Her Dream: Blackfeet Women’s Stand-Up Headdresses

Her Dream: Blackfeet Women’s Stand-Up Headdresses By Rosalyn LaPier     When most people imagine a Blackfeet person in their regalia, they probably visualize a man wearing a large headdress with feathers sweeping backward. Would it surprise you to know...

Heartbeats and Hibernation in the Rockies

by Heather McKee WHOOSHoop. WHOOSHoop. WHOOSHoop. It can sound like distant thunder, the ocean, metal flexing, or a bass drum. It’s the first sound mammals hear—a mother’s heartbeat pushing through the placenta. From there, the heartbeat becomes a metronome for life....

Investigate Ice!

Frozen water can take some pretty incredible forms! Learn about a few of them here, and then go out and see if you can find any of these amazing formations yourself. Perhaps you’ll even find some fantastic formations that aren’t on this list. Happy icy investigations!...

In the Shadow of Rain

by Alison James I love driving from Missoula to Helena or Great Falls or Bozeman, over the big passes of the Continental Divide and along some of our country’s most spectacular rivers. On the west side of the Divide, we pass green foothills, huge ponderosas and larch,...