Outdoors

Out of Bounds

The Inhospitable Matrix

I’m not surprised someone was selling trips to the Titanic, 12,500 feet below the ocean’s surface, but I find it baffling

Environment

Blackfeet Bring Bison Home to Chief Mountain

Tribal members hailed the return of wild free-roaming buffalo to Indigenous land as an expression of sovereignty and the beginning of a cultural and ecological renaissance

Glacier Park

Highline Trail Opens in Glacier Park

The popular trail between Logan Pass and Granite Park opened a full month earlier than last season, although lingering snow patches may require caution

Glacier Park

Preservation or ‘Playing God?’

A coalition of conservation groups has likened a native trout restoration project to ‘playing god’ with the fisheries of Glacier National Park, but scientists say it’s one of the last best chances to preserve a species in peril

Out of Bounds

Outdoor Medicine

I’ve recently been hit by depression that I suspect most face when a serious injury alters our life

Out of Bounds

East Coast Comeuppance

I suppose it’s not a surprise that some of us chuckled a bit when smoke descended on the East Coast and Gotham residents responded as if the apocalypse was finally upon us

Glacier Park

Going-to-the-Sun Road Fully Opens to Vehicles

Park officials announced early Tuesday morning that all 50 miles of the iconic alpine byway are open to motorized traffic, marking the earliest opening date since 2005 and increasing the volume of vehicle reservations available in the popular corridor

Out of Bounds

Cross at Your Own Risk

U.S. District Judge Scott Skavdahl injected a welcome dose of sanity into a conflict so far dominated by the lunacy of a handful of wealthy landowners

Out of Bounds

12 Feet, Tip to Tip

I’m fascinated by the megafauna wiped out during the warming that spread across Earth at the end of the last glacial period