Outdoors

What are fish doing these days?

Published on Tue, 01/29/2019 - 12:00am
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Ever wonder on a cold, snowy winter day what fish are doing under the ice? The short answer is: about the same as the rest of the year. They breathe,

Bighorn Canyon all by yourself

Published on Tue, 01/29/2019 - 12:00am
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Have you had a whole wilderness to yourself? I recently had such an experience. Try the southern Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area in the shoulder season. When folks head out

Despite shutdown, winter activies continue

Published on Tue, 01/22/2019 - 12:00am
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The flag pole in front of the Old Faithful visitor center is empty. The sidewalks up to the door are not shoveled and the snow is about 2-feet-deep. A sign

Yellowstone ski newbies discover awesomeness of park skiing

Published on Tue, 01/15/2019 - 12:00am
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Park County has some terrific cross-country ski areas, but it’s pretty hard pressed to beat Yellowstone National Park’s offerings, something my family and I discovered by accident recently. About 10

The religion of solid ground while driving over lake ice on a sultry winter’s day

Published on Tue, 01/15/2019 - 12:00am
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If you find yourself in a car careening across the ice of a frozen lake this winter, you may do well to keep the door ajar, if just for the

Reflections on wall tent life

Published on Tue, 01/08/2019 - 12:00am
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Ibought the tent for 600 bucks off an old outfitter toward the end of my season as innkeeper at the Crazy Mountain Inn in Martinsdale. It measured 12 feet wide

Out of the wind, into the wild

Published on Tue, 12/18/2018 - 12:00am
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At the trailhead for the Lamar River Trail on Sunday, a couple men sat and watched three moose resting by the river. They saw our skis and told us to

Hunting for my first Christmas tree

Published on Tue, 12/11/2018 - 12:00am
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The sun was already behind the foothills of the Absaroka Mountains when we drove up Mill Creek Road in search of a Christmas tree. My life has been in flux

The Quest of the Huck Finn

Published on Tue, 12/04/2018 - 12:00am
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Two years ago, during a late fall float on the Yellowstone River, a crazy idea was born. David Zollinger and his crew, including Mark and Kim Manseau, Ryan Early, and

Pondering the necessity of bird dogs willing to put up with owners

Published on Tue, 12/04/2018 - 12:00am
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I heard a story about a bird dog that couldn’t be trained, and usually ran off flushing pheasants and Huns a quarter mile away in the wrong direction. One day