PHILIPSBURG – The Anaconda-Pintler Wilderness isn’t a top tourist destination in Montana, but it’s a great escape if you’re looking to get a true backcountry experience without the crowds of ...

Six years after being refilled, Crawford County’s Tamarack Lake’s fish populations have been restored to the point where catch and release regulations have been lifted.

Mik Gratzer, left, and Cody Tocher and others paired up in June to re-paint the 'C' on Anaconda's C-Hill to honor Anaconda Central High School, which closed after graduating the class of 1973.

A 45,000-square-foot shell of a stunning mansion with its own island on a huge lake is for sale for $72 million — and the property comes with scary Halloween-style folklore. Flathead Lake in ...

Additionally, the Anaconda-Pintler Wilderness in the Bitterroot National Forest is currently under Stage I Fire restrictions. UPDATE: September 11 at 1:17 p.m. Granite County Sheriff Scott Dunkerson ...

More frequent wildfires in the West can turn hiking through beautiful, high-elevation country into a dangerous game for hikers. In July, seven friends from Idaho, Colorado, Washington and Montana ...

More frequent wildfires in the West can turn hiking through beautiful, high-elevation country into a dangerous game for hikers. In July, seven friends from Idaho, Colorado, Washington and Montana ...

In July, seven friends from Idaho, Colorado, Washington and Montana took off for a week of backpacking in southwestern Montana. Everything went off without a hitch their first night. A rainstorm ...

But as the group continued hiking toward Hidden Lake, they realized the trail of smoke ahead might be the early stage of a wildfire. The hikers weren’t trapped, but 200 yards from Hidden Lake they ...

They were hiking through the Anaconda Pintler Wilderness and knew it was under strict restrictions: No campfires, no exceptions. The summer had been dry and hot, and wildfires had been erupting ...

The hikers weren’t trapped, but 200 yards from Hidden Lake they came upon scorched earth surrounding a tree split down the middle, most likely from a lightning strike.