Russ Schneider is originally from Helena, Montana, and grew up fishing the mountain lakes and streams of the Beartooths, the Lamar Valley in Yellowstone, and the North Fork Lakes of Glacier National Park. He revised Hiking Montana in 1993, was a contributing author to Hiking Yellowstone in 1996, and authored Hiking the Columbia River Gorge, also in 1996 and revised in 2002. He helped with a revision of the Angler’s Guide to Montana, now titled Fishing Montana. He co-edited Backpacking Tips in 1998. He edited and produced Fate Is a Mountain about the Parratt Family in Glacier Park during the 60s. He worked as a fishing, hiking, and rafting guide for Glacier Guides in West Glacier off and on since 1994. An economist by trade, writing, editing, and guiding are a continuing family tradition. He works out of Whitefish, Montana, where he makes regular trips to Glacier Park with his family.