Outdoors
What's there to do in the great outdoors? Here we've got a bevy of local outdoor activities and destinations to explore.
FWP prepares new Wolf Management Plan
Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks will prepare an environmental impact statement and conduct public scoping on a pr…
Outdoor news
Ranger speaks
Canadian skier dies in Big Mountain tree well
A man from Alberta was found dead in a tree well at Whitefish Mountain Resort on Sunday, Feb. 16.
Avalanche hits snowmobilers in Canyon Creek
Four people on snowmobiles made it out safely on Saturday, Feb. 15, after an avalanche partially buried them in the Canyon Creek drainage just north of Whitefish Mountain Resort.
Special advisory issued: Avalanche danger is high
The Flathead Avalanche Center issued a backcountry avalanche warning for the entire advisory area on Friday, Feb. 13.
Canyon bike path group signs $754,757 contract
Love in the winter
Just in time for Valentine’s Day, we bring you those wonderful love birds — great horned owls. That’s right. The fiercest, most aggressive, most impressive owl…
Study finds niche market for bike tours
Wilderness advocates need to tell their stories
Atheist group appeals Jesus statue ruling
A Wisconsin-based atheist group has appealed last year’s federal district court decision that allowed a statue of Jesus to remain on the side of Big Mountain i…
Outdoor news
Wilderness talks
State parks post record visitation last year
Montana State Parks announced Jan. 29 that annual visitation numbers for 2013 are the highest on record, with more than 2,112,000 visits to Montana’s 54 state …
Winter survival in Montana
We turn up the heat, put on a sweater, plug in the car. They leave town, go to sleep or tough it out. They are wildlife, specifically Montana’s wildlife that h…
Court upholds public access to waterways
In a Jan. 16 ruling, the Montana Supreme Court upheld Montana’s 1985 Stream Access Law, which a landowner in Madison County claimed was an “unconstitutional taking of his vested property rights.”
Guided snowshoe walks offered across Montana
The Montana Wilderness Association will host 55 guided snowshoe walks across some of the Montana’s quiet beauty and treasured wild places beginning in January.
Big Mtn, Winter Carnival promoter Norm Kurtz dies
Longtime Whitefish civic leader Norm Kurtz, a hardworking promoter of the Big Mountain ski resort and the Whitefish community for decades, a founder of the Whi…