Here is the planned lineup for Winter 2027-28, who reads it, and where your business fits, from the stories to Road Trips.
John Colter running for his life. Helena's copper-king mansions dressed for the holidays. The hidden world under the snowpack. Here is what Montana will be reading next winter, and where your business fits.
This is Joe's planned lineup. Titles, stories and bylines can change before the issue closes, and the cover shown is a mockup, not the final cover.
The mountain man's naked winter sprint through Blackfeet country.
The copper kings' capital in its holiday finery, when Last Chance Gulch was a boulevard of mansions.
The hidden ecosystem beneath the snowpack.
The summer of 1979, the tapes that remain, and the vanishing Montana they captured.
The ranchers and drillers who still find water with a forked stick, and the industry quietly built on it.
Distinctly Montana Road Trips · Winter 2027-28
Every issue, Road Trips takes readers to a different part of Montana. The story gives people a reason to make the drive. The listing tells them where to stop. The Winter 2027-28 destination is announced soon.
Destination announced soon Road Trips goes to a different part of Montana every issue, bound into the magazine and carried to readers in every corner of the state.
Every placement comes with free enhanced digital content on Digital Road Trips, the interactive edition built for the phone in the passenger seat. A $150 to $2,495 value, included.
Each trip stays the active Road Trip for its region for at least 12 months, and we promote it to our audience for at least 12 months.
The section has a fixed number of pages, so it has a fixed number of places. Ad artwork for this issue is due November 15.
See how Road Trips worksFirst, the fit that holds for every issue. Then a few natural fits drawn from the places and subjects in this issue's stories. They are ideas to start a conversation, not placements. Where an ad runs is something our sales team works out with you.
Distinctly Montana readers actually read the magazine, and they appreciate the ads in it. Readers tell us they go looking for the businesses they find in these pages. Whatever you do and wherever you are in Montana, if you want an engaged, responsive audience, the Winter 2027-28 issue is good for you.
Helena shops, restaurants, lodging and historic homes, in the holiday season.
Reads with Helena's Gilded AgeSki areas, snowshoe and cross-country outfitters, and winter lodging.
Reads with The Subnivean WorldRanch supply, well drillers and rural businesses.
Reads with Montana's DowsersMuseums, libraries, arts councils and heritage organizations.
Reads with The Montana Folklife SurveyAd artwork for the Winter 2027-28 issue is due November 15. Print ads start at $645 an issue on the 2026 rate card. Veteran-owned businesses take 17.76% off every rate; non-profits take 15% off.
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Print copies and digital subscribers: Distinctly Montana Media Kit 2026, page 1. Followers: Facebook and Instagram combined, September 2026. Website visits: Google Analytics, distinctlymontana.com, September 1, 2025 to August 31, 2026.
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