Montana outdoors

The Butte Community Fitness Foundation (BCFF) is excited to announce the 10th annual Montana Winter Festival, SnöFlinga, scheduled for January 31 to February 2, 2025, in Butte, Montana. This milestone event celebrates a decade of embracing winter recreation and community togetherness. SnöFlinga is a three-day festival showcasing a variety of winter activities and highlighting Butte’s incredible outdoor opportunities.

Montana ranks #1 for outdoor activities! Uncover what makes our state the ultimate destination for adventure and how we can preserve its natural beauty.

NOT ready to hang up your waders for the year and call it quits? Just because the water got colder doesn't mean the fish suddenly disappeared! Here are some winter flyfishing tips to help you catch more fish.

Central Montana's hunting season sees great success this year with high game harvest and increased hunter turnout!

Although the long Labor Day holiday weekend signals the unofficial beginning of fall, in Southwest Montana there are still plenty of opportunities for us to enjoy the great outdoors even with the changing of the seasons. We had a chance to sit down with local forester and recreation enthusiast Jocelyn Dodge to chat about what the end of summer means for campers, fishermen and outdoor enthusiasts.

We recently caught up with local forester and outdoor recreationalist extraordinaire, Jocelyn Dodge and she shared some great news for those experiencing a bit of cabin fever. "Thompson Park is now open for the summer from 8 AM to 9 PM through Labor Day," she told us. But with the warm weather comes more active wildlife. "It’s also bear and tick season and bears are beginning to come out of hibernation and will be looking for food."

A new technique for finding morels has surfaced online. A way to use state-of-the-art technology to give you an edge in your mushroom-hunting game.

If you are looking for that once-in-a-lifetime hunt in Montana, you better hurry!

Comically, and mostly true, the Gallatin County Sheriff's Office Search & Rescue team shared a list of potential springtime hazards as Montanan's head outdoors this season.

Make no mistake. It is HOT in Southwest Montana this summer. As temperature records fall across the entire country, the mercury in our neck of the woods has gone into the 90s several times already and August looks as though it could be another scorcher. However, there are areas nearby where the temperatures are a bit cooler, the air has a little more moisture, and the views are unbeatable. Southwest Montana forester and outdoor recreation expert Jocelyn Dodge has a few viable suggestions.