We were about 70 miles into an 80-mile hike across the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness. It was raining, nearly dark, and we'd just topped a 9,600-foot pass in the Absaroka Mountains. Looking at our topo ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By Mike Eckel, The Associated Press RED LODGE, Montana — Crawl from your warm sleeping bag out the tent door, into the darkness and pre-dawn wind whipping ...

dmagnus@ints.com Adventure Adviser: I spoke to Frank up there in the Big Timber ranger district and he had a couple of good route suggestions. First, though, let me get this off my chest: The Absaroka ...

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That’s how long it had been since I last visited Hellroaring Lakes, a high-mountain basin in the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness south of Red Lodge. That August 2005 trip emphasized why the area was ...

Question: I have a day free on a business trip to Billings, Montana. Can you recommend some good day hikes in the Beartooth area or other location fairly close to Billings? Bill Jayne Fairfax, ...

Crawl from your warm sleeping bag out the tent door, into the darkness and predawn wind whipping across the plateau. Look up at the cathedral of the sky. Watch the whirlpool of constellations spin ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. When Steve Caldwell envisioned his new home after making the decision to move away from Denver 13 ...