Archive for the ‘Recreation’ Category
Griz Grit: So Long Seniors
By MICK HOLIEN. The time approaches to bid adieu to four seniors who, as Big Sky tournament play begins, had profound effects on Grizzly basketball.... more
Pugs in Duds: Not Just Fashion Week at Missoula’s Mountain Pugs Club
By PAM VOTH - Sundays are fun days if you’re a pug living in Missoula. That’s when the Mountain Pugs Club converge in the Bark Park on Jacob’s Island to play and mingle.... more
Photo Finish: Neil Chaput de Saintonge for Run Wild Missoula
By EVA DUNN-FROEBIG - Run Wild Missoula and the Rocky Mountain School of Photography Gallery will host a running photo exhibit that opens on Friday, March 2.... more
Multimedia Feature: Griz Basketball Team Beats the Bobcats
By PATRICK RECORD - It was a low-scoring grudge match, but the Montana Grizzlies battled to an important win over the Montana State Bobcats on Saturday night.... more
Ice Fishing: The Aromatic Sport of Kings
By BOB WIRE - In the winter, I’m usually an indoorsy guy. But every winter, three buddies and I undertake the elaborate intelligence test we like to call ice fishing.... more
Multimedia Feature: Lady Griz Beat Rival Bobcats
By PATRICK RECORD - The Lady Griz took to the hardwood on Saturday afternoon in hopes of defeating their biggest rivals, the Montana State Bobcats.... more
Skiers worship “epic” powder Sunday on Lolo Pass, Whitefish Mountain
By PAUL QUENEAU - Lolo Pass, Whitefish Mountain and several other locations are busy marking one of the great powder days of recent times.... more
Griz Grit: An Ode to Mr. O (Bob O’Conner)
By MICK HOLIEN. I was extremely saddened when I received word while on the road last week of the passing of iconic University of Montana Griz supporter Bob O’Conner.... more
Meet the Toughest Skiier in the Seeley Lake Nordic Ski Race
By MARK VOSBURGH - For me, this year's Over Seeley's Creeks and Ridges race was unforgettable, thanks to adaptive skier Liz Ann Kudrna.... more
Back of the Pack Runners’ Book Club
By PAM GARDINER - A spotlight on books written for the slower runners at the Back of the Pack. John “The Penguin” Bingham is a master of books for the BOP.... more
Missoula and Surrounding Valleys Anticipate a New Storm
By PAUL QUENEAU - A winter storm is expected to hit the Missoula, Bitterroot, Mission, and Flathead valleys with high winds and heavy mountain snow on Wednesday.... more
Missoula Story of the Week: Bitterroot Ski Resort
By TOM DIDDEL - A recap of this week's most talked-about story in Missoula. This week, it's the proposed Bitterroot Ski Resort and the upcoming auction of Maclay Ranch.... more
Griz Grit: Griz Basketball Will Leave Lasting Impression
By MICK HOLIEN. What awesome possibilities await one of the most exciting UM men's basketball teams in quite some time. ... more
Whitewater Kayaking Essentials: The Roll, Part 2
By JASON SHREDER - The roll significantly affects your safety, skill progression (both mentally and physically), and the amount of fun you can have on the water.... more
Between the Sporting Seasons
By BRUCE AUCHLY - Most outdoor enthusiasts are in the doldrums right now, wondering what to do between seasons and how to keep from going crazy.... more
Missoula Bucks Lightening their Loads
By PAUL QUENEAU - February is antler-shedding month for many whitetails and mule deer around western Montana. ... more
Ready, Set, Train! for the Missoula Marathon
By EVA DUNN-FROEBIG - Is completing a marathon on your bucket list? Join Run Wild Missoula for its Missoula Marathon training class that begins on March 4. ... more
UM Sports Trivia
By CHRIS WALTERSKIRCHEN - Here is a little sports trivia with mentions of U of Hawaii, the Bobcats, and the passing of skiing great, Jill Kinmont.... more
UM Sports Trivia
By CHRIS WALTERSKIRCHEN - Here is a little sports trivia with mentions of Major sports sweep against the MSU Bobcats and UND entering the Big Sky Conference.... more
A Run to Honor Sherry Arnold
By EVA DUNN-FROEBIG - This Saturday, runners will honor Sherry Arnold.... more
Fly Fishing Film Tour This Friday at the Wilma
By BRYCE MCLEAN - The Fly Fishing Film Tour is this Friday at the Wilma!... more
Chimps, bikinis, cold beer, fast cars… I love the Super Bowl!
By SEAN BENTON - The Super Bowl is bigger than the game of football... I’m talking about the commercials.... more
ESPN Radio Comes to the Montana Radio Company
Good news, sports fans! The Montana Radio Company announces the addition of ESPN Montana at 97.5 FM to their network of stations.... more
UM Sports Trivia
By CHRIS WALTERSKIRCHEN - Here is a little sports trivia with mentions of UM Griz and Lady Griz Basketball standings, match-ups against the Cats and the Bengals and Sunday's Super Bowl.... more
Just Another Missoula 5K Race (or Not)
By SCOTT & DARA ROUSE - The Catchem If You Can 5K takes place on Saturday, February 11 at 9:30 a.m. It features the most unique 5K format in town - and free ice cream!... more
Whitewater Kayaking Essentials: The Roll, Part 1
By JASON SHREDER - One of the things I love about whitewater kayaking is that’s its constantly challenging. One of the biggest challenges beginners face is learning how to roll (AKA: The Combat Roll).... more
Montana Skiing Decisions? Choose Wisely, Grasshopper.
