07 Apr Above & Beyond
PERCHED AT 8,300 FEET ON ANDESITE MOUNTAIN in Big Sky, Montana, and looking south toward Gallatin Canyon, “Broadside Sol,” as the architects dubbed it, offers a busy family of five the best of both worlds: easy access to world-class skiing and abundant sunshine. “Standing on...
07 Apr Madison View
WHEN JIMMY AND MALINDA LEWIS PURCHASED PROPERTY in Big Sky, Montana, instead of focusing on the potential obstacles that they might face during the building process due to the steepness of the sloping lot, the couple set their sights on something else completely: the views....
17 Oct Western Design: Mountain Modern in Moonlight
A Texas family builds their ultimate Montana ski home It was 2004 when Debbie Canby’s husband, Robert, suggested Montana for a vacation. “I said, ‘Why would I want to go to Montana? I’m a city girl,” she recalls. Nevertheless, she agreed to a trip, and...
14 Jun Beyond the Boardwalk
Backcountry excursions in Yellowstone National Park From our perch on a hillside overlooking the upper Lamar River Valley, my friend Mariann and I watched the sun set behind Parker Peak. The sky burned in reds and oranges, made more beautiful by the wildfire smoke in...
13 Feb Earn your Casts
Fishing mountain lakes As passionate as we claim to be, many fly anglers reach a time in our lives when that excitement wanes, and we yearn for a higher level of challenge and adventure. Some turn to the fierce steelhead of the Pacific Northwest, some...
12 Feb Finding Another Way
A trail re-route to save a species Last year was the 50th anniversary of the National Trails Act; this year seems a good one to stop and applaud the foresight of bipartisan leaders of back-then who realized the American public, in times of stress, would...
12 Dec Livingston, Montana: A Rebel Outpost of the Writerly West
Writer Tim Cahill and I walk, scouting the horizon for pronghorn antelope (Antilocapra Americana), an animal like no other and North America’s fastest. None appear. No cattle are here now either. From this bench situated within public lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management,...
11 Dec Wild Ice
Skating the backcountry I’ve skated before, but this time it feels like flying. The ice is smooth and fast; it takes almost no energy for me to glide from one side of the lake to the other. I push with my left leg and flow...