Presenting Sponsor · Road Trips Winter Edition: The Flathead · Winter 2026-27
Road Trips Winter Edition: The Flathead is sixteen pages on skiing, snowshoeing, sled dogs and hot soaks, bound into the Winter issue of Distinctly Montana and carried to readers in every corner of the state. One business presents it, and it sells once.
One time only. Road Trips goes to a different part of Montana every issue, and we don't know when it will be back to the Flathead.
Reserve by November 15, when we begin finalizing layout.
On newsstands December 15 through March 15, 2027.
FREEYour name and logo lead Digital Road Trips, the interactive edition of the guide, included free with the sponsorship. A $2,495 value, included. See it
FREEIncluded with the sponsorship
Your name and logo lead Digital Road Trips, the interactive edition of the guide, included free with the sponsorship.
FREEA $2,495 value, included, on a phone and on a computer.
It stays the active Road Trip for the Flathead for at least 12 months, and we promote it to our audience for at least 12 months. We keep promoting it after that, because it’s great content our readers love. When we return to the Flathead, the new edition takes its place and this guide moves to our archive of past editions, still visible, usable and searchable, with your placement right where you left it.
Mockup: sample advertisers, sample map and text.
Eight parts, each shown where it runs. Tap one to see it large.
Your name and logo on the blue sign under Road Trips, on the cover of every copy: on newsstands across the Pacific Northwest, in hundreds of places around Montana, and in subscribers' mailboxes. Distinctly Montana has never sold its cover before.
The section opens on a Presented By sign carrying your name and logo, directly under the title of the Winter Edition.
Presented By with your name and logo at the foot of the map, the directories, the story and the itinerary. The two full-page ads carry no credit.
On the illustrated map of the Flathead, the page readers plan their winter from.
A full page in the first half of the section, facing the story. Free ad design included, or design your own.
Road Trips goes to a different part of Montana every issue, and we don't know when it will be back to the Flathead. When it does come back, you get first refusal, guaranteed: the first call, before the position is offered to anyone else.
The interactive edition of the Winter Edition, on the phone in their pocket: your name and logo on the opening screen, on the map, on every place in the guide and on the guide in our archive, on a phone and on a computer.
33 placements over 12 months, each carrying your name and logo, priced at our published rates: $10,130 on their own.
| A flash on the Winter cover | $4,995 |
| Your name and logo on the opener | $1,495 |
| A credit on every page of the section | $1,995 |
| Your name and logo on the illustrated map | $795 |
| Your own full page inside the section | $3,995 |
| First refusal on the next Flathead run | $995 |
| Your name and logo on Digital Road Trips | FREE$2,495 value |
| A year of promotion, with your logo on every piece | $10,130 |
| Priced one by one |
You save $17,900. After November 1, the sponsorship is $9,995.
At 30 days, 90 days and the end of your term you get a report showing how travelers used your placements: views of your name and logo, taps to your website, taps to call and directions. Every link to your site is tagged, so the visits show up in your own analytics too.
| Measure | 30 days | 90 days | End of term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Viewable impressionsYour placement on screen, counted to the industry standard | |||
| Pin opensTravelers opening your pin on the map | |||
| Website tapsTaps through to your website | |||
| Call tapsTaps on your phone number | |||
| DirectionsTaps for directions to you | |||
| BookingsTaps on Book this experience, for a Signature Experience |
Sample layout. Your report shows a row for each placement you run, filled in from your own placements once they run.
All 16 pages, in the order they run. Tap any page to see it large.
Every page shown is a mockup drawn for this page: the listings, logos and illustrations are placeholders, and none of it runs in the magazine. The printed map is hand-illustrated by Rob Rath.
