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Outdoors

Explore Montana’s wild side—hiking, fishing, skiing, and outdoor adventures across Northwest Montana and beyond.

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Glacier Park transportation plan calls for more parking, more shuttles

Glacier National Park officials revealed preliminary plans for a permanent transportation plan for the Going-to-th…

Updated 1 year, 6 months ago
FWP cites four people for driving side-by-sides through Big Hole River

Game wardens with Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks cited four people for driving their side-by-sides, or off road vehicles, through an area of the Big Hole River that is a common spawning ground for trout in late S…

Updated 1 year, 7 months ago
Montana unveils its plan for managing grizzly bears

Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks has finalized its plan for managing grizzly bears, described by the agency as among Montana’s most “conservation-reliant” and …

Updated 1 year, 7 months ago
Caution advised as youth rifle hunt overlaps with archery season

Montana bowhunters hoping to close out archery season with a successful harvest will be sharing the field with youth rifle hunters on Thursday and Friday.

Updated 1 year, 7 months ago
PHOTOS: Moose on the loose

We were camping for a night at the Two Medicine Campground in Glacier National Park when I decided to take an after-dinner walk in search of a sunset compositi…

Updated 1 year, 7 months ago
For the love of hunting

Is hunting and are hunters an endangered species? Living in Montana, where most adults, especially males, hunt, it seems that our tradition of hunting for food and fun has rock-solid public support.

Updated 1 year, 7 months ago
BobFest supports work in wilderness area

The Bob Marshall Wilderness Foundation holds its annual year-end celebration and fundraiser on Friday, Oct. 25 at the Flathead County Fairgrounds.

Updated 1 year, 7 months ago
Another round of northern lights predicted Thursday

A severe solar storm is headed to Earth that could stress power grids even more as the U.S. deals with major back-to-back hurricanes, space weather forecasters…

Updated 1 year, 7 months ago
Ski flick 'Wasteland' features local Chris Logan

With less than 60 days until opening day at Whitefish Mountain Resort, it is time to turn up the stoke with ski movies. The Remington Bar is the place to be to…

Updated 1 year, 7 months ago
Whitefish skiers Maggie Voisin, Parkin Costain featured in TGR movie

Local freeride skier Parkin Costain remembers seeing epic Teton Gravity Research ski movies at the O’Shaughnessy Center when he was 11 years old and being insp…

Updated 1 year, 7 months ago
Forecast shows healthy numbers for big game hunting season

Big game survival and recruitment in Northwest Montana showed positive trends this spring, according to a hunting forecast by Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks,…

Updated 1 year, 7 months ago
In search of Glacier's Upper Snyder Lake

Turns out, Snyder Lake isn't the main attraction of Glacier National Park's Snyder Lake Trail.

Updated 1 year, 7 months ago
Northern Pike: Love or hate?

Before we get full time into outdoor columns about hunting, let me do a final end-of-summer column about fishing.

Updated 1 year, 7 months ago
Glacier hikers use bear spray to fend off grizzly attack

A group of visitors in Glacier National Park used bear spray to ward off a grizzly after it bit a Washington man last week as they hiked through foggy conditio…

Updated 1 year, 8 months ago
Volunteers needed for project on Wild Horse Island

Volunteers are needed for a forest project on Wild Horse Island next weekend.

Updated 1 year, 8 months ago
Glacier hiker injured in bear attack on Highline Trail

A hiker was air-lifted from Glacier National Park on Thursday following a bear attack on one of the park's most popular trails.