By MARK VOSBURGH - If, like me, you have Split Ski Loyalties Syndrome, you faced a lot of choices last week. Last week's cornucopia of ski options reminded me how great it is to live in Missoula.... more
The Importance of Running (and Playing)
By EVA DUNN-FROEBIG - Running is an important part of my life, but it’s easy to put it on the backburner. But I always realize when I get out and run that it makes me more efficient, creative, and energetic.... more
Keep on Keepin’ on, Lady Griz!
By BROOKLYNN LORENZEN - As Lady Griz, we’re taught not only how to play basketball at the highest level, but also how to be upstanding student-athletes, role models, and people.... more
The Big Snow Cometh: Schools Closed, 30 inches at Lost Trail
By PAUL QUENEAU - Missoula awoke this morning a foot of snow and flakes still falling. Here are the latest snowfall reports from around Western Montana.... more
Don’t Underestimate Fishing in Winter in Montana
By BRYCE MCLEAN - People often underestimate winter fishing in Montana. Sure, you might go 4 days without catching a fish, but on the fifth day, you might catch the biggest trout of your life. ... more
Hear Running Coach Jeff Galloway in Person (and It’s Free!)
By PAM GARDINER - Run Wild Missoula is bringing Jeff Galloway to town for a free talk on Wed., Jan 18. This event will inspire all runners who want to run for a lifetime, without injury. YOU CAN DO IT! ... more
The Big Storm: A Foot of Snow in Town by Friday?
By PAUL QUENEAU - It appears that winter might make up for lost time. The National Weather Service is calling for two inches overnight Tuesday followed by as much a foot in the valley by Thursday morning.... more
UM Sports Trivia
By CHRIS WALTERSKIRCHEN - Here is a little UM sports trivia with mentions of Joe Glenn, Brent Pease, former MSU player Dane Fletcher (now of the Patriots), former UM Basketball coach Blaine Taylor, and Alex Smi... more
Griz Grit: Tinkle and Krystowiack
By MICK HOLIEN. Following a legend once is difficult enough, but to do it twice as both an athlete and a coach and with equal success is almost unimaginable.... more
UM Sports Trivia
By CHRIS WALTERSKIRCHEN - Here is a little UM sports trivia with mentions of Mike Breske, Flash Gordon, Larry Kryskowiak, and Mike Montgomery.... more
Galloway Training for the 2012 Missoula Marathon
By EVA DUNN-FROEBIG - Marathon running gets more popular each year. Run Wild Missoula's Galloway Training Class uses Olympian Jeff Galloway’s run-walk-run method to finish a marathon injury-free. ... more
The 20 Best Montana Outdoor Photos of 2011
By PAUL QUENEAU - Missoula writer and photographer Paul Queneau shares his twenty favorite outdoors photos that he took around Western Montana in 2011. Enjoy!... more
I’ll Take a Pass. No. Really. I’ll Take a Pass, PLEASE?
By W.T. FUCHS - Local skier Jim Sylvester became a household name in Missoula overnight. He was on the front page of the paper yesterday, mad as hell for being denied a Snowbowl ski pass.... more
My New Year Running Goals
By EVA DUNN-FROEBIG - I've been thinking about what I want for 2012: My goal is to run a sub-20 minute 5K. There, I said it. It’s out to anyone reading this, so now I HAVE to work toward it.... more
UM Sports Trivia
By CHRIS WALTERSKIRCHEN - Here is a little UM sports trivia with mentions of Joe Glenn, Andy Larson, Rob Ash, John Elway, and actress Rooney Mara.... more
Lady Griz Basketball Pre-Game Rituals
By KRISTA REDPATH PYRON - I've been reminiscing about Lady Griz memories and pre-game rituals. Routines, rituals, superstitions... call them what you want, they formulate after years of playing together.... more
How I Started Running
By WALT MAX - My non-runner friends ask, "How did you get started running?" And I tell them, "It was a '69 Kawasaki 500 H1."... more
UM Sports Trivia
By CHRIS WALTERSKIRCHEN. It's time for a little UM Sports Trivia. Making this week's top mentions: Wayne Tinkle, Mike Montgomery, Blaine Taylor, the Lady Griz Holiday Classic, and more!... more
Work at a Ski Resort
By WARREN MILLER. Are you a recent college grad? Need a job? Google the “want ads” of all the major ski resorts in America. What’s wrong with working at night and skiing or snowboarding all day for a w... more
Griz Grit: The Changing Landscape of Collegiate Athletics
By MICK HOLIEN. What happened on the basketball floor recently in Cincinnati was one of the ugliest scenes I have ever seen in sports.... more
My First Last Best Place Finish
By PAM GARDINER - As 2011 winds down, I review my year as a runner. One of the most recent and noteworthy memories was my first-ever experience of finishing last in a race.... more
Holiday Gift Ideas for River Rats (aka Kayakers)
By JASON SHREDER - Just in time for Christmas, here are my top 11 gift ideas that are sure to please that river runner in your family and guaranteed to get some use!... more
FCS Playoff Scouting Report: Montana Grizzlies vs. Sam Houston State Bearkats
Publisher's note: Brint Wahlberg is a dyed-in-the-wool Griz fan. This is an excerpt from his post this week on eGriz.com. He (and we) assume you've got the 4-1-1 on our Griz team and players, so this is his sco... more
Griz vs. Sam Houston State: Playoff Trivia and Photo Contest
Chris Walterskichen is back with more Griz playoff trivia! Our Griz photo caption contest continues: Enter for a chance to win a $50 gift certificate to the Montana Club.... more