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MONTANA TRAVEL GUIDE 2017

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The Blackfoot backroad starts just east of Missoula, at a site that exemplifies this landscape’s remarkable evolution from pristine to despoiled to pristine again. On the south side of Interstate 90 at Bonner (pop. 1,663), where the Blackfoot empties into the Clark Fork River, is a wide plain of stumps, gravel, and debris, with a river running through it. A few years ago, a small reservoir backed up behind the Milltown Dam here, accumulating mining toxins that arrived from more than 100 miles upstream at the Warm Springs Ponds near Butte and Anaconda. The Milltown Reservoir complex was the largest

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Traveling in Montana

editor — Fri, 17 Mar 2017 05:24:00 +0000

THE HIGH POINT ON THE OFF-THE-GRID ROAD BETWEEN YAAK AND LIBBY Soon after, the road widens you’ll arrive at the Red Dog and Libby, which will seem like a metropolis after spending time in the Yaak. Troy Montana Log Cabins ($/$$, 406-295-5810), on a slight perch about a half-mile west of town, has four clean and comfortable cabins, two that sleep up to eight and two others that are slightly smaller. All four have all the basic amenities. A fifth cabin has three bedrooms, two bathrooms, and a Jacuzzi tub. Alternative Places to Bunk Troy: The City of Troy ($,

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MONTANA TRAVEL TIPS

editor — Tue, 14 Mar 2017 03:36:00 +0000

Even in the heart of summer, watching silver-tipped clouds race just overhead is enough to make a knowing Montanan shiver. The Big Hole Valley is known for extreme cold cold air, cold water, and bone-chilling history. The air in this high mountain valley in the far southwest corner of the state is so crisp and dry that hay is safely stored in the open, stacked by the stately wood-plank beaverslide haystackers that look like giant catapults from medieval days. The water is so brisk that the sparkling Big Hole River is home to a native population of fluvial Arctic grayling,

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