As the sun rose over Mount Sentinel on Tuesday morning, it was immediately evident that someone had painted half of the iconic ‘M’ black during the night.
At about 2:00 p.m. on Monday, Missoula Fire Department crews were dispatched to the area of Mount Sentinel for a report of a paraglider that was seen crashing the mountain’s south peak.
Earlier today, we posted an article about how many switchbacks the hiking trail on Mount Sentinel has. And of course, being the resourceful "journalists" that we are (read: minimal wage disc jockeys with a blog), we went to web for the answer. According to numerous local online sources (some too closely tied to our community to put on blast), the overwhelming answer was...11.
Because, yo