How about a road bike spin on a scenic byway or on some trails in a deep green forest? Raft, canoe or kayak on some of Montana’s most recognized rivers and lakes. Feel the wind while boating on Flathead Lake. Maybe Saddle up and get in touch with your inner-cowboy?

Try golfing on some of the northwest’s finest courses that are nestled among captivating big sky country and mountain peaks. Are you up to backpacking in the Bob Marshall Wilderness or Glacier Park? With so many choices, where do you start

Light, powdery snow provides the perfect element for fun. Explore the countryside on skis, snowshoes, snowmobile, or foot. Try taking a “Polar Bear Plunge”!

Hunters can also enjoy Montana adventures through hunting.

Montana is home to many wildlife including moose, elk, grizzly bear, eagle and more than three hundred species of animals and birds.

Whether your goal is bagging a trophy elk or spending an afternoon or a week on our blue-ribbon trout streams, some of the best hunting and fishing is in Montana.

Montana, home to two major National Parks - Glacier and Yellowstone - and numerous state parks and recreation sites, is recognized for its snow-peaked mountains, lush valleys, flowing rivers, and abundant amount of wildlife such as mule deer, mountain goats, moose, elk, grizzly bear, black bear, mountain lions, birds, eagles, and fox, making it a popular tourist destination. Come and experience a place where eagles and osprey soar through the sky as elk, moose and bears move through the land with natural grace.

Glacier National Park offers landscapes so big, open and rugged that they stretch your soul, craggy peaks jutting into the sky, and the resident mountain goats climbing the mountain side. For an experience that you will never forget, drive along the gravity defying two-lane “Going-to-the-Sun” road. With wildflowers, alpine vistas and waterfalls along the way, visitors should take time to pull over when you can and take it all in.

With more than seven hundred miles of trails which extends through the well-preserved forests and alpine meadows, the spectacular glaciated landscape Glacier National Park is a hiker’s paradise! The mountain peaks can give you picturesque views of glaciers and pristine wilderness.

Yellowstone National Park, named for its location at the head of the Yellowstone River, is considered one of America's most scenic and diverse national parks. The play of light and shadow makes its scenery astonishing any time of day. Seeing the geyser activity of mud pots, steam vents, fumaroles, and paint pots, the park truly feels alive. Beyond the park's geyser basin, the seasonal changes in wildlife and vegetation make Yellowstone fascinating to visit over and over again.

Enjoy a summer festival. Visit cherry orchards blossom along the flanks of the Mission Mountains. Seek out the arts on your travels; historic theaters with modern productions, galleries and museums as unique as the Montana artists they represent. Don’t wait, come visit Montana!