It may be a silly problem, but if you’re anything like us you know it’s a real problem indeed. We’re talking about the crippling information overload that often keeps us from living out all the epic hiking trips we internally commit to each and every summer. Should I prep for a short day hike, or […]
Trail Less Traveled – 6/24
Recorded live from the bottom of the Grand Canyon, part two of Mandela’s interview with the world’s premiere river guide – her longtime mentor, Glenn Goodrich. The two linked paddle rafts over the course of a week while working the Colorado River this summer to talk human and boating history in the Canyon. Glenn has […]
Trail Well Traveled – 6/22
Welcome to the Trail Well Traveled! Each Friday, in partnership with Montana Wilderness Association we will feature a new western Montana trail and then give you some helpful details and tips to get on your way! This week, we feature a trail that begins just off I-90 near the Idaho border, with great early season access into the […]
Trail Well Traveled – 6/15
Welcome to the Trail Well Traveled! Each Friday, in partnership with Montana Wilderness Association we will feature a new western Montana trail and then give you some helpful details and tips to get on your way! This week, we send you on an overnight backpacking trek that provides miles of glorious alpine exposure in the Big Belt Mountains […]
Vinally Friday – 6/15
This week on Vinally Friday: • It’s only been three months since Craig introduced the Grateful Dead‘s self-titled debut to the Trail turntable. But considering there are no rules to this whole Vinally Friday thing, and considering we’re in the midst of an epic Dead & Company concert ticket giveaway – and, finally, considering that […]
New Tracks – 6/12
Critics are calling the new Amos Lee collection his most personal yet. If the tone of its lead-off single is indicative of the remaining nine tracks we would say that’s spot-on. Written about the Parkland High School shooting this past February – or, more precisely, its aftermath and the response of the students who study […]
Trail Well Traveled – 6/8
Welcome to the Trail Well Traveled! Each Friday, in partnership with Montana Wilderness Association we will feature a new western Montana trail and then give you some helpful details and tips to get on your way! This week, we send you to a trail tucked away in the Gallatin Range south of Bozeman with great views and spectacular […]
Vinally Friday – 6/8
Last weekend’s Sasquatch! may have marked the opening of the Pac Northwest’s summer music festival season, but Montana’s season won’t formally kick off until this coming weekend. That’s when Silver Cloud Campout Music Festival kicks off its two-night musical throwdown out in beautiful Haugan, Montana. So for this week’s Vinally Friday, Craig and Alanya will […]
Book of the Month – June 2018
The Trail, in partnership with the Book Exchange, is excited to unveil the next installment of our Book Club series! This month we’ll feature the first novel of horror master Stephen King’s Dark Tower Series – “The Gunslinger.” Described by King as his “magnum opus,” this is the story of the haunted gunslinger known as Roland, his […]
Trail Less Traveled – 6/10
This week on the Trail Less Traveled, Mandela visits with Kyle Mulinder after completing an epic 20-kilometer kayaking mission from the Tasman Sea through the most northern fjord of New Zealand’s South Island. Known locally as the “Bare Kiwi,” Kyle is a storyteller, social media influencer and sea kayak guide in Abel Tasman National Park. […]
