ARCHITECTURE | Farmer Payne Architects CONSTRUCTION | New West Building Company DEVELOPMENT & INTERIOR DESIGN | The Jackson Home Company When the future owners of a home on Trader Road in Jackson, Wyoming step outside their door, they’ll see the natural beauty the land offers......
ARCHITECTURE | Locati Architects CONSTRUCTION | Schlauch Bottcher Construction INTERIOR DESIGN | DeLeo & Fletcher Design When asked about the inspiration for this elegant alpine retreat, architect Steve Locati doesn’t hesitate, summing it up in a single word: “Family.” The Montana property was designed by......
ARCHITECTURE | Ward | Blake Architects CONSTRUCTION | Ormond Builders Rammed-earth construction has taken on various iterations, long serving to shelter humans across the globe. Despite its popularity through the ages, it is seldom seen in the Northwest. But architect Tom Ward of the Jackson,......
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,......
ARCHITECTURE & INTERIOR DESIGN | O’Neill Rose Architects CONSTRUCTION | OSM Construction At first glance, the almost 9,000-square-foot home on the Moonlight Basin side of Montana’s Big Sky Resort appears uncompromisingly futuristic for a rugged location seemingly more accustomed to rustic cabins or contemporary barnwood-clad......
ARCHITECTURE | Miller | Roodell Architects CONSTRUCTION | North Fork Builders INTERIOR DESIGN | Design Associates Bringing a historic building back to life takes insight, inspiration, and imagination. Luckily for the Lovelace building on Main Street in Bozeman, Montana, the team that completed its recent......
DESIGN | Hub City Productions CONSTRUCTION | Malmquist Construction INTERIOR DESIGN | Cooke Interiors Studio STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING | Eclipse Engineering LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE | Northwest Design Studio When Travis and Stephanie Hollman set out to build their home in Whitefish, Montana, their primary goal was simple: “We......
ARCHITECTURE | Robbins Architecture CONSTRUCTION | Wilkinson-Montesano Builders INTERIOR DESIGN | Herringbone Design LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE | Design Workshop When Laura and Bruce Linger went looking for the ideal place to build a second home in the Mountain West, the many advantages offered by Tributary, a......
ARCHITECTURE | Faure Halvorsen Architects CONSTRUCTION | Highline Partners INTERIOR DESIGN | Peace Design Halfway through constructing what was intended to be a two-bedroom guest house, Bozeman, Montana-based builder Rob McRae of Highline Partners had a feeling that something was missing. “Everything was going well......
ARCHITECTURE | CLB Architects CONSTRUCTION | KWC Construction INTERIOR DESIGN | HSH Interiors For a group of creatives working together for the first time on a project in Jackson, Wyoming, the pivotal moment in the design process came during a discussion of rooflines. The plan......
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......
ARCHITECTURE | Faure Halvorsen Architects CONSTRUCTION | Yellowstone Traditions Sometimes, the best designs are fueled by the most disparate sources: late-night napkin sketches over martinis, old-lady potters, past lives, vintage Ralph Lauren clothing, fire towers, and fire stations. Mix it all up, nestle it snugly......
Ona Magaro has always been an artist. Born in Enola, Pennsylvania in 1976 as the only child of parents deeply ensconced in fine food, a small-scale farm, and hospitality, Magaro spent her formative years surrounded by nature and extended family on the namesake Magaro Road.......
Jaxon Ching, owner and operator of Willow Creek Woodworks, didn’t set out to own a full-service woodworks mill. In fact, his journey into woodworking was quite accidental. After graduating from high school in New Jersey, he joined the U.S. Navy. At one point, he was......
Nestled in Jackson Hole Valley, 3 Creek Ranch is a member-owned golf and fly-fishing community set amid an outdoor sanctuary, just five minutes from Jackson’s bustling Town Square. Providing a tranquil respite across 710 acres, and accessible just beyond the niceties and necessities of Jackson,......
Eliza Chair by Century Furniture from Kibler & Kirch Each Eliza Chair is made to order by craftsmen at Century Furniture, a family-owned company in Hickory, North Carolina. First created by iconic American designer Thomas O’Brien for the lobby of the 60 Thompson Hotel in......
