Summer 2024

Mountain Outlaw

Immersive storytelling from the wildest corners of Montana. Each issue brings you closer to the landscapes, adventures, and lives that define this remarkable region.

Featured Outlaw

Betsy Gaines Quammen likens the West to a constellation. BY BELLA BUTLER Just south of Bozeman’s Main Street in a cottage-style house that feels like it could be made from…

Inside This Edition

Exploring the region’s history with conservation. BY TAYLOR OWENS Conservation work in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem has a storied past…
Rep. Ryan Zinke on the outdoor experience. BY MIRA BRODY Montana Rep. Ryan Zinke believes there are two groups within…
BY TAYLOR OWENS BeAlive is an aggregator of all things meaningful, and builder of curated platforms for the outdoor-obsessed culture.…
The risks—and solutions—to living in the Wildland Urban Interface. BY TAYLOR OWENS TWildland-Urban Interface is a crucial boundary where human…
Observing the evolution of the West. POEM BY BRAD ORSTED ILLUSTRATION BY MADELINE THUNDER What will we do when the…
Giving a voice to queer perspectives in the mythic West. WORDS AND ART BY LIV HART My name is Liv…
An exploration of identity with Montana’s Poet Laureate. BY MAGGIE NEAL DOHERTY Breaching capacity of the Whitefish Community Library’s small…
A Western 1940s tale of love in a fire lookout. WORDS BY MICHAEL OBER ILLUSTRATIONS BY HALLE HAUER Athe truck…
Viewing our relationship to land through the lens of harvesting food. GALLERY CURATED BY FISCHER GENAU The concept of Harvest…