Across the Ice
Traversing terra incognita on skates. We all have them: places that call to us, from near or far, for reasons that defy easy explanation. What draws us toward yon mountain, beyond the tawny foothills?...
View ArticleFall Hit List: Bird Bath
Hunting huns and pheasant at Canyon Ferry. While rifle season is well underway, true Montana outdoorsmen know not to neglect the feathered fare. Birds are fair game through the end of the year, but...
View ArticleStill I Rise
A guide to Montana's lowland lakes.Many fly anglers are not lake fishermen, preferring the challenges of reading water, achieving effective drifts, and fighting fish against the current. But anglers of...
View ArticleHigh and Mighty
Wetting a line in Montana's alpine.Hundreds of high-country lakes dot the mountains of southwest Montana, but accessing them often requires some dedicated planning and grueling legwork. Why fish up...
View ArticleAngling at Altitude
Pursuing cutthroats, goldens, and grayling in thin air.Stumbling out of my tent in the soft light of dawn, I wondered if the fish would be in a similar less-than-lucid state. At 8,400 feet, deep in the...
View ArticleKnow Your Water
All about the Bozeman Municipal Watershed Project.Over the next few months, the City of Bozeman and the Custer Gallatin National Forest will begin forest-fuels-reduction work in the northern part of...
View ArticlePond Hoppin'
Outdoor skating in southwest Montana.Sharp blades scrape against hard ice as you push with one leg and glide with the other. Crisp air prickles your face. Sliding along a smooth, crystalline surface,...
View ArticleNowhere to Be & All Day to Get There
The three-generation package of Georgetown Lake.West of Homestake Pass, I-90 careens off the Continental Divide, worms through Butte, and jogs north near the junction of Hwy. 1. Here, most folks...
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