Dropstone Outfitting Blog

Thinking about your next adventure into the mountains? We are excited to announce our 2026 Bob Marshall Wilderness [...]

Happy almost Spring!  We are looking forward to our 2025 season.  We wanted you to know about a few NEW trip [...]

The Bob Marshall Wilderness Complex, a bastion of the untamed and home to some of the most breathtaking landscapes in [...]

Thinking about your next adventure into the woods? Our 2025 hiking trips will be on our website and open for [...]

So, you’ve decided to go wild and venture into the backcountry, but you’ve wisely outsourced the heavy [...]

We hope you are all enjoying the beginning of the holiday season.  We’ve spent the last few months designing our 2024 [...]

Greeting from the Rocky Mountain Front As the sandhill cranes return, the snow (slowly) melts, and the mules shed their [...]

Thank you for your interest in traveling with us in 2023.  It is a honor to share the Montana backcountry with you.  In [...]

We are all getting ready for the growing season… …each in our own way.  Here in Choteau we are busy prepping [...]

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Dreaming of an early morning coffee along the banks of a clear, wild river? Or of gaining that final ridge before the [...]

Greetings from the Rocky Mountain Front!  We hope spring finds you happy, healthy, and spending time outside enjoying [...]

If you have ever been on a Dropstone trip, then you’ve met Corlene. You’ve seen her beautiful house and immaculately [...]

By Yve Bardwell Bear hangs – we all know it- they can be a doozy.  But they can also be a fun way to test your [...]

by Ali Morgan, a staff member and guide with Dropstone Outfitting MARS Wildlife Rescue Center –  Vancouver Island, [...]

Before Your Trip Keep up the good work! Practice thorough personal hygiene and social distancing to keep yourself [...]

While the world is in an uncertain and ever-evolving place, we continue to move forward with our summer plans. A couple [...]

The Best Kind of Social Distancing Looking to stay close to home and explore your own backyard this summer? Hike in the [...]

Hello from Yve and Maggie.  No matter where you are, we hope you are well and able to get outside for a little nature [...]

Naked Apes need to layer up . . . As a kid heading out to play, my parents would always yell at me to layer up.  I had [...]

March 27 – 29, 2020 in Choteau, Montana. March in north central Montana is most often marked by Chinook Winds, [...]

Recently, I was talking to a friend from Los Angeles about Dropstone Outfitting. We were going over what was included in [...]

Dropstone Outfitting is excited to announce our Circus Creek Camp, where we are offering base camp hiking, hunting and [...]

Happy Holidays from Maggie and Yve! We are wishing you all a jolly holiday season and a New Year full of adventure, good [...]

Here at Dropstone, we love our moms. Over the years, they – along with other incredible women – have supported and [...]

As I’m writing this I’m watching the snow slowly melt and summer still seems a long ways off. I’ve been doing what I can [...]

Mid March in north central Montana is most often marked by Chinook Winds, melting snowdrifts and the occasional early [...]

Living in an era of digital maps and apps, it is often hard to know what is the best mapping product to use. And if [...]

by Yve Bardwell   If you come out on a trip into the North Fork of the Sun, Teton or Dearborn River Drainages you [...]

What are a few tips to get ready for the summer hiking season? It’s getting to be that time of year where we all start [...]

Few moments tick by slower then a long, cold night. Here’s a few tips to keep you warm and toasty on your next camp out. [...]

One of the most important questions (and one that we often get) in hiking is the good old “what kind of hiking boots [...]