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Outdoors

Out of Bounds

Postseason Blues

If there were quail in Dillon I doubt they would have survived the night, much less winter

Glacier Park

Glacier Park Clocks 2.94 Million Visitors in 2023

As visitation trends stabilizes due in part to a vehicle reservation system, an unseasonably warm December prompted a 41% uptick in visitors to the park when compared to the same month a year prior

Skiing

A Flathead Valley Nordic Ski Guide

With snow finally covering the lowlands, Nordic groomers are out before dawn grooming a winter wonderland for skiers of all stripes

Wildlife

The Complicated Case of the Captured Canada Lynx

Two threatened lynx were accidentally captured by bobcat trappers in northwest Montana, resulting in one mortality and a state citation. The case has drawn attention to an obscure set of regulations that anti-trapping organizations say runs counter to the conservation mission.

Skiing

Slow Going on the Snow Ghost Express

In its second season as Whitefish Mountain Resort's lone six-pack chairlift, mechanical closures have persistently rendered a chair designed to disperse record crowds inoperable

Out of Bounds

Never Ending Wolf Wars

Wolf restoration in the Northern Rockies has been an unqualified success. But wolf management? Not so much.