Crazy Mountains, Montana: A Local’s 2026 Guide to Hiking, Access, and the Range That Shouldn’t Exist
Inside the Crazies — Montana's most striking island range. Hiking, the 2025 land exchange, Crow cultural significance, and which trails…
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Robert Hayes
Robert Hayes is an outdoors and wildlife voice for RoamingMontana.com, covering hunting, gemstones, wildlife, and Montana's wild places. Roaming Montana uses named editorial personas to organize content by topic area. All content is produced by the Roaming Montana editorial team.
The Rocky Mountains in Montana: A Local’s Complete Guide
How the Northern Rockies shape western Montana — the sub-ranges, the Continental Divide, Triple Divide Peak, wildlife, and how to…
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The Beartooth Mountains: A Local’s Complete Guide to Montana’s Highest Range
Granite Peak, the Beartooth Highway, and 944,000 acres of wilderness. A local guide to hiking, driving, and basecamping in Montana's…
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Montana Mountain Ranges: A Local’s Guide to All 100+ Ranges (and the 17 You Must Visit)
A local's guide to every Montana mountain ranges — from the Beartooth to the Crazies. Maps, elevations, best time to…
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Zortman, Montana: The Complete 2026 Little Rockies Mining Ghost Town Guide
Zortman, Montana — Phillips County mining ghost town in the Little Rocky Mountains, founded 1890; once 2,000 residents, now ~60…
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Vaughn, Montana: The Complete 2026 Robert Vaughn Pioneer Homestead Guide
Vaughn, Montana — Cascade County community 10 miles west of Great Falls, named for Welsh immigrant Robert Vaughn who filed…
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Trout Creek, Montana: The Complete 2026 Huckleberry Capital & Cabinet Mountains Guide
Trout Creek, Montana — Sanders County community along Noxon Reservoir, officially named the Huckleberry Capital of Montana by the state…
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Park City, Montana: The Complete 2026 Lewis & Clark Canoe Camp Guide
Park City, Montana — Stillwater County community on I-90 between Billings and Columbus, home to one of only two confirmed…
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Orchard Homes, Montana: The Complete 2026 Missoula Suburb & River Confluence Guide
Orchard Homes, Montana — Missoula County CDP west of Missoula, founded by the 1906 Orchard Homes Ditch Company between the…
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Noxon, Montana: The Complete 2026 Clark Fork & Cabinet Mountains Guide
Noxon, Montana — Sanders County community along the Clark Fork River near Idaho, home to the 527 MW Noxon Rapids…
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Montana City, Montana: The Complete 2026 Paleoindian Site & Helena Suburb Guide
Montana City, Montana — Jefferson County community 6 miles south of Helena, founded October 1864 and named for the newly…
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Marion, Montana: The Complete 2026 Little Bitterroot Lake & Haskell Pass Guide
Marion, Montana — Flathead County community at Little Bitterroot Lake, founded 1891 as the terminus of the Great Northern Railway…
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