The Bitterroot Mountains are one of the better known mountain ranges of the American Rocky Mountains. The range traces its fame to the earliest American exploration, the Lewis and Clark Expedition of ...

MISSOULA, Mont. — TheWest Central Montana Avalanche Center reports avalanche danger is high in the Bitterroot Mountains on Friday. "Very dangerous avalanche conditions exist. 1-3 feet of snow has ...

You don't need to drive to Glacier National Park to see the Rocky Mountains of Montana at their best. Take a right turn at Lolo, the first Montana city when driving U.S. 12 east into Montana from ...

Editor's note: This is the eighth of a series of peakbagging hikes provided by Bozeman native Mike Pierre. At 10,157 feet, Trapper Peak is the tallest mountain in western Montana's Bitterroot Range.

Against the backdrop sound of baying hounds, a mountain lion stares down from its perch high up in an ancient ponderosa pine. Preparations are underway around the base of tree. Nets laid, dart guns ...

A more difficult method of setting wire hair snags and automatic cameras was used for two years in the Bitterroot Mountains to search for grizzlies. Since the Kelly Creek bear’s death, no new ...

A Nevada company that hopes to mine what it describes as the nation's richest deposit of rare-earth elements at the south end of the Bitterroot Mountains plans to conduct further exploration this year ...