Winter 2024-25

Behind the scenes with three local businesswomen. Bozeman is a haven for outdoor business—after all, we’re more or less surrounded by mountains, rivers, forests, and abundant opportunities for adventure. But those kinds of…

Exploring the frozen waters of southwest Montana. It was a dry, brown winter. Early-season snowfall lulls had the Gallatin Valley looking unseasonably bare in December. Bridger sported a measly 13-inch base. Big Sky wasn’t…

Theresa Leland’s ongoing impact on the ski-education community. It’s a brilliant day at Crosscut Mountain Sports Center, with last week’s powder dump now neatly groomed into corduroy Nordic ski trails that sparkle under…

The trials and tribulations of building an illicit, slopeside ski shack. Let me set the scene. We were four high-school ski buddies spread across the state for college, but from Thanksgiving to mid-April, we would meet for…

A winter weekend in Seeley Lake. As much as I love skiing, sometimes I crave variety in my winter lifestyle. After 40-plus years in Bozeman, I’d been feeling motivated to experience something a little different than the…

Setting a record at Jackson Hole. There’s something about skiing hard by day and sleeping in bunk beds by night that just hits different. It typically means you and a bunch of friends are cramming in someplace to get the…

Old-timers take to the ice. People often say they want to watch hockey, but they have trouble keeping up with the action. Well, there’s an opportunity to view, or play, the game in slow motion: the Legends of Hockey Senior…

An organized hockey league brings skaters to the rink. Wild-ice skating and pond hockey are casual, athletic ways of getting on the ice around Bozeman, but for those seeking more structure, there’s an organization in town…