Archive for the ‘Recreation’ Category
The Missoula Marathon – It’s More Than a Race
By ANDERS BROOKER. I know I want to write about this year’s Missoula Marathon, but I am struggling with where to start. There are stories of amazing volunteers, months of training and sacrifice, support from... more
Tackling the Pengelly Double Dip Race: Part Two
By EVA DUNN-FROEBIG. When I found myself huffing and puffing even before I got on the M Trail I worried, how was I going to make it up 2,700 feet if I was out of breath in the first few hundred yards?... more
Top 10 Characteristics of a Dirt Bag Boater
by JASON SHREDER. What is a dirt bag kayaker? Am I one? Do I know any? What characteristics define the role of a true dirt bag kayaker? Trust me, I have absolutely nothing against dirt bag kayakers because if I... more
There’s Light at the End of the Missoula Fly Fishing Tunnel
By BRYCE MCLEAN & MATT DEVLIN. Well everyone, the wait for our summer fishing season is finally coming to an end. The rivers are still really big, but they are on the drop for good this time. Green drakes hav... more
Tackling the Pengelly Double Dip Race: Part One
By EVA DUNN-FROEBIG. Those of us in the running world have our “dream races”— a mental list of the races we want to run. One of the races on my list has been the Pengelly Double Dip, a 13.5 mile trail ru... more
Missouri River Fishing – Trout Mecca of Montana
ALL NEW FISH IT BLOG! By Bryce McLean and Matt Devlin. This is truly a spring runoff to remember, but there is one place that has remained fishable throughout this entire spring. The Missouri, a.k.a. the Might... more
Missoula Marathon 2011 – Bragging Rights to #5
By WALTER MAX. The Missoula Marathon has remained my favorite race and I’ve managed to run, hobble, or limp through all four of them to date.... more
Kayaking Safety Gear – River Shoes and More
by JASON SHREDER. A few people have asked me “what is the right kayaking safety gear” and “why are river shoes so important?”. The gear really depends on what type of boating your doing. ... more
Water, Water, Water – Fly Fishing Season is When?
ALL NEW FISH IT BLOG! By Bryce McLean and Matt Devlin. As spring gives way to, well, more spring here in Western Montana, fly rods sit collecting dust. Fishermen and Guides around the state are watching in di... more
Bike Me Out to the Ballpark
By RYAN NEWHOUSE:This week marks the opening of the Missoula Osprey baseball season, and I’m here to tell you how to get some crazy good deals on seats. All it takes is a riding your bike and joining the Miss... more
Missoula Back-of-the-Pack Runners Rock n’ Roll
By PAM GARDINER. Runners were arranged in order of pace, the racehorses and the plowhorses. We were running the Rock 'n Roll Half Marathon. I asked myself, "Why have I done 13 miles 13 times, and why am I look... more
Preventing Shoulder Injuries When Kayaking
By JASON SHREDER. Kayaking is a demanding sport regardless of how hard you paddle. Whether you paddle everyday or you’re just a weekend warrior, we have to take care of our shoulders. The kayakers that are ... more
Missoula Running Buddies
By JENNIFER SAUER. Last year, I suffered one of the most tragic fates to befall a runner: My training partner moved away. A new job took him away a few weeks after we ran our second marathon together. I knew t... more
The Season for Single-Track Minds
By RYAN NEWHOUSE: Missoula--are you ready for some mountain biking? As our very wet spring starts to give way to sunny, summery skies it can only mean that those beautifully-carved single-track trails in the h... more
Missoulians Appreciate the Prefontaine Classic!
By ANDERS BROOKER. This year’s Prefontaine Classic in Eugene, OR was full of Olympic stars and world record holders! If you're a track and field fan, there's not a better venue or a better experience in the ... more
Time to Lose It On the Lochsa River
By JASON SHREDER. The Lochsa hands down is one of the best rivers in the world and I don’t know of anyone out there that would disagree. It has miles and miles of class III-IV rapids, epic surf waves, sweet ... more
Travelers’ Rest Hosts Historic Food Event
MAKE IT MISSOULA MOMENT: “Yummy in the Tummy: Historic Food Ways at Travelers’ Rest” will be held from 12 noon until 4 p.m. on Saturday, June 11 at Travelers’ Rest State Park in Lolo. This interpretiv... more
Run Wild Missoula Creates Running Friendships
By EVA DUNN-FROEBIG. I witnessed a friendship influenced by running a few weeks ago at the Run Wild Missoula Trail Running Class—all because I was late.... more
Sunday Streets Missoula
By RYAN NEWHOUSE: Back for its second year, Sunday Streets Missoula will kindly take over N. Higgins Avenue this Sunday (June 5) from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and open it to people-powered activities. Launched last S... more
Memorial Day Self-Support Kayaking
By JASON SHREDER. Early last week, I got a group email about someone looking do to a self-support kayak trip. Self-Support kayak trips bring out the minimalist in kayakers because you can only bring what you c... more
Missoula Businesses Show Record Support for Sustainable Transportation
By RYAN NEWHOUSE: Each spring during Bike Walk Bus Week, organizers from Missoula In Motion host a friendly competition between Missoula businesses called the commuter challenge.... more
Follow Your Dreams
By EVA DUNN-FROEBIG. The night before important cross-country meets my college coach would show us a short documentary about 1964 Olympian Billy Mills. ... more
Rip It and Grip It Tid Bits
By TODD WOLVERTON. I guess that the word is out on “Grip it and Rip it”. Over the past couple of days, I have received requests to get the word out on some local events related to golf...... more
Paddle Boarding Versus Kayaking
By JASON SHREDER. Don’t worry, I still love kayaking but I’m having fun stinking at a new sport. Recently, I have been Stand Up Paddle Boarding quite a bit and I’m loving it.... more
Junior Golf Anyone?
