Chronicle Outdoors

Dedicated to outdoor adventure in Southwest Montana

Rockin’ the ice: Ice climbers to pursue passion in remembrance of Guy Lacelle

| November 25, 2010

It was an unfortunate accident, something that could have happened to anyone on that brilliant morning in Hyalite Canyon. The slide occurred on the first day of the Bozeman Ice Festival during the Hyalite Ice Breaker – a climbing competition that had attracted some of the world’s most experienced climbers. Guy Lacelle, a highly-regarded climber [...]

Yellowstone: Exploring the Grand Loop

| November 22, 2010

Here’s a video featuring some of the best sights along the Grand Loop Road in Yellowstone National Park including a time-lapse of Old Faithful Geyser erupting and the brink of Lower Falls. The video was shot on Nov. 2 and Nov. 7 during the final week that Yellowstone’s interior roads remain open to the public. [...]

Writer unravels mystery of cougar photo

| November 22, 2010

This photograph of a cougar lurking behind an elk hunter made waves on the web this month. Of course, questions about it’s legitimacy arose shortly thereafter. The story went that an elk hunter was in the hills posing for a photograph he set up on a self timer. When the hunter got back to his [...]

Montana’s Best Fly Fishing: University of Montana grad publishes fly fishing guide

| November 11, 2010

Ben Romans keeps finding his way back to Montana. This past week the University of Montana graduate was in the Bitterroot Valley hunting mule deer with a college buddy. For the better part of the last two years, Romans crisscrossed the Treasure State after another quarry – trout. The culmination of those efforts is “Montana’s [...]

Quiet time: Yellowstone winding down from historic summer season

| November 4, 2010

YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK – There’s a snowman waving to passersby at the height of Craig Pass in the heart of Yellowstone National Park. He’s looking a little limp these days, holding out for colder temperatures. Bad news for him: he’s waving under sunny skies with mild weather forecast to continue for the remainder of the [...]

FWP reports slower harvest rates for second week of general big game season

| November 1, 2010

The Montana department of Fish, Wildlife & Parks released the results of its polling at game check stations for the second week of the general hunting season on Monday. The findings show a decrease in the harvest rate of elk and a slight uptick in the number of white-tailed deer harvested. Mule deer harvest numbers [...]