“In the Shadow of the Bitterroots” will tell the stories of the Bitterroot Mountain range. Idaho’s Bitterroot Mountains define our state’s squiggly eastern border. Rugged, remote and hard to get to, ...

MISSOULA, Mont. — Snow and wind are increasing avalanche danger in western Montana. Danger is highnorthern Bitterroot and Lolo Pass area due to high winds. Danger is considerable in the Rattlesnake ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. The explorers returned to the Bitterroot Valley on June 30, 1806, after having spent the winter ...

HAMILTON - There are 39 canyons in the Bitterroot Range between Lolo and Lost Trail Pass. Mario Locatelli knows them all. Over the past 30 years, the man affectionately called the Montana Mountain ...

Many of the peaks in the southern Bitterroot Range look like they’ve been blasted in a furnace, with harsh ridges and burnt-iron color. But the surrounding foliage and the brilliant blue lakes keep ...

Half of the forest is dedicated to the largest expanse of continuous pristine wilderness in the lower 48 states — the Selway-Bitterroot, Frank Church River of No Return and the Anaconda Pintler ...

A 143,340-acre logging and burning project spanning the length of the Bitterroot Mountains has been fast-tracked by the federal government, meaning the public cannot formally object to the proposal ...

U.S. Forest Service Chief Randy Moore has deemed the Bitterroot Front Project an “emergency action,” the Bitterroot National Forest announced late last month. The determination allows the Forest ...