Winter 2016-17
December 15, 2016Our Healthy, Well and Fit issue brings an easy guide to downhill skiing, Aaron Theisen’s Maverick Mountain magic, and Phil Knight on earning your turns. Joseph Shelton finds Butte magic, Carol Polich photographs hoarfrost heaven, and Jessianne Wright picks the top five Forest Service cabins in the Gallatin Range. Also inside: Americana music in Montana, Native Americans in 30 years with Walter Fleming, David Quammen, sculpture in the wild, the art of Jerry Crandall, the University of Montana’s brain injury center, and Chef Jim Gray’s elk pot roast.
Fall 2016
September 15, 2016Todd Klassy photographs the last best cowboys, SuzAnne Miller rides the Bitterroot with Hawk the mountain man, and Carol Polich watches sandhill cranes dance. Holly Matkin backpacks the Bob Marshall Wilderness, Doug Emlen explores claws, teeth, armor and cheats, and golden ghost towns call. Also inside: Locati Architects, Elizabeth Davey Lochrie, Chef Jim Gray’s duck confit, the Great Bear Foundation, virtual reality in 30 years, the legacy of conservation, and Ellen Baumler, a Montanan you should know.
Summer 2016
June 15, 2016Aaron Theisen explores the northern Bitterroots, Pat Clayton falls for lake love, and seven wild adventures await in Big Sky country. Ride ten distinctly awesome bike routes, read Richard S. Wheeler’s Anything Goes, and follow Barbara Ulrich’s miracle eagle rescue. Also inside: the My Montana Home section on green building and blue ribbon ranches, the art of Gary Lynn Roberts, SuzAnne Miller’s painted ponies, Camp Mak-A-Dream, Chef Jim Gray’s summer salads, and Wild West Words on ranch, tipi and outhouse.
Spring 2016
March 15, 2016Landon Jones tells of a bad cowboy, M. Mark Miller shares tales of the Belgrade bull, and Joanna Pocock offers 15 tips for floating the Missouri River with kids. Ray Cavanaugh follows an artist’s quest to capture Little Bighorn, Craig and Liz Larcom grow a bird garden, and Big Sky country brings big weather. Also inside: wildflowers in 30 years, back in the day fishing, the American Indian Institute, Robert Staffanson, Rambo goes fishing, drinkers with a running problem, and Chef Jim Gray’s mushrooms.
Winter 2015-16
December 15, 2015Our Healthy, Well and Fit issue goes dogsledding with Maggie Slepian, snowshoes the Cabinet Mountains with Aaron Theisen, and meets Marguerite Lindsley, the Lone Ranger of Yellowstone, with Joanna Pocock. Lisa Baril digs into ice patch archaeology, Cindy Goeddel witnesses a bison’s close call, and M. Mark Miller tells how Yankee Jim tangled with Rudyard Kipling. Also inside: Conrad Anker, a Montanan you should know, biathlon, snow yoga, wildlife artist John Banovich, Chef Jim Gray’s cold-water salmon, the Montana Preservation Alliance, and forests in 30 years.
Summer 2015
June 15, 2015Susi Hülsmeyer-Sinay goes trekking with llamas, Aaron Theisen finds Montana’s banana belt, and Lisa Baril stays up for Montana’s wild nightlife. Jean Arthur savors a Big Sky summer, Lacey Middlestead keeps bees, and we bid farewell to Ivan Doig. Also inside: the My Montana Home section on homes through the years and outdoor living spaces, SuzAnne Miller at the cyber ranch, Lyndel Meikle’s puzzles, the art of K. Bonnema Leslie, Chef Jim Gray’s lentils, birds and climate in 30 years, and Louisa Willcox, a Montanan you should know.
Spring 2015
March 15, 2015Macy K. Ricketts finds poppies, pikas and lilies in a changing Glacier, Ken Sinay picks five favorite river floats, and Bill Muhlenfeld visits Big Timber, the little town that can. Gary Ferguson shares The Carry Home, Joe Shelton hears modern American Indian music, and Thomas Sullivan charts Montana’s Irish renaissance. Also inside: the art of Marvin Soroos, the Taft-Nicholson Center, Brian D’Ambrosio’s warrior in the ring, Chef Jim Gray’s spring pasta, fisheries in 30 years, Pearl Cash, and Wally McRae, a Montanan you should know.
Winter 2014-15
December 15, 2014Our annual Healthy, Well and Fit issue goes snowkiting with Noah Poritz, rides with Stagecoach Mary, a Montana legend, and follows Mark Twain to Montana. Phil Knight imagines Montana’s ski mountains in 2044, Brian Hurlbut rates the best of Montana’s ski areas, and Maggie Slepian goes dashing through the snow. Also inside: Lisa Baril on hibernation and migration, Chef Jim Gray’s merry mini meals, the living art of Montana, Doug Chabot, cancer support communities, sports medicine, and whether your body is from Montana or Mississippi.
Fall 2014
September 15, 2014Emily Harris follows the effort to bring back bighorn sheep, Valerie Harms keeps field notes from four days on the High Plains, and Montana enters a new drone era. Corinne Garcia finds the secret is out in Bozeman, and Joseph Shelton tracks spirits and ghosts in the last best place. Also inside: the Gal section, five great mobile apps for the outdoors, Phil Knight at the Museum of Mountain Flying, Chef Jim Gray’s pumpkin-ginger tart, Bill Muhlenfeld on buyer’s remorse, and Montana’s population in 30 years.
Summer 2014
June 15, 2014Gary A. Wilson heads to honky-tonk Havre, Ryan Newhouse tours the breweries under the Big Sky, and Montana wildlife gets exposed. Wylie Gustafson takes a Montana cowboy to Inner Mongolia, Sean McSpadden goes summer skiing, and Aaron Theisen takes art to the wild side en plein air. Also inside: the My Montana Home section with builder tips and (really) small houses, the art of Jennifer Lowe-Anker, Helena from the top down, the Kitchen Guy’s berry favorite season, state and national parks in 30 years, and Hunter Lloyd, a Montanan you should know.