Trail crossing ahead By Jules Lingenfelter ● Outdoors ● September 2, 2026 As e-bikes explode in popularity, the mountain biking community continues to grapple with whether the new technology should be shunned or embraced.
From lackluster to lifeblood By Alex Sakariassen ● Outdoors ● August 26, 2026 The Clark Fork went from dumping ground to Missoula’s backbone. Some business owners are asking what they owe it in return.
Reading the river By Tristan Scott ● Environment ● June 10, 2026 A new web tool called TroutCast can predict how drought will hit Montana’s blue-ribbon trout fisheries, potentially before managers have to shut them down.
‘We don’t make hardware’ By Claire Bernard ● Business ● June 4, 2026 How Missoula’s Lolo Hardware turned a climbing obsession, memes and a napkin manifesto into a real(ish) business.
Bear necessities By Libby Riddle ● Outdoors ● May 20, 2026 Two engineers couldn’t find bear spray on a trip. Now their vending machines stock some of the West’s wildest trailheads.
Missoula’s weird winter, by the numbers By Justin Bangtson ● Environment ● April 8, 2026 A data portrait of Missoula’s strangely warm and short winter.
Après winter By Claire Bernard ● Outdoors ● March 5, 2026 Dispatch from the snow globe at the top of Highway 93.
Herd mentality By Arren Kimbel-Sannit ● Outdoors ● February 24, 2026 A mild winter has more Missoulians flouting Mount Jumbo’s seasonal closure that protects elk — and the city’s trail cameras are watching.
Hooked or horrified By Emma McDowell ● Outdoors ● October 24, 2025 Are fish pics poisoning Missoula’s dating waters?
Lessons from the back of the pack By Lars Chinburg ● Essay ● September 2, 2025 In a culture that prizes pace, running slow can be its own quiet victory — a way to see both the world around you and your place within it.
