Nicole Qualtieri

Bozeman, Mato Grosso, Montana

Writer and Editor at Freelance

Editor in Chief at The New Wild West

This is my silly place.

Articles

I loved life in Bozeman, Montana, but I got priced out. Luckily, moving 100 miles away felt like an upgrade.

1 week ago | businessinsider.com | Paige DiFiore |Nicole Qualtieri |Henry Blodget

Although settling in Bozeman didn't work out for me, I lucked into a different spot that changed my life for the better. Nicole Qualtieri 2025-05-08T18:35:01Z Facebook Email X LinkedIn Copy link An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link Save Saved Read in app This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account? .
Brad Brooks Just Wanted to Tell Stories

1 week ago | thewestrn.com | Nicole Qualtieri

This piece originally appeared as our first advertorial brand story in partnership with Argali in our inaugural print issue of The Westrn. “I’ve drawn out tent designs in the dirt with sticks,” Brad Brooks said, grinning. Brooks is a bonafide wilderness junkie. He runs to the hills come early fall, and the sort of adventures he tackles are unfamiliar to most casual outdoorsfolk.
The Roundup: Bloom Times

2 weeks ago | thewestrn.com | Nicole Qualtieri |Kestrel Keller

Howdy folks,Green up is finally starting in the sagebrush country of Montana. I sometimes catch meadowlarks singing through the thick wind that threatens to blow my little house away. My horses are shedding their winter coats, and we’re still vacillating between snow and rain. Life is in transition. It’s a welcome time, and yet it’s also an itchy time. I pulled the first fat tick from the nape of my dog’s neck.
Shot in the Dark

3 weeks ago | thewestrn.com | Nicole Qualtieri

Print Excerpt:The Spring IssueAuthor: Matt CunninghamI park in an inconspicuous spot by the airport hangars, the air thick with the smells of cut grass and warm cedar. A thin camouflage shirt sticks to my back as I walk past an open hangar. Four pilots sit in lawn chairs, swapping stories in front of a vintage Cessna. I hold the rifle sling tight, keeping the gun tucked close to my back as I wave. They casually wave back and sip their drinks.
Dead in the Water

4 weeks ago | thewestrn.com | Nicole Qualtieri

Print Excerpt:The Spring Issue Author:David McIlvaney“Now the river is the unborn, and the sudden fish is just the newborn — whole, entire, complete, individual, and universal.” — Henry BugbeeI last went fishing in February in Mexico, and it’s now the end of summer. To be fair, I’ve spent more days not catching fish than catching them — which is probably why I write about fishing — so a lack of enthusiasm to get out isn’t new. Lately, though, it’s gotten worse.
GearDaddy’s Top 10 Things for Spring

1 month ago | thewestrn.com | Nicole Qualtieri

As a person who did not come from means, I feel crazy blessed to test quality gear for a living. Since 2018, brands have sent me products to test with the hope that I would one day find room for said products in coverage. Sometimes, brands invite me to test gear with other writers in-person on epic adventures, and in many ways, gear testing brought my writing dream job to life.
The Roundup: Newspapers and New Partnerships

1 month ago | thewestrn.com | Nicole Qualtieri

Howdy folks,Public lands are currently front and center of the national conversation, as political upheaval places many dedicated federal employees of various natural resource management agencies in the spotlight. I know many of you came to us through our friend Wes Siler’s recent conversation with historian Heather Cox Richardson on the topic. With that in mind, we’d like to introduce ourselves and what we do.
Last Chance Corral

1 month ago | thewestrn.com | Nicole Qualtieri

Howdy folks,We’re down to the wire for the inaugural issue of our 32-page quarterly print newspaper. Consider this your LAST CALL to get a copy of the paper mailed to your door. Curious about how we’re combining Substack & print? Here’s everything you need to know. Please read the following instructions to make sure you’re on our mailing list!You have until 11:59 p.m. MST on Wednesday, March 19 to submit mailing addresses for your free copy.
The Spring Calf

2 months ago | thewestrn.com | Nicole Qualtieri

I’m driving down Highway 12, heading southwest from Missoula. Summer is settled deep into the curves of the highway and the Lochsa River at its side. The sky is cornflower blue at the edges of the trees, white blue above, sun holding court. This particular stretch of the highway is 134 miles long, looping through ponderosa and cedar pine forests. At one point, you can walk among 2,000-year-old western red cedar so gargantuan you might squint and think you’re looking at redwoods.
On Powder Prozac, Indie Ski Hills, and Dirtbagging

2 months ago | thewestrn.com | Nicole Qualtieri

Below you’ll find three stories centered on ski culture by Nicole, Kestrel, and Katie, in that order. Two weeks before I graduated from Wheat Ridge High School, Principal Harrison called me to his office. I didn’t think a thing of it. I knew him well, we were pals, and I was involved in enough school activities that the meeting could be about anything. He waved me in to sit. Then, he spread four sheets of paper across the desk in front of him.