Flathead Living Magazine

Walsh, Wheeler and the Lake They Shared
History

Walsh, Wheeler and the Lake They Shared

While former U.S. Senators Thomas Walsh and Burton Wheeler are regarded by many as political legends, they also shared a deep affection for Glacier National Park and Lake McDonald

By Butch Larcombe
Infrastructure

Harnessing the Kootenai

A half-century ago, the Libby Dam was the final piece of one of the most significant public works projects in American history

Profile

The Wild Life of Danny On

While locals are familiar with Danny On as the namesake of a popular hiking trail at Whitefish Mountain Resort, a smaller segment of the Flathead Valley knows about his World War II heroics, or his career as a smokejumper, forester and nature photographer

Books

Review: Baited

Set in Glacier National Park, this debut novel adds yet another impressive waypoint to the literary trail that western Montana authors have helped blaze

Local

Sisterhood in Sync

In the aftermath of breast cancer, a group of women formed the Silver Lining Foundation to support survivors through outrigger canoeing and dragon boating in northwest Montana

Environment

A Mission Mountain Milestone

Fifty years after its wilderness designation, the Mission Mountains remain wild, protected, preserved, and primeval

Dish

A Taste of Summertime Tradition in the Tippy Canoe

At Burgertown Dairy Freeze in Bigfork, the “Tippy Canoe” is just a chili dog — but each bite is also an ode to summer and a nod to the nostalgia animating this seasonal snack shack since 1970

Local

Sisters of the Snow

Since the USGS launched its avalanche forecasting program on Glacier National Park’s Going-to-the-Sun Road in 2003, there have been no avalanche-related injuries or fatalities. The safety record continued this season, which also marked the first time in the program’s history that the team was made up of all women forecasters.

Editor's Note

Oh, the Stories You’ll Tell!

The thrill of gathering the thread of information and then unspooling the narrative for readers has never diminished