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Amy David: Why I Guide

As a professional skier, Amy David spends most days in the winter backcountry, skiing and snowmobiling while being photographed and filmed for media content. Simultaneously, She leads a backcountry retreat program for women and is currently working to earn a backcountry ski guide certification from the American Mountain Guide Association, the highest standard for mountain guides.

6 Min

a brunette woman with a long braid down her left shoulder wearing a grey scarf, red jacket and black cowboy hat against a wood barn

Field Notes

The History of the Cowboy Hat

If there is one piece of Western wear that has become the ultimate symbol of the American Cowboy, it’s the cowboy hat. Like all Western wear, hats were made to be as tough as the trail and started off as accessories purchased based purely on function rather than fashion. A hat provided shade, protection from the elements, and warmth for the wearer, but could also be used to fan a fire, as a vessel for drinking water, or waved from horseback to catch the attention of a fellow rider in the distance. There were as many styles of cowboy hats as there were people wearing cowboy hats.

5 Min

snowy white covered landscape with a dozen snowy bison walking towards you

Field Notes

Rebisoning America’s West

As we bounce across the prairie, small groups of bison close to the dirt track watch us roll by, while two bands of elk stare at us from a distance. Meandering along in search of the two bison cows, Austin talks of seeing the landscape restored to its pre-nineteenth-century vigor.

6 Min

jessie with horses drinking from river in grassy field with pine trees

Profiles

Jessie Allen: More Than Miss Wyoming

“Jessie manages her family’s guest ranch and outfitting business in the Wind River Mountains of Wyoming. She guides pack trips for fly fishermen, rock climbers, backpackers, yogis and big game hunters, both archery and rifle. At 9,200 feet with no electricity, cell service or internet, the Diamond 4 Ranch is Wyoming’s highest elevation guest ranch.

8 Min

Profiles

Trade Stories: Phillip Lee McGinnis, Sublette County Cowboy

Raised in a small town in Illinois, Phillip Lee McGinnis grew up working for a horse trainer and knew early on he wanted to become a cowboy. After a tour of service in the United States Marine Corps, Phil spent time in Hawaii roping wild cattle and starting colts, then moved to Montana and lived

Filson Life - Wyoming Cowboy in snowy field atop horse, surveying his herd of cows

Profiles

Sublette County: Rodeo Dreams in the Icebox of the Country

First things first, being a cowboy isn’t easy. It involves early mornings, hard work and long hours on the back of a beast that is known to buck every now and again. Pair that with the frigid temperatures in Sublette County, Wyoming, known as the “Icebox of the Country” due to having the lowest

Profiles

Fly Fishing on the Outlaw Trail with Michael Cevoli

Photography by Michael Cevoli. Michael is a commercial and documentary photographer. A graduate with honors of both the bachelor’s and the master’s program at the Rhode Island School of Design, he lives in southern New England. Words by Grant Smith. Born in Butte, Montana, raised in the prairies near Conrad, Montana, and pursued his

A snowy landscape along a treeline where a herd of bison are huddled together

Profiles

Of Mountains and Mist: Surveying the Big Sky Winter with Brian Merriam, Part 2

Brian Merriam’s photographs offer an earnest and eager appreciation for the outdoors. Each image acting as both an inviting adventure and a dramatic call to action, providing the necessary inspiration to phone in that vacation time and get lost in the beauty of the vast American landscape. Follow along on the second half of Brian’s

bison among red and yellow foliage in rolling hills

Profiles

Of Mountains and Mist: Surveying the Big Sky Winter with Brian Merriam

Brian Merriam’s photographs offer an earnest and eager appreciation for the outdoors. Each image acting as both an inviting adventure and a dramatic call to action, providing the necessary inspiration to phone in that vacation time and get lost in the beauty of the vast American landscape. Follow Brian through the frozen plains and forests

Amy David: Why I Guide

The History of the Cowboy Hat

Rebisoning America’s West

Jessie Allen: More Than Miss Wyoming

Trade Stories: Phillip Lee McGinnis, Sublette County Cowboy

Sublette County: Rodeo Dreams in the Icebox of the Country

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Fly Fishing on the Outlaw Trail with Michael Cevoli

Of Mountains and Mist: Surveying the Big Sky Winter with Brian Merriam, Part 2

Of Mountains and Mist: Surveying the Big Sky Winter with Brian Merriam