Twenty-five years ago, when a husband and wife from Los Angeles were traveling through the tiny town of Twin Bridges, Montana, they pulled up in front of a fly-fishing shop. There, the enthusiastic guide behind the counter told them about an iconic fishing lodge in...
An award-winning home that subtly casts its spell across a scenic meadow at the base of the Tetons — arguably Wyoming’s most storied mountain range — bears the name Five Shadows, derived from the number of buildings, or pavilions, that make up the residential compound....
On some mornings, after Guinevere Cummings finishes her cup of coffee, she’ll turn to her husband, Kevin, and say she’d like to go waterskiing. “And off we go,” Kevin says. “And the water is like glass.” Zipping around Echo Lake in Montana’s Flathead Valley, the...
The Stella collection by hammerton Studio Lighting plays an essential role in the design of a home. While it serves functional needs, it’s also an integral element that either blends with the overall style of interior spaces or adds a unique stylistic mark. The Stella Collection...
When Max Baucus’ term as Ambassador to the People’s Republic of China ended in 2017, he and his wife, Melodee Hanes, had a decision to make — though, it really wasn’t much of a conversation. “We wanted to live in Montana. We knew we wanted...
The University of Montana women’s basketball documentary THE HOUSE THAT ROB BUILT, co-directed by Jonathan Cipiti, and UM alum Megan Harrington will be available nationwide on February 23, 2021. The documentary chronicles the inspiring story of Robin Selvig, pioneering coach of UM’s Lady Griz basketball...
With life being in lockdown over the last month or so, I have often thought about how lucky we are to live in the Rocky Mountain West where the cows outnumber people 2 to 1. Some states are even more...
Autumn’s brown grass is a heart beating for winter, for spring that becomes summer, for summer that fades to autumn and autumn’s brown grass. Autumn’s brown grass is a heart beating for bears and wolves, their bodies moving, then stopping, then moving again across open miles of autumn’s brown grass. Autumn’s brown grass is a heart...
WHEN GEORGE BIRD Grinnell visited Glacier National Park in 1921, he was outraged when a stable manager insisted that the 72-year-old be accompanied by a guide on the park’s trails, the very ones he’d spent decades exploring and preserving. Grinnell wrote to Arno Cammerer, then...
Plenty Coups’ legacy in Big Horn County Just eight days before the terrible events on the Little Bighorn in June 1876, a young Crow chief crested the ridge above the Rosebud valley in Southeastern Montana. He and his warriors paused to admire the neat organization of...