For millennia, flowing water has been a powerful metaphor in mythology, religion, and art, explaining our precarious passage down the river of life. And when once-sparkling trout streams slowly, warmly, and mysteriously slip into the earth — only to upwell transformed — perhaps they symbolize...
An adventure-loving couple combines biking and fishing One could consider Russ Roca and Laura crawford gurus of simple living and the Zen of bike packing. Living in a tiny three-room apartment in Missoula, Montana, they own one car and cell phone between them, and get around...
A trail re-route to save a species [caption id="attachment_13415" align="alignright" width="300"] The 1,200-mile Pacific Northwest Trail, that stretches from Glacier National Park to the Pacific Ocean, has the potential to put the diminishing Yaak grizzly population at risk.[/caption] Last year was the 50th anniversary of the National...
Artist George Hill pursues his fascination with an underwater ecosystem Shortly after graduating from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, where he studied art and art history, George Hill sold all of his possessions and moved to Patagonia. “I wanted to travel the world, and...
Halfway to Halfway and Back: More River Stories, edited by Dick Linford and Bob Volpert (Halfway Publishing, $19.95), is the kind of collection that fits any mood and fills the gaps between trips down the river. These stories capture the feeling of a day on...
A Bozeman steakhouse prioritizes great food and a classic atmosphere If there is one slogan that best describes the cuisine at Open Range in Bozeman, Montana, it’s: Keep it simple. [caption id="attachment_13389" align="aligncenter" width="709"] The kitchen cooks each steak to order on a high-heat, cast iron plancha...
Sublime interpretations of a wondrous new world [caption id="attachment_13381" align="alignleft" width="232"] Painter Thomas Moran, pictured here in 1883, joined the 1871 Hayden expedition to Yellowstone in search of colors and views that would yield masterworks.[/caption] On a cool, wet spring day at Artist Point above the Grand...
Growing up in Bristol, Connecticut, Sam Bourret loved to fish. He angled for bass and striped bass, and even dabbled in fly fishing. “I was always an avid fisherman,” Bourret says, “and I always wanted to fish out West.” [caption id="attachment_13371" align="alignright" width="172"] Bourret works on...
I want to catch a big fish the biggest a trout with a heavy wide tail big eyed and a big mouth a fish I can be proud of a legacy trout something to never again match or forget I want a fish that ends it all but not quite yet...
A PRACTICAL AND ENERGY-EFFICIENT RETREAT ON THE EDGE OF GLACIER NATIONAL PARK People say it’s a good idea to really get to know a property before you build. But living in a yurt, without power or plumbing, through three winters on the edge of Glacier National...