Designing and building a home, on its surface, is a fundamental procedure. One must compose a structure that provides for primary needs — shelter and warmth — while offering spaces to store necessities, prepare food, and sleep. Yet, in meeting these universal needs, homeowners, designers,......
The quintessential Montana cabin symbolizes relaxation, respite, and a life lived close to the wilderness and its inhabitants. Perhaps a trout stream tumbles through the property, past a porch that demands quiet morning rituals and a warming whiskey when clear nights descend. Cabins offer a......
Concrete is probably not the first thing that comes to mind when people conjure up a dream home. But for Jerrad Inlow, founder of Bozeman-based Elements Concrete, working with concrete, wood, and metal is art. And the architects, builders, and designers in the wide triangle......
“I’m a wood junkie,” says John Medlinger, founder and owner of Superior Hardwoods in Missoula, Montana. While he says it with a laugh, the statement is definitely not a joke. In fact, you’d be hard-pressed to find anyone who knows or cares more about wood......
Modern West Written by Chase Reynolds Ewald Photographed by Audrey Hall In their latest collaboration, Modern West, writer Chase Reynolds Ewald and photographer Audrey Hall explore the art of contemporary mountain living through 15 homes set within Rocky Mountain landscapes. From dramatic alpine peaks and......
May 9 – 11 & September 5 – 7 Cheyenne Home Show Cheyenne Ice & Events Center | Cheyenne, WY cheyennehomeshow.com Featuring the latest in home improvement trends, this show includes displays and live demonstrations highlighting new home technologies, interior and exterior designs, remodeling tips,......
One&Only, a global luxury hotel chain, is making its United States debut in Big Sky, Montana. As the brand’s first mountain resort, One&Only Moonlight Basin is set to fully open to guests later in 2025. The Landing restaurant inside the Sky Lodge and the gondola......
Since 1938, Cushing Terrell has sought to bring people together through impactful design. With 17 offices in eight states and projects spanning the globe, it’s become a respected firm for all aspects of commercial and residential design. However, a focus on people — their relationships......
ARCHITECTURE | Centre Sky Architecture CONSTRUCTION | Bridger Builders INTERIOR DESIGN | Shelter Interiors LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE | Big Country Landscapes Lora and Bill VanSickle have always loved mountain architecture. When they lived in Washington and Big Sky, Montana, they built homes with lodge vibes and......
The July sun is high overhead, casting harsh shadows on the ground. Mid-afternoon summertime dust hangs heavy in the air as we pull the old Ford off the road near the hike-in access point. The farmer across the dirt road was out cutting hay late......
Before you sit down in a plush leather chair in front of a cozy fire and pour your favorite cocktail at the end of the day, contemplate this one question: Could the Last Best Place really be the first best place to define a whole......
Fishing streamer flies is a departure for me, as I suspect it is for most trout anglers. Though it’s a fascinating business, since the huge trout it may unleash echo in every cast and swing of the big, full fly, the genteel delights of dry-fly......
I wound across western Wyoming’s isolated Bighorn Basin in my indefatigable 1977 Chinook micro-camper, 260,000 happy miles under the Toyota’s hood. Summer heat waves shimmered and danced like Sahara mirages over the arid landscape. Miles away, a truck pulling a horse trailer into the backcountry......
The old man couldn’t name his favorite place in the world, but the upper canyon of Moose Creek would be close to the top of the list. It is sort of a canyon within a canyon, and hardly anybody ever goes there. The sheer to......
June 10, 1805, was another busy day for the Lewis and Clark expedition. Camped near the mouth of the Marias River, they finished caching a large supply of gunpowder, lead, and other essential goods in anticipation of returning from the Pacific by the same route.......
Callan Wink takes another step in establishing himself as a major writer of the American West with his new work, Beartooth: A Novel (Spiegel & Grau, $28). Wink, the author of two previous books, Dog Run Moon (a short story collection) and August (a novel),......
