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The top 121 attractions in Montana

Skiing in Anaconda

Discovery Ski Corporation

If you are a skier and you live outside of Montana, chances are good you've never heard of Discovery ski area – but that is slowly

Skiing in Sula

Lost Trail Ski Area

Lost Trail straddles the Montana-Idaho border, where it picks up steady dumps of snow but quickly sheds the small crowds that make

Skiing in Lakeside

Blacktail Mountain Ski Area

Blacktail is dubbed the "locals" hill -- as in, it's not Whitefish Mountain, the growing four-season resort across the Flathead Va

Hiking in Lolo

Lolo Peak

Lolo Peak stands guard over the Missoula Valley, and motorists on Brooks Street headed south see it fill their windshield when the

Hiking in Darby

Trapper Peak

The Bitterroot Mountains become steadily larger and craggier as you head south from Florence, and they reach near-Alp status by Da

Shops in Dillon

Patagonia

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We rarely swing through Dillon without stopping at the Patagonia Outlet. Patagonia, of course, is the upscale outdoor gear clothie

Lakes in Polebridge

Kintla Lake

Kintla Lake is the largest lake in the United States to not allow motor boats, and boy can you hear it. This large lake sits at th

Lakes in West Glacier

Bowman Lake

Bowman is one of the largest lakes in Glacier National Park, and standout beauty even among the park’s charmers. The lake is at th

Of Touristic Interest in Polebridge

Polebridge Mercantile

Polebridge is a mythically remote way station in Montana’s remote North Fork of the Flathead, a vast heavily treed lightly populat

Skiing in Libby

Turner Mountain Ski Area

Turner Mountain used to be known for having North America’s longest t-bar – a questionable distinction. These days the t-bar is go

Skiing in Choteau

Teton Pass Ski Area

This is a little area that rocks – a double chair and a poma set on a breathtaking mountain smack in the middle of nowhere. We fir

Skiing in Neihart

Showdown Mountain Ski Area

We happened upon Showdown on a cross-state jaunt a few winters ago and can’t wait to get back. The ski area sits atop the Little B

Skiing in Neihart

Showdown Mountain Ski Area

We happened upon Showdown on a cross-state jaunt a few winters ago and can’t wait to get back. The ski area sits atop the Little B

Lakes in Anaconda

Georgetown Lake

It's not often hot in Montana, but man was it hot last weekend. We were coming back from Wise River and the a/c in the truck could

Skiing in Bozeman

Bridger Bowl Ski Area

Somehow, almost inexplicably, the snow is staying soft. Cooper is lapping the Alpine lift, handling the blues like they are greens

Skiing in Red Lodge

Red Lodge Mountain

Locals have been skiing in Red Lodge since they strung up rope tows and created what was then called Grizzly Peak ski area in the

Skiing in West Glacier

Logan Pass

Summer skiing is fairly common around the nation, and die-hards willingly trek across miles of bare ground to reach their sacred p

Bars in Missoula

Caffe Dolce

Caffe Dolce occupies an enviable park-like stretch of Brooks, just out of Missoula's downtown. It's big and airy and refined, but