Western Montana

Driving through Montana toward the Rocky Mountains makes you tingle. The air is fresh and crisp, and the land overwhelms with its immensity. It humbles you and empowers you. With the big sky overhead, a feeling of enormous freedom kick-starts your spirit. In the winter, in the Bitterroot Mountains, the cross-country skiing is amazing. Here, beautiful silence and peace reign along the route Lewis and Clark once traveled.

—Deborah Pang

Deborah Pang is Traveler’s associate art director.