22 Nov Yellowstone High Country
“The nights were cold, and, if you woke up… you would hear the coyotes. … You could sit in the front of the cabin, lazy in the sun, and look across the valley. … You remembered the elk bugling. … You remembered how this country...
03 Jan Round Up: High Alpine Dining
With the hearty selection of world-class ski resorts in the Northern Rockies comes a hearty selection of high-alpine dining options, from a backcountry yurt, to sleigh ride- and lift-accessed fine dining. Here are some to try: Big Sky, Montana Everett’s 8800: The new eight-person Ramcharger...
14 Apr High-Altitude Luxury
A Jackson Hole mountain retreat finds its view just off the skyline
03 Apr WHERE STRUCTURAL MEETS SUBLIME
ARCHITECTURE | Reid Smith Architects CONSTRUCTION | Teton Heritage Builders INTERIOR DESIGN | Decorators Unlimited Where the Gallatin Range of southwest Montana anchors an open-ended sky, a house built into the side of a mountain is the meeting of the structural and sublime. Roaming Bear,...
03 Apr MOUNTAIN MODERN MASTERPIECE
ARCHITECTURE | Studio Architects CONSTRUCTION | Schlauch Bottcher Construction INTERIOR DESIGN | Abby Hetherington Interiors Michael and Tippy Brickman have a deep appreciation for art and design, and for them, creating a home was more than just constructing walls — it was about curating a...
22 Nov HOWARD ZAHNISER’S WILDERNESS AWAKENING
It was raining,” began Howard Zahniser’s account of a horsepacking trip in Wyoming’s Bighorn Mountains in August of 1947. The horses were saddled, packed, and tied to trees outside a rustic log cabin. But Zahniser — a 41-year-old city gent, a preacher’s kid, and a...
22 Nov EXCURSION: BACKCOUNTRY SKI LODGES
My first backcountry ski lodge experience was back in the late 1990s when some friends and I rented an old yurt two blocks off Main Street in Cooke City, Montana. We paid $5 for a snowmobile ride from town up to Daisy Pass in the...
10 Apr Renderings: Polymath
A true artist will never be or do just one thing. In the spirit of Bernini, Michaelangelo, and Frank Gehry, Meghan Hanson possesses the irresistible urge to create. It’s how she gets to know a place and how she shares what she loves. It’s how...