Flathead Living Magazine

Year in Review

Top Tastes of 2025

The Flathead Valley’s extensive range of dining options has planted this far-flung corner of Montana on the map as a pleasure center for foodies. As winter revs up our appetites, we revisit some of our favorite meals from the past year.

Books

Montana Book Gift Guide 

From award-winning collections of poetry to historical fiction horror, wild game cookbooks and wildlife activity books for kids, these Montana-centric titles offer something for everyone

48 Degrees North

Capturing the ‘Spirit of the Road’  

In their new documentary “Journey to the Sun,” the Lefler brothers explore and celebrate the challenging history of Glacier National Park’s Going-to-the-Sun Road

History

The Philosopher King of Wild Horse Island

As one of the earliest — and only — homesteaders to occupy Flathead Lake’s Wild Horse Island, Herman Schnitzmeyer nearly starved to death before turning his attention to photography, a talent he used to capture a turning point in the American West

Profile

How Pat Williams Kept His Promise to Montana

His family, friends and admirers say his legacy in the Flathead - and as Montana’s longest-serving congressman - lies with his advocacy for conservation, and on behalf of Native Americans

Taproom

A Hard-Pressed History of Cider

As Big Mountain Ciderworks marks its five-year anniversary in the Flathead Valley, it maintains close ties to its primitive roots