Making a living on the open range Gabrielle Thoreson grabs a lunch, fills a water bottle, and pockets her phone for the day. Rail thin, with a cascade of flaxen hair, she picks the right clothes for the weather and the right horse for the day’s...
It’s totally cliché and yet completely appropriate: Master weavers Marilyn and William Stevens have interwoven making a living and making a life together. The baskets and other works they produce as Montana Blue Heron out of their Trego, Montana, home reflect their unique collaboration, from...
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...
After summiting hundreds of mountains, this extreme athlete is far from reaching her peak There’s no doubt that 2018 has been a good year for Jackson Hole, Wyoming-based athlete Janelle Smiley. The ski-mountaineering racer shattered one world record and created another — achievements that fit right in...
A March wind blows over the Beaverhead Valley and piles dark clouds on the horizon, harbingers of the coming snow. Tucked into a fold of land outside of Dillon, Montana, a low-slung barn reverberates with noise: Sheep bleat, dogs bark, people holler, and above all...
Bruce Anfinson just might be the most “Montana” of all the Montanans knocking around Big Sky Country. He’s the kind of guy who can serve 60 people some toothsome prime rib, grilled to order, while they sit on chairs he made from beetle-killed pine, and...
If you’re looking for Aaron Pruzan, there’s a good chance you’ll find him out on the water, at least from early spring through late fall. Rivers and the sports associated with them are deeply interwoven into every aspect of his life, whether he’s running raging...
As anglers, many of us have moments that define us — be it a first fish on a fly rod, bringing a steelhead, permit, or tigerfish to hand, or playing a part in your child’s first caught fish. I’ve been blessed with several of these...
People find a lot of ways to get into trouble in Teton County’s backcountry. And when they do, Stephanie Thomas and her team at Teton County Search and Rescue are ready to help. The team typically responds to between 80 and 100 calls per year for...
A tireless advocate for the conservation of natural resources, Jim Posewitz is considered by many to be the father of hunting ethics in America. He sits in his office, perched on a hill above downtown Helena, surrounded by memorabilia from a lifetime spent protecting wild...