an adaptation of an old one. Toys for Tots had been around the Bozeman area for approximately 18 years, organized and managed by Bob Metcalf of the Marine Corps and Michelle Reiser, a realtor…

Ranger Rick: Tales From a Former YNP Ranger

Rick Gale

Good Evening Campers In 1975, it was estimated there were only 136 grizzly bears in and around Yellowstone. Today, Yellowstone is home to some 600 grizzlies. My ranger days in Yellowstone included a lot of late evenings trying to prevent grizzly…

Pedals & Paws

As summer welcomes Bozemanites into its embrace of warm, sunny days, spandex-laden cyclists flock to the streets to train their legs in hopes of racking up their Strava miles or taking home the gold at the upcoming mid-summer races. However, for two…

Keeping an Open Mind Different Rods for Different Waters

Most trout fishermen in Montana use either a 5 or 6 weight rod for all of their fishing needs. Don’t get me wrong, if you are going to have one rod for any situation either of these rod weights would be your best bet (I’d go with the 6…

A Parent’s Summer Survival Guide

With school coming to a close and three months of warm weather ahead, now is a perfect time to start thinking about activities to get you and the children out of the house in the weeks to come. Taking a walk or playing in the backyard are great ways…