Outdoors
Explore Montana’s wild side—hiking, fishing, skiing, and outdoor adventures across Northwest Montana and beyond.
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…
Point of Rocks climbing guidebook
The directions in Montana climbing guidebooks are often more bewildering than helpful, sometimes using things like goats and indistinct creeks as landmarks.
Local rock climbers care for Northwest Montana's crags
It was a splitter day at the crags.
Try Rogers Lake for rare arctic grayling
Ah, its springtime in the Flathead when a young man’s fancy turns to open water spring fishing, or at least something like that.
Destination: Spring migration at Freezout Lake
Every year, snow geese in the hundreds of thousands stop at Freezout Lake Wildilfe Management Area northwest of Great Falls, traveling in large groups en route…
AI tool assists with backcountry meals
After finishing California’s long-distance John Muir Trail in 2017, a group of friends, inspired by their epic expedition, decided to share their knowledge and…
Critters: Springtime black bears
If you hike enough in the woods of Northwest Montana odds are you will see a black bear. This ubiquitous creature is common across the landscape.
Let’s tell the truth about those big, bad wolves
The return of wolves to the West has always been contentious, and the deaths last fall of more than 40 cattle really in western Colorado alarmed ranchers.
Roll out the reels for Spring Mack Days
It’s time to bring out the reels, poles, and lures and start planning and organizing for Spring Mack Days, starting March 16 and continuing through May 13.
Blacktail Mountain focus of ski documentary
A short documentary film showcasing the story of Blacktail Mountain Ski Area and its legacy will be shown in Bigfork on March 27.
Organizations partner to assist blind veterans in pushing to new limits on ski slope
The helpers are instructors with DREAM adaptive and the Whitefish Veterans Support Team, which partnered for the first time this winter to bring adaptive ski l…
Flathead Bio Station ecologist studies 'river metabolism'
FLATHEAD LAKE – Rivers are critical for Earth’s ability to sustain life. They serve as the connective transport system, much like the circulatory system in the…
Montana watercraft inspection stations open
Several watercraft inspection stations begin operation in early March to check snowbird boat traffic returning from mussel-positive areas such as Lakes Mead, Havasu, Pleasant and Powell.
Whitewater rafting and rescue clinics offered this spring
Montana River Guides based in Alberton is offering a variety of two-day rafting clinics, three-day swiftwater rescue classes and five-day Whitewater Raft Guide Schools in April, May and June on the Blackfoot and C…
First grizzly bear of season spotted in Yellowstone
A Yellowstone National Park wildlife biologist on a radio telemetry flight on Tuesday observed the first grizzly bear of 2023 to emerge from hibernation.
Zinke calls for end to Glacier’s reservation system
Montana Congressman Ryan Zinke has concerns about Glacier National Park’s reservation system, claiming it locks out locals.