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outdoors in United States : the essentials

Hiking in Lincoln

Rogers Pass

Rogers Pass – the Montana version, not the more famous one in British Columbia – marks a noticeable transition for travelers. West

Skiing in Pierce

Bald Mountain Ski Area

Here’s a ski area few people have heard of. Bald Mountain is a high-point in the remote Clearwater Mountains of northern Idaho. It

Skiing in Grangeville

Snowhaven Ski & Tubing Area

Some towns have parks, some have playgrounds and ballfields, and others have community centers and concert halls. Grangeville, Ida

Skiing in Cottonwood

Cottonwood Butte Ski Area

Cottonwood’s motto is “Escape to Cottonwood”. That sounds kinda corny until you drive up to this throwback locals-only hill: you a

Lakes in Dillon

Lower Miner Lake

We pulled in late at night and backed into the first camp spot we found. The tent went up in a few minutes, brush your teeth, roll

Hiking in Seeley Lake

Lindy Peak

I meet James in the hardware store parking lot at 5:30, both of us crusty and exhausted. Within minutes my gear is in the back of

Nature Reserves in Kalispell

Jewel Basin

We churn on in low range, skirting rockfall and downed branches, before hitting a 5-foot high drift. Because of grizzlies Laura wa

Lakes in Seeley Lake

Crystal Lake

The trail starts flat, then goes downhill, and does so fairly steadily. Cooper is asleep in the backpack but wakes when I stumble

Hiking in Huson

Ch-paa-qn Peak

Ch-paa-qn (pronounced ‘cha-pa-kwin’) looks like a volcano but spews nothing more than spindrift. It’s one of the higher peaks visi

Hiking in Gallatin Gateway

Hyalite Peak

I met the French in downtown Bozeman. Being French, and being in Bozeman, they were quite easy to spot. We had been conversing for

Hiking in Big Sky

Bear Creek

Beehive gets all the press, likely because it has the trailhead, the cute name, and the delicious looking peaks. But a short climb

Hiking in Gallatin Gateway

Beehive Basin

Arriving to Beehive is quite the sight – and I’m not talking about the mountains. The trailhead here is a small parking lot and a

Nature Reserves in Choteau

Waldron Creek

I had been hunting the topo maps of the Rocky Mountain Front and found this place, just in front of Teton Pass Ski Area. It looked

Skiing in Troy

Robinson Mountain

It seemed like I had called a fair portion of the population of Northwest Montana asking about Robinson Mountain. One had climbed

Hiking in Troy

Flatiron Pass, Montana

I've got an hour and a half until sunset, but it's clearing, so I think I'll make a run up to Flatiron Pass. Past the turnoff for

Lakes in Elysian

Lake Francis

Everyone has to go ice fishing at least once in their lives. How often can you pretend you're god and walk on water (aka ice) much

Hiking in Missoula

Crooked Trail

The west and south faces of Mt. Sentinel are typically the first spots around Missoula to melt off and dry out, so the Crooked Tra

Skiing in Arlee

Point Six

Now this is rare -- I've got free tickets to Snowbowl and the avalanche danger is low. I pick up Kevin at a leisurely hour and 25

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