Lander woman founds magazine about Western outdoors

LANDER (WNE) — There’s a brand new magazine in town, as Mel Limpus, a fifth-generation Montanan and current Landerite just founded “Adventures in the West Magazine.”

The magazine aims to celebrate stories from the outdoors centered around the Western region of the United States.

Limpus, whose passion for the outdoors led her to Lander, joined her Billings-based family in the magazine business as the first issue of her magazine hit the stands in January.

“Adventures in the West,”a quarterly publication, released its first issue in January.

“We’re aiming to cover all things outdoors from hunting, fishing, snowmobiling – really anything that’s got people excited about being outside,” said Limpus about the content of the magazine. Though she is the owner and publisher, she’s also writing articles for the magazine.

“I love writing and I’ve been blown away by the great support from our community,” she said of the magazine’s early reception. “I’ve had strangers come up to me and say ‘This is your magazine? You did this?’ while pointing at a copy, which has been very gratifying.”

The magazine printed 4,000 issues for the first issue run, and Mel hopes to increase that number to 10,000 for the spring issue.

Currently, copies can be found at retailers all around Fremont County, but Limpus aims to push west as she seeks support in the adventure hubs of Pinedale and Jackson.

“My hopes for ‘Adventures in the West’ are high and wide,” said Limpus. “We’ll share the authentic, courageous, and colorful stories of locals that our readers will not only relate to, but may even know personally.”

Other contributors to the magazine include Mel’s husband, Blaine Limpus and local Lander writer Mandy Fabel.

Find out more at www.adventuresinthewest.com.

This story was published on March 16, 2024.