Paddlers power a large raft down the Clark Fork River’s Alberton Gorge over the Labor Day weekend. The section of water annually hosts about 30,000 to 35,000 visitors. BRETT FRENCH/Gazette Staff ...

MISSOULA, Mont. - Active burning on the West Fork Fish Creek Fire, burning 15 miles southwest of Tarkio, has prompted the closure of the Alberton Gorge section of the Clark Fork River. Click here to ...

The Mineral County coroner has confirmed that 46-year-old Shane Dearden drowned near Alberton Gorge on Sunday afternoon. The man's cause of death was not previously released, pending the results of an ...

ALBERTON GORGE - It starts so easily. A smooth drive west on Interstate 90 to the Cyr exit, a deluxe site to set up your raft, kayak, riverboard or what have you. There's even a nice staircase and ...

MISSOULA, Mont.- An 18-year-old Eastern Washington University student on what authorities said was a school-sponsored whitewater rafting trip drowned in the Clark Fork River’s Alberton Gorge west of ...

From the tangled confluence with the Bitterroot River west of Missoula, to the Class-III and IV whitewater of Alberton Gorge, to the lengthy reservoirs behind dams at Thompson Falls, Noxon and Cabinet ...

CYR, Mont. - An extraordinary effort to save a dying floater Sunday in Alberton Gorge came up short despite help from strangers. Sunday a large group of at least a dozen people from Washington State ...

The Clark Fork River’s Alberton Gorge, a major attraction for whitewater river runners and a critical stretch for the river’s rainbow and cutthroat trout, has been permanently protected from ...

A group of Spokane river runners was surprised last month when a Clark Fork River ranger informed them that camping is prohibited at the mouth of Fish Creek, near a popular paddling play area in the ...

WILDFIRES — Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks will close the Alberton Gorge section of the Clark Fork River beginning Monday, Aug. 31, between Cyr and Tarkio Fishing Access Sites due to fire activity.

Whitewater fans in Montana have won new life for a popular run threatened by a dam proposal. A seven-mile portion of the Clark Fork River received protection last week as part of an unusual land ...

Montana has a reputation for being rough, wild, and untamed. It isn’t just the natural features such as the Continental Divide, the abundant wildlife, and that renowned ‘Big Sky’ that give it this ...