Outdoors
Finding your inner desert rat
Most people when they hear the term “desert rat” tend to think of a grizzled old prospector wearing a sweat-stained droopy cowboy hat leading a sleepy-eyed burro overloaded with tools and supplies though the cactus and sand.
Mar 11, 2010 | 12:00 am | (0) Comments
Beyond ‘dudism’: Missoula kayaker values experience over hype
When Doug Ammons stares at a river, he senses the flow of time, the movement of past through present and into the future.
Mar 11, 2010 | 12:00 am | (1) Comments
Butte man takes trip of a lifetime to Antarctica
For as long as he can remember, Antarctica has intrigued Jerry Sullivan.
Mar 04, 2010 | 12:00 am | (0) Comments
Wounded Warriors find relief on Big Mountain
WHITEFISH — Some astonishing things happened a few weeks ago up in Whitefish, on the snowy side of a mountain.
Mar 04, 2010 | 12:00 am | (0) Comments
Outdoors calendar
Readers: The deadline to submit an event for Thursday’s outdoors section is now on Monday. Please send event information to the outdoors editor at mkidston@helenair.com.
Mar 03, 2010 | 10:19 pm | (0) Comments
MWF seeking award nominees
The Montana Wildlife Federation is looking for candidates for its 2010 awards that honor conservationists, sportsmen (and women), outfitters and landowners.
Mar 03, 2010 | 10:20 pm | (0) Comments
Archers post foul-weather shoot results
On Feb. 21, 180 archers came out to the Z-Z Sporting Clays in Helena and braved what started out at 4-below-zero weather to shoot the annual Lewis and Clark Archers 3-D Foul Weather. The weather got warmer and everyone had a great time.
Mar 03, 2010 | 10:21 pm | (0) Comments
Winter wonderland
MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, Wyo. — The sky was beginning to clear when we paused atop the small rise on Yellowstone National Park’s Swan Lake Flats to take in the view of Bunsen Peak ahead of us.
Feb 25, 2010 | 12:00 am | (0) Comments
After losing job with NASCAR, NC man turns to fishing lures
SALISBURY, N.C. (AP) — When Rob Fisher lost his job last year due to NASCAR mergers, he decided to turn one of his lifetime goals into a reality.
Feb 25, 2010 | 12:00 am
Outdoors Calendar
Readers: The deadline to submit an event for Thursday’s outdoors section is now on Monday. Please send event information to the outdoors editor at mkidston@helenair.com.
Feb 25, 2010 | 12:00 am | (0) Comments
Resorts start early in recruiting lifetime skiers
BIG SKY — Arching her spine and throwing her head back, brown braids flying, 12-year-old Isabella Sarmiento repeatedly tried to execute a back flip on a bungee trampoline at the base of Big Sky Resort’s ski hill on Sunday.
Feb 25, 2010 | 12:00 am | (0) Comments
Record pygmy whitefish caught
KALISPELL — State wildlife officials say a Kalispell man has caught a state record pygmy whitefish.
Feb 25, 2010 | 12:00 am | (0) Comments
And now for something completely different
If you’re looking for a yurt experience that’s a little less, well, primitive, the Downing Mountain Lodge west of Hamilton might be just the ticket. It’s like a home away from home, if your home has a commercial kitchen, a cash register, a hot tub and a fireplace that could fit a fo…
Feb 18, 2010 | 12:00 am | (0) Comments
There’s always faster
Skiing to me is about the rush. The free-flowing, fast-paced, adrenaline rush that can only be achieved through semi-controlled, high-speed sliding. Well, carving.
Feb 18, 2010 | 12:00 am | (0) Comments
Strangers in paradise
When going into the backcountry with people you don’t really know, there’s a hesitation. You wonder what it will be like for the next three days in an enclosed area with semi-strangers.
Feb 18, 2010 | 12:00 am | (5) Comments
Metcalf Wildlife Refuge names new manager
STEVENSVILLE — When Tom Reed was 8 years old, his father put a shotgun in his hand and took him quail hunting for the first time in the desert of southern California.
Feb 11, 2010 | 12:00 am | (0) Comments
Super sled Sunday XIII
High above the fog from the inversion in the Helena Valley, more than 100 snowmobile riders recently gathered about seven miles off Highway 12 up Mullan Pass.
Feb 11, 2010 | 12:00 am | (0) Comments
Outdoors Calendar
Readers: The deadline to submit an event for Thursday’s outdoors section is now on Monday. Please send event information to the outdoors editor at mkidston@helenair.com.
Feb 11, 2010 | 12:00 am | (0) Comments
Don’t get caught
If you spend time in the backcountry, avalanche safety skills are a must
Feb 04, 2010 | 12:00 am | (0) Comments
