Fall there
This might not sound quite as crazy as heading for the West did back in the day, just close. I went back east to go climbing. And to see some of those much heralded autumn colors. Everyone I know from there talks about them. The fiery reds and oranges and bright yellows even made “shrapnel-bursts” … Read more
Fall here
Autumn. The best kind of fall. Not that I’ve always enjoyed it, but it is a charming season. Used to be, for me, that these few months, or weeks, were just an interminable wait for snow to fly. Around here, the usually small, though picturesque, swathes of fiery changing colors aren’t popular enough to warrant … Read more
Climbing the N.B.s
It’s kind of funny that in a big ol’ state like this one there would be two climbing areas with the initials N.B., within a couple hundred miles of each other. It’s a little weird there would be two with the same initials, period. But anyway, at the Northern Bourbouns – across the dirt road … Read more
Montana climb-stone: Exploring gneiss in Beehive Basin
It’s kind of like the hole-in-the-wall gem that most people find an easy excuse to avoid.
Montana climbing: The seasons and faces
This article by Big Sky/Bozeman-based writer Emily Stifler appeared in ‘The Amazing Issue’ of Rock and Ice in October 2010.
Ice climbing in town?
A team of Montana State University students won a competition to design a proposed 85-foot tall ice climbing tower at the Gallatin County Fairgrounds as part of an attempt to lure the 2013 world cup of ice climbing championship to Bozeman.
SIET – School for International Expedition Travel
“I went to Peru in the end of May through the beginning of June (2011) because I was taking an international expedition course, which involved learning how to organize a mountaineering expedition in a foreign country,” said Bozeman resident Tyson Roth. “It went through all the logistical planning and acquiring goods, and then once we … Read more
Noah’s Nursery
Bear Canyon 5.10d Noah’s Nursery is one of those climbs that no matter how many times I try, or how many times I rehearse it in my head never seems to get any more familiar – or easier. It’s the kind of climb that feels like the first time every time. Which despite the irritation … Read more
