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The Pack Horses and Mules of White Pass Trail
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Mollie Walsh: The Angel of White Pass
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How to Kill, Cook, and eat dungeness crab
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A Life on the Water: Brett Fitzgerald and the Angler Action Foundation
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How To Select and Care for a Stetson Hat
Filson’s own Clark Gilbert walks you through the choice of buying a new Stetson hat and how to properly care for it depending on your choice and the life you...
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Profiles
Lianna Spooner: preserving traditions & the environment
There's been a revival in the art of "packing" in recent years. Homesteaders Lianna Spooner and her partner Chris Eyer spend part of their year working with the U.S. Forest...
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Western Wolves Swept Up In Culture Wars
Many animals kill for a living, but wolves compete with Homo sapiens in that they eat elk, deer, moose, and sometimes livestock. The debates about wolves are in part about...
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Filson x MTNTOUGH “Embrace the Ruck” Challenge
MTNTOUGH's “Embrace the Ruck” challenge is designed to test mental barriers as much as it is to push physical ones. "If you can do this, there are very few people...
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The History of the Gallatin Valley
Long before Lewis and Clark first set foot into Gallatin Valley in 1805, the area was revered by the indigenous native tribes that roamed its broad-shouldered mountain ranges. Over the...
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Profiles
Zech Bennett: The Undersea Tradesman
When you meet Zech Bennett, he seems like a pretty ordinary guy. Not too tall or too short, he seems somewhat in shape but is not a chiseled gym rat....
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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....
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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...
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Profiles
The O'Hair Ranch
Before there were O’Hairs, there were Armstrongs. And like most homesteaders, the Armstrongs arrived at Paradise Valley, Montana, by way of misfortune looking for fortune. In 1878, Owen T. Armstrong...
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A Yellowstone Coexistence
Four generations have lived here. The old schoolhouse stands where it has for nearly a century, a totem of those who came, laid roots, and grew families deep in the...
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In the Company of Wolves
Look across the valley and you’ll see old fence posts that mark the corners of properties, they collect the bleached skulls of field mice left by hawks who see fence...
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In Pursuit of Mama Mo: Tracking Montana's Wild Mountain Lion with Filmmaker Casey Anderson
In this Filson Journal post, we joined wildlife filmmakers Casey Anderson and Brad Orsted of VisionHawk Films in the snowy high desert of western Montana as they track a wild...
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Live Connected: Hunting the Judith Basin in Montana with Hannah Dewey
A story about an all women's upland bird hunting trip and a common desire to live a life connected told by Hannah Dewey. Hannah was raised as a nomad with...
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Filson Field Guide: Exploring Glacier National Park
Eric Bowley & Ben Schuyler are explorers of the Pacific Northwest. Eric currently devotes most of his time indoors to handcrafting silver spoon rings. Ben manages a coffee shop in...
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Fly Fishing the American West with Tyler Sharp
Tyler Sharp is a documentary photographer, writer, and filmmaker based out of Dallas, Texas. Today, Tyler explores the American West in Montana with a fly rod and his family.
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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...
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Frozen Rockies and The Treasure State with Tyson Edwards
Tyson Edwards is a photographer based in the Northwest that loves capturing nature and beautiful landscapes. Through his photography, he tells the story of life's great adventure. January isn't particularly the...
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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...
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