Camping

Heart, Pearl, and Dalton Lakes—The Great Burn

When you have old dogs who still love to log the miles, backpacking in August can be tricky.

(Head Out)   Aug 30, 2012

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Devil’s Glen-Dearborn River

Clear water has a way of distilling the hours into a stream of sensual moments, indifferent to time.

(Head Out)   Aug 12, 2012

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Lake Cameron

With two days to explore the southern Madison Valley, my babe Kara and I were looking for an overnight trip into mountains that would offer four things: an alpine lake, wicked scenery, never-been-there country and the chance to scope some elk for the upcoming hunting season.

(Head Out)   Aug 2, 2012

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Lolo Greek Campground

It’s midnight on Friday and I am at “The Hunger Games” at Carmike Cinemas.

(Head Out)   May 8, 2012

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Springtime at Flathead

It was a brisk, sunny morning when we arrived to a small, undeveloped parcel of land near the end of Finley Point along the southeast shore of Flathead Lake.

(Head Out)   May 3, 2012

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Perfect Pocket Multi-tool

The Juice series of pocket-size multi-tools are an industry leader.

(Gear Reports)   Mar 22, 2012

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Two Days, Two Elk and One Trip to the Hospital

Elk hunting with a bow is something I enjoy immensely for a variety of reasons.

(Head Out)   Oct 19, 2011

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Winging it

A Hungarian teen meets the flockers at Red Rock Lakes

Please God, let us see birds so magical that they imprint on her soul.

(Head Trip)   Sep 1, 2011

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Mount Natoas, Glacier National Park

After three grizzly bears denied us the summit of Mount Cleveland one day prior, our climbing party of Morgen Lanning, Kara McMahon and myself headed for the summit of the much-less-notorious Notoas Peak.

(Head Out)   Aug 11, 2011

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Mount Cleveland, Glacier National Park

I have a real weakness for the stunning alpine of Glacier National Park, and I regularly find myself driving past other exquisite ranges (Missions, Swans, Bitterroots) to go get lost in them.

(Head Out)   Aug 11, 2011

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North Forking

Friends and I make it a habit every July to brave the washboarded North Fork Road from Columbia Falls up to the Canadian border past Polebridge for three days of paddling on the North Fork of the Flathead River.

(Head Out)   Jul 25, 2011

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Father knows quest

An adventure–mad dad bikes the rockies–towing kids.

High in a remote corner of the Swan Valley we roll around a bend in the trail—11-year-old Silas, 7-year-old Jonah, and me on one colossal mountain bike we call the Teasdale Train—when suddenly it's there, not more than 30 feet away: a grizzly bear on its hind legs.

Jun 1, 2011

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Rugged retail

Electronics store gets adventurous

Missoula's mega electronics retailer Vann's Inc. plugged into the great outdoors this spring with the launch of a website that sells not appliances, but adventure gear.

(Head Lines & Features)   Jun 1, 2011

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