FEATURED OUTLAW: THE LANGUAGE OF BELAY

By Bella Butler

One of the greatest climbers in history, Conrad Anker has spent decades completing first ascents and notable mountaineering feats around the globe. Now, at age 60, the Bozeman local is translating The Language of Belay to the concept of community.

OUTBOUND GALLERY: COMMUNITY IN CONTEXT

Two Montana photographers put Community in Context with these visual profiles of Lame Deer, Anaconda and Big Sky invite us to contemplate the meaning of community.

ENVIRONMENT: THE ARENA OF CHALLENGE FOR GRIZZLIES

By Benjamin Alva Polley

Amidst what experts describe as one of the biggest conservation wins in history, grizzly bear recovery in certain ecosystems has officials reevaluating the iconic bruins’ decades-old protection under the Endangered Species Act.

ADVENTURE: A TALE OF TWO TREKS

By Jeremy Lurgio

A lesson in Montana adventures, from one summer to the next in this photo essay comparison of two trips to Montana’s Medicine Point Lookout.

ADVENTURE: 100 DAYS FROM YELLOWSTONE TO THE YUKON

By Heather Waterous

Two women (and one dog) embark on an ever-changing, human-powered traverse traverse of North America’s most iconic wildlife corridors.

ADVENTURE: DOWN IS OPTIONAL / UP IS MANDATORY

By Mira Brody

Running the Grand Canyon, rim to rim to rim.

ROOTS: LENDING A HAND

By Maria Lovely

Branding season in rural Montana epitomized communal Western spirit.

ROOTS: THE DNA OF WHO WE ARE

By Jack Reaney

With their legacy of service, Montana’s Williams family makes community their business.

ROOTS: THE BIG TWO HEARTED RETREAT

By Toby Thompson

At the 2022 Hemingway Society Conference, scholars, writers and other prolific figures gathered in Montana’s rustic Cooke City to examine the writer’s relationship to the wild landscape of Montana and Wyoming.

ENVIRONMENT: RIVER PEOPLE

By Eric Ladd

A reflection of a lifetime spent on rivers, and how these bodies of water build community.

ENVIRONMENT: ONE TRAIL AT A TIME

By Jason Bacaj

Building connection—and bike trails—in Big Sky.

ENVIRONMENT: CONNECT & PROTECT

By Christine Nichol

A passionate group pushes conservation at scale for one of North America’s most critical wildlife corridors. Thirty years protecting the Yellowstone to Yukon corridor.

SPONSORED CONTENT: THE FUTURE OF CLOTHING

By Mira Brody

Voormi’s season-spanning, all-conditions gear is built to outperform and outlast.

SOCIETY: STATE OF THE NEWS

By Dennis Swibold

Community journalism is threatened but not extinct. One seasoned Montana journalist offers a prognosis.

SOCIETY: MY FIRST COWBOY HAT

By Matt Crossman

A city boy’s introduction to the West.

SOCIETY: BIG SKY’S BLACK GOLD

By Bay Stephens

Making compost with what you flush, turning waste in gold.