Home-Schooled by Mother Nature
Student stories from Mount Ellis AcademyThere isn’t much that would make a sane person want to go back to high school, but Mount Ellis Academy’s outdoor program might do just that. From bombing down...
View ArticleZipped Up
Tent-care tips. Outdoorspeople know there are three guarantees in life: death, taxes, and zipper failure. None are any fun, and I’ll avoid the first two, but hopefully these tips will help you with the...
View ArticleEdible Wild Plants and Useful Herbs
Every year, I vow to learn more about native foliage, from shrub and tree ID to wildflower names to edible plants.
View ArticleSafe & Secure
For all its rugged beauty, Montana’s backcountry holds its fair share of danger. Avalanches, lightning, frigid water, bears, rattlesnakes… the list goes on. Now, the odds are in your favor, but it...
View ArticleSchool's Outside
Getting educated in nature. Here in Bozeman, we are incredibly fortunate to have abundant outdoor recreation in every direction. With this good fortune comes a responsibility: to educate ourselves, so...
View ArticleMars Returns
The red planet lives.It’s the color. Lurid, baleful red, blazing unblinking in the night sky. Like a burning ember, or a drop of blood. No wonder this “wandering star” in the realm of the gods was...
View ArticleCoveted Courses
A little learning goes a long way.Lucky you, to have landed in Montana’s epicenter for outdoor recreation. Soaring ridgelines beckon to be traversed, roaring rapids call for you to make a run, and...
View ArticleSchool's Outside
Learning up in Big Sky Country.Here in Bozeman, we are fortunate to have abundant outdoor recreation in every direction. With this good fortune comes a responsibility: to educate ourselves, so that we...
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