Rod ratings

George Anderson makes the grade

• by Jamie Rogers
• Tags: Head Lines & Features, Yellowstone Angler, shootout fly rod

Chewing the scenery

Smoked kokanee with a heavy dose of salty language

• by Ari LeVaux
• Tags: Grub, fishing

Camas Peak, Bitterroots

• by John Lehrman
• Tags: Skiing and Snowsports, Bitterroot Backcountry skiing, Montana backcountry skiing

Montana’s stealthy stinger

On the prowl for the elusive northern scorpion

• by Jack Ballard
• Tags: Wild Things, northern scorpion

Who is Hank Patterson, Your Fly Fishing Expert?

• by Jessica Murri
• Tags: Fishing, fly fishing, Hank Patterson, Your Fly Fishing Guide, Down the Hatch Fly Fishing Festival

Kootenai Creek

• by Casey Greene
• Tags: Hiking, Hiking, Kootenai Creek, Selway-Bitterroot, Video

Cast from the past

There’s not much in Twin Bridges save for three fly rod manufacturers who still believe in bamboo

• by Jamie Rogers
• Tags: Head Gear, fly-fishing, Sweet Grass Rods, Beaverhead Rods, R.L. Winston

Skiing the Sawtooths and Lost Rivers, Idaho

• by John Lehrman
• Tags: Skiing and Snowsports, Skiing Borah Peak, Backcountry Skiing Idaho, Backcountry Skiing the Sawtooth Mountains, Skiing the Lost River Range, Backcountryfocus

Homing

Making like a goose at Freezeout Lake

• by Brad Tyer
• Tags: Head Lines & Features, Snow Geese, Freezout Lake State Wildlife Management Area, Freezeout Lake

Learning by heart

The necessity of spring on the stark plains of eastern Montana

• by Jeff Hull
• Tags: The Crux, Bowdoin National Wildlife Refuge

Spring 2013

An Ill-Conceived Plan

• by Jessica Murri
• Tags: Hiking, hot springing, hiking, snowstorm

The Root coughs up an early season surprise

• by Jamie Rogers
• Tags: Fishing, Bitterroot, Brown trout, big fish

High on cedar

Alpine strollin’ in the Madison Range

• by Chad Harder
• Tags: Head Trip, Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest, Lake Cameron, Cedar Mountain

Sugarloaf Peak

• by John Lehrman
• Tags: Skiing and Snowsports, Bitterroot Skiing, Montana backcountry skiing, steep skiing

Pipeline

Inland surfing rides a wave of popularity

• by Eric Oravsky
• Tags: Head Lines & Features, inland surfing, Strongwater, Boardworks, Brennan's Wave

Survive and advance

Thomas Elpel thrives on nothing but nature

• by Aaron Teasdale
• Tags: Head Lines & Features, Outdoor Wilderness Living School, Thomas Elpel

Skiing up a storm

The weather’s wet. The snow’s suspect. The trek’s treacherous. Other than that, springtime in Glacier is grand.

• by Matt Holloway
• Tags: Head Trip, Skiing and Snowsports, Glacier National Park, Vulture Peak, Nahsukin Mountain

Make like Moses

How to successfully ford a stream

• by Kou Moua
• Tags: Head Lines & Features, crossing rivers

Open season

Clark Fork readies for a possible reveal

• by Alex Sakariassen
• Tags: Head Lines & Features, Milltown Dam, Clark Fork River fishing access, Clark Fork River, Blackfoot River

Blow out

HDR makes your phone smarter

• by Chad Harder
• Tags: Head Light, High Dynamic Range

Snocial

• by Mark Mullendore
• Tags: Skiing and Snowsports, Video

Skiing the Great Bear

• by Michael Reavis
• Tags: Skiing and Snowsports, backcountry skiing, Video