Unlocking the Power of Fluid Motion at Current Movement Studio

Bozeman is built for movement—whether it’s skiing the Bridgers, biking winding single-track trails, or trekking deep into the Absarokas. This town thrives on the thrill of exploration, and every great adventure requires good preparation…

Owner’s Manual for Yellowstone Park

Steve McGann

The first couple of times that I toured Yellowstone Park I entered and departed from the Wyoming gateways. Hey, on the initial trip I was a little kid in the back seat of my grandfather’s Chevy and the second time, a clueless college kid…

How To Run

Scott Parker

I want to say, ‘like a child,’ and let that be the end of it. Think of how a child runs, and think of why. The how is free, fluidly, spontaneously. The why is because, for a child, life is still alive, and what is alive demands to be…

Top 10 Deadliest Incidents in Yellowstone National Park

Jessica Cairoli

Yellowstone National Park is the definition of the sublime, capable of being beautiful and terrifying all at once. Since its founding as the world’s first national park in 1872, the location’s majestic forests…

Get Outside With Bozeman Clubs

Jessica Cairoli

As another frigid winter comes to an end, it’s finally time to start enjoying the spring sun in the beautiful Montana outdoors. However, it isn’t always easy to decide what activities to do, where to go, or to carve out the necessary time…

Montana’s Wild Huckleberry

A Classic Big Sky Country Icon

Ken Walcheck

It was better than five decades ago when my wife and I stopped at a café in Kalispell, Montana to get a bite to eat. After finishing our meal, I asked if they had any blueberry pie in their pie selections. The waitress lifted her eyebrows, and…

The Bob Marshall Wilderness "The Bob"

Steve McGann

“... Recognized as an area where the earth and its community of life are untrammeled by man, where man himself is a visitor who does not remain... ” These inspiring words from the 1964 Wilderness Act are a mantra for those who appreciate…

Our State Parks

Steve McGann

I recently read a news story about the American Prairie Reserve donating land to the State of Montana for establishing a State Park at the confluence of the Judith River and the Missouri. It was mentioned that this would be Montana’s 56th…

Rockhounding in the 406

Angie Ripple

Rockhounds keep their heads down and eyes on the ground most everywhere they go, especially along riverbanks and near known mining areas. The Bozeman Gem and Mineral Club is home to over 220 local hounds and rock-hunting hobbyists out to find the…

Sustainable Adventure Not What You’d Think

Julia Yanker

Should I tell you the story about the time I got lost in the Badlands, a quarter mile from my car, stayed overnight in December, ending with search and rescue getting me out? Or maybe I should tell you the story about the time I almost died while…

Montana’s Porcupine

A Most Unique Pincushion Resident With An Unsurpassed Defense Mechanism

Ken Walcheck

When Theodore Roosevelt proclaimed that the United States should, “Speak softly and carry a big stick,” he might have been describing the porcupine. If ever an animal served as an example of how to live in peace by being perpetually…