By TODD WOLVERTON. Are you interested in helping provide local Missoula kids a better way to be involved in the great game of golf? Read on...... more
Penguins: “Adult-Onset Athletes” Who Run Slowly
By PAM GARDINER. I'm a Penguin. Penguins are “adult-onset athletes” who run slowly. We waddle. We are, nevertheless, passionate about our sport—at whatever pace.... more
May is National Bike Month
By RYAN NEWHOUSE. Missoula kicked off May with an exciting Bike Walk Bus Week, but many are keeping their wheels turning in honor of National Bike Month. And with all the recent sunny weather we’ve been havin... more
Go with the Flow and Get in the Know
By JASON SHREDER. Water is powerful and is many times underestimated by people. The river is constantly changing and sometimes is unforgiving and demanding. Please remember to be prepared this season. Get ... more
When Do You Run?
By ANDERS BROOKER. My life is running. I don’t know how else to put it. And although it’s my passion, I still struggle to fit in my own runs everyday. Whether you are the runner who is out the door ever... more
Missoula Junior Golf Fundraiser
By ANDY COMMONS. Check out the video of the Missoula Junior Golf Fundraiser. 187 holes played in one day!... more
12th Annual Best in the West Freestyle Kayak Competition
MAKE IT MISSOULA MOMENT: 12th Annual Best in the West Freestyle Kayak Competition--a fundraiser for the MAX WAVE.... more
I Love That My Son Loves Running
By EVA DUNN-FROEBIG. ALL NEW RUN/WALK IT BLOG. We hope our kids will find something in the world that they are passionate about, but when we can share that “thing” with them it’s like winning an Olympic... more
Kayakers – One Big Family
By JASON SHREDER. No matter where you’re from, what you’ve been through, who you’re with, or how good you are, the river is a common ground. We all kayak for different reasons and that’s ok. ... more
A Week of Biking, Walking and Buses…Oh My
By RYAN NEWHOUSE. For the last 20 years Missoula has celebrated Bike Walk Bus Week as a harbinger of spring and an opportunity to celebrate local businesses that encourage sustainable transportation. This year,... more
Power Shift
By CLAY SPRINGMEYER. A Day in the Life of a UM student: traveling to Washington D.C. for a national youth conference on climate change. The conference was called Power Shift, and about 10,000 young people from ... more
Old Dogs…or Golfers?
By TODD WOLVERTON. Today I did something that I have never done before. After years of trying, I parred the UGC. Yes everyone, I am writing this blog simply to brag......oh, and to say yes, you CAN teach an ol... more
The Selway River: A Preseason Kayaking Treat
By JASON SHREDER. The Selway is an epic river trip. It’s a wild and scenic river and is considered by many to be one of the premier wilderness floats in the lower 48. It’s a tough river to get a permit fo... more
Youth Kayaking
By JASON SHREDER. The future of whitewater kayaking, and most other sports lies in the hands of the youth. The younger generation of kayakers keep pushing the limits of kayaking and are discovering what is pos... more
Me, My Dad and the University of Montana Golf Course
By TODD WOLVERTON. My dad, Garrett Wolverton, was a fixture in the Missoula golf community for nearly 30 years in Missoula. First at the University Golf Course, then at Larchmont.... more
A Railroad Ran Through It
By RYAN NEWHOUSE. Every time I see a train I am reminded of my bike. Does that happen for anyone else? For those in Missoula who regularly use the Kim Williams Nature Trail, Riverfront Trail or Bitterroot Branc... more
Migratory Notions and Desert Solidarity
By CLAY SPRINGMEYER. A Day in the Life a UM student--backpacking in the desert of Utah. If there's one thing I've learned from my backpacking journeys, it's that things rarely go exactly according to plan. Tha... more
Old Dawgs, New Tricks
By JASON SHREDER. Last weekend I drove over to the Lochsa River, one of my all time favorites. It was a classic Lochsa weekend, rainy, snowy, with an occasional beam of sunshine. The crowd, mostly from Misso... more
Pioneer Amongst the Pines: Part 2
By TODD WOLVERTON. This would turn out to be the very inauspicious beginning to what has turned out to be a long, and distinguished career in women’s golf for Ann Loughlin.... more
Going the Distance
By RYAN NEWHOUSE. Have you ever wanted to challenge yourself on a bike? I’m not talking about skid-stopping on a “fixie,” although that is one of my lifelong goals, and I’m not talking about riding in ... more
Kayaking Essentials
By JASON SHREDER. I remember when I first started I had an old paddle, a spray skirt with a hole in it, a nerdy looking Pro-Tec helmet, nose plugs so tight I could barely talk, and some other pieces of gear t... more
A Pioneer Amongst the Pines Part 1
By TODD WOLVERTON. It was a typical summer day as I stood with a 7 iron in hand. I must have hit about 70-80 balls as I noticed an older woman walking toward me. She has a big smile, big sunglasses and is kin... more
MoBASH Skate Park
Named one of the country’s top 5 skate parks by Thrasher Magazine... more
Bike Panniers from Kitty Litter Buckets
By PAUL WHEATON. Watch this cool video and read the story about a couple of guys riding across America and discovering Missoula. ... more
Are You Drawn or Driven?
By JASON SHREDER. I have been kayaking for 10 years now. In those 10 years I have spent a lot of time on the water. 8 out of those 10 years I have spent over 200 plus days each year on the river. To say the ... more
Spring Has Sprung, Now Clean Up That Bike
By RYAN NEWHOUSE. We’ve officially survived a long, wet winter. Congratulations! And though we in Montana know that the weather can turn on a dime and there are no guarantees the sun will shine (this month),... more