He was the quintessential Montanan, I think. That is to say, the landscape shaped him, as it shapes all of us fortunate enough to be here in this eyeblink of time. Sometimes his music sounded like the first crack in an ice dam — that first...
Ask any author, historian, or cowboy with an eye for the great Old West, and they’ll credit Dick and Dora Randall as the heart and soul of the OTO, Montana’s first dude ranch. Situated along Cedar Creek in the Absaroka Mountains, 10 miles from the...
Still have that old canary-yellow Schwinn Varsity bicycle hanging from the rafters in your parents’ barn? You know the one: the steel-framed groaner whose tires haven’t been inflated since the Carter administration. Pull it down, grease its chain, tune its brakes, and see if those...
I hike in the dust of Morley, my one-eyed mule guide, with each step taking me deeper into the wilderness. He saunters up the trail, slightly swaying under the weight of my food. His deliberate and practical rhythm slows my anxiousness and excitement into contented...
Editor’s Note: Retrieving antlers on public land remains a balance between opportunity, access, safety, and conservation. Last year, the Wyoming Legislature created a resident-only season on select public lands during the first week of May, with nonresidents who purchase a conservation stamp allowed after May...
On a raw December day in western Montana, several dozen visitors enjoy a welcome dose of the tropics thanks to the grand opening of the state’s new educational attraction: the Missoula Butterfly House & Insectarium. Inside the main exhibit area, visitors of all ages eagerly...
U.S. Forest Service fire lookouts have one of the loneliest occupations on earth. Perched atop remote peaks across the West, we spend summer days in monk-like observation, eyes roaming timbered landscapes, watching the horizon for impending storms and wisps of smoke. When I was 24,...
Architecture Locati Architects Construction Schlauch Bottcher Construction Interior Design Suede Studio Landscape Architecture Design 5 Landscape Architecture Landscaping Valley of the Flowers Landscaping Pond and Stream Consulting It’s not often that a luxury custom home features a rec room — complete with shuffleboard, pool table, and screening area — that’s smack in the middle of...
Architecture NC Design Studio Construction Gooden Construction Interior Design James Thomas Fleetingly glimpsed from a distance across a sweeping mountain meadow and surrounded by groves of pine, fir, and tamarack trees, the overall profile of a home on 22 acres west of Missoula, Montana might at first bring to mind a...
Architecture Paradigm 3 Architecture Construction E.J. Butts Construction Interior Design Kibler & Kirch Montana’s Bitterroot Valley is an edenic Western landscape, with towering snow-capped mountains on all sides and a big clear river running through its middle. For a Texas couple passionate about fishing and interested in living an unpretentious Western...