Episode 10: Bears + Advice
In the backcountry of Glacier National Park, two seasoned trail-crew workers watched a couple of cute, fuzzy cubs cross their path. “And then you think, uh oh, where’s mom at?” …
Canada vs. America: A Hockey Story
When producer and total Canadian Anna Cole decided to go to college south of the border in Montana, she thought hockey would be more of a thing. She soon found …
Curling Outdoors: A Love Story
Stanley, Idaho, is famous for two things: It’s often the coldest place in the Continental U.S., and it’s home to the S.O.B, the Sawtooth Outdoor Bonspiel. Bonspiels are curling tournaments …
Episode 9: Sticks + Stones (The Winter Sports Episode)
As it turns out, there’s a difference between Canadians and Americans and its name is hockey. Down here, we don’t worship at the temple of Don Cherry. Anna Cole, a real-life …
Episode 8: The Plane Crash
When the pilot of a plane saw a fireball explode on Emigrant Peak, about 15 miles north of Yellowstone National Park, the dispatcher called out for another plane that was …
3-2-1 Polo!
In a parking garage next to Mount Sentinel in Missoula, it’s bike-on-bike, body-on-body, mallet-on-mallet. The rules of bike polo here are pretty clearly and quickly dispensed with in this sound …
How to Die in Montana
This story about death is more hopeful than sad. That’s because Erwin Byrnes, who had Parkinson’s, and Ethel Byrnes, his wife of 63 years, figured out how to die with …
Episode 7: Death + Bike Polo
When Erwin Byrnes died, it was not exactly sad. That’s because his wife of 63 years and his family were ready when he picked the day and time to open …
Episode 6: Madmen, Poets + Singers
David Poole woke up in the snow in Colorado, his lower half numb, and has been working since then to get back to his life outdoors near home: Townsend, Montana. …
Episode 5: Garage Pop + Germs
“I made you a mixtape!” Even though Hana Zimorino started dating the guy Mikki Lunda had been living with for three years, Hana thought, really? They needed to start a …