Visit Montana

Rangers share literature that recommends 68 day hikes in Glacier National Park. With only a few days at Glacier, we decided to focus on three trails in different parts of the park.

While Yellowstone National Park never fails to deliver scenery-induced gasps, wildlife sightings and geothermal phenomena galore, autumn in America’s first National Park hits a certain sweet spot.

IAFF Vice President Ricky Walsh of Richland, Wash., said the Butte firefighters did a "stellar" job of organizing the rally. Each year, the IAFF chooses a new city to host the event. Walsh said he wanted this year’s rally to be in Montana because it’s a beautiful state in which to ride.

The only thing that isn’t supplied at the Centennial Inn is a pot-bellied, tweedy railroad executive with a large mustache. His gold watch chain would be hanging from his vest pocket as he puffs on a cigar while occasionally tossing back swigs from a crystal tumbler of whiskey. Guests can take on that role in their imaginations.

Whitefish, Montana is located in the northwestern part of the state. It has a wonderful walkable downtown with an abundance of shopping and dining options.

"It’s going to sound funny, but there’s a spirit here that makes you want to come back."

It’s party time in the cow pasture! – The Red Ants Pants Music Festival in White Sulphur Springs, July 26-29, kicks off with a street dance on July 26 in downtown White Sulphur Springs, then moves to the concert venue on the nearby Jackson Ranches on Friday, where it continues through Sunday.

Their mission: Plunder as much free music as possible at the Montana Folk Festival.

"It’s exhilarating," Clifford says afterward. "You wish you could keep going forever."

If you’re in the market for a horse that’s impossible to ride, head to the Miles City, Mont., Bucking Horse Sale where cowboys pay to mount – and rodeo owners bid to buy – some impossible-to-ride bucking horses. Bill Geist reports.