Kimball Geisler paints landscapes that draw people outdoors. Whether it’s the distant peaks draped in stubborn snow or the murmur of water skimming a bend, Geisler brings the universal intimacy of nature to his work. To be clear, he doesn’t paint portraits of landscapes; instead,......
It should come as no surprise that upon entering the Bozeman offices of Yellow Dog Flyfishing, I’m greeted by Daisy, a lovable yellow lab whose tail wags back and forth at the speed of light. It’s probably equally unsurprising that she shows me Montana-sized hospitality.......
The alarm goes off, and my eyes open. Ok, let’s do this. “This” is getting out of a warm bed and putting on layer after layer, capping it all off with a somewhat bulky drysuit. It’s going to be a perfect morning: sunny, no wind,......
On a picture-perfect June morning, a week shy of the summer solstice, sunlight streams through the spires of the enormous ponderosa pines above me. I sit mesmerized, perched in the palm of a cool granite outcropping worn smooth through a millennium of rushing waters, fixated......
ARCHITECTURE | DARKHORSE DESIGN GROUP CONSTRUCTION | CEDAR RIDGE BUILDERS STONEWORK | GREENWOOD MASONRY CONSTRUCTION For more than two decades, Darci and Tim Greenwood have spent their working lives fulfilling other people’s dreams. Darci’s nationally acclaimed company, Greenwood Events, is based in Whitefish, Montana, where......
Depending on which way the wind blows, the winter air smells of wood smoke — deep and almost sweet — for blocks around The Union, where meat is being grilled over an open fire. The warm glow from what was once Helena, Montana’s beloved Union......
An anticipated annual event for Western art collectors and enthusiasts, The Russell: A Western Art Experience auction will feature over 125 historic pieces — including more than 20 works by the iconic Charles M. Russell — presenting the largest sale of historic Western art in......
Montana, Idaho, and Wyoming are chock-full of renowned fisheries. Whether enjoyed on a popular river or tucked into a secret hidey-hole, any regional angling adventure can be enhanced by comfortable lodging, a well-prepared meal, and intimate knowledge of the waters at hand. Here, we highlight......
For nearly two decades, Warriors & Quiet Waters has supported post-9/11 veterans through nature-based programming that offers outdoor recreation, camaraderie, and solace, and works to heal the scars that remain when combat is over. With a committed team delivering evidence-based programs focused on fishing, hunting,......
For a boy who only knew red dirt, heavy air, and the threat of twisters, visiting the Northern Rocky Mountains must have been magnificent. He traveled by train from the southern Great Plains to work on a U.S. Forest Service crew in northwest Montana, where......
I help my father Quicken a pinewood blaze Against the falling night. The kerosine stove exhales With its hot oily breath And mingles With the woodsmoke And two days Of stale sweat. Lake water boils, Setting the pot lid chattering. Water For splintered ramen, Instant......
The winter day is often at its coldest as dawn breaks. With crystalline snowflakes gathered on the ground, shrouding the landscape in a soft layer of white, the air is a thin, heady brilliance as it fills the lungs. The cold surrounds, stings, seeps into......
A horse runs across a snowy field — a rider at the reins — as a skier clings to a rope tethered behind the saddle. The skier leaps off jumps, dodges obstacles, and carves turns while spectators cheer. Skijoring is a sport with rich history......
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......
Since its original facility opened in 1927, the Buffalo Bill Center of the West in Cody, Wyoming has become a 300,000-square-foot historical center consisting of five separate museums. Its flagship, the Buffalo Bill Museum, chronicles the life of William F. Cody [1846–1917], a Western icon......
Tatiana Lawson is the newly appointed director of the Sun Valley Resort Ski Patrol in Sun Valley, Idaho, and the first female ever to hold that position. And, while women have been involved in Sun Valley’s male-dominated professional patrol for several decades, it’s clear there’s......
You can be forgiven for thinking of Montana’s Class C state basketball tournament, which begins March 12 at the Butte Civic Center, as the culmination of spectacular seasons for eight of Montana’s smallest high schools. A more accurate description of the state tourney is that......
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......