April 2023
Phil Knight
When I first came to Yellowstone, the park was only 110 years old. Now it is 151. Of those 41 years, I worked in or visited Yellowstone during all but one of them.I arrived in the West by train in 1982, a total greenhorn, for my first summer of work…
April 2023
Jeff Beyl
Some people take sleeping pills. Some people drink a glass of warm milk. Others, a snifter of warm brandy. Some people practice a series of muscle relaxations starting with their toes, then their ankles, then their calves, working their way, muscle…
March 2023
Olivia Mitchell
Living in Bozeman gives you access to many different outdoor activities, including countless winter hobbies, such as skiing, snowboarding, ice skating, snowshoeing, snowmobiling and, my personal favorite, ice climbing, a sport in which participants…
March 2023
Maisie Bissell
Amelia DiGiano
With so many places to ski in the world, what is it that makes Bozeman so special? If you ask the locals here in Bozeman where they ski, there’s a 90% chance they’ll say Bridger Bowl. Established in the mid-1940s, it has…
March 2023
Angie Ripple
March is not only the month of my birth, but Montana’s allotted month for spring break. With a full week off for local students, families are challenged with how to fill the time. If you’re staycationing, you’re probably looking for…
March 2023
Thomas Austin
The afternoon sun beams, but it’s too cold to feel any warmth. Your breath billows out like smoke. Behind you, rocky peaks rise from the valley floor. Snow and ice sparkle beneath your feet.A harsh noise — something like ripping paper — splits…
February 2023
Thomas Austin
I sat on my couch in Bozeman, eyeing the mailbox like a rabid dog. The mailman would be there any minute with a package containing my car keys, which I had left in Oakland while visiting family, a boneheaded maneuver that would surprise nobody who…
February 2023
Peter Brancaccio
Thank you, Mr. Bailey.
That is what I was thinking as the predawn light began to tent tively seek out the lake behind our home in the mid-autumn chill. Self-taught and uncommonly brilliant, Mr. Bailey risked everything, including his life, to live…
February 2023
Angie Ripple
In spring 2019, Dragan Danevski and Lina Hultin founded the Bozeman-based non-profit, Montana Endurance Academy [MEA]. Originally from Sweden, Lina has since moved to Norway to be closer to her family. Dragan is well known in the community, having…
January 2023
Phil Knight
I grew up surrounded by trees. The Knight family home in Connecticut was tucked into a forest of oaks, white pine, maple beech and hickory. Our small yard was home to hundreds of trees, mostly black oak. The forest was filled with birds, squirrels…
