Only in Montana

[Kracken McGraw]

You wouldn't be the first that had a desire to do that. The fact of the matter is that there are many people who buy here with the intent of living here full time. And many of them leave after a winter or two. I run into lots of people in the summer around Yellowstone that are here on vacation, in the summer. You know, when it's cool in the morning and low humidity, with the beauty of all the natural wonders that are nearby. Lots of them have thoughts of moving here. I show them the image included below and tell them it keeps the riff raff out of Montana. If that doesn't convince them I tell them to look at real estate prices. That is the clincher.
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I wouldn’t want to feed cows in it all winter. lol!

 

[Rocky Mt High]

Here in Lake county CO , 2 out of 3 mornings year round are freezing , 32 degrees or lower every morning.

I tell the same thing , it keeps out the riff raff…

 

[L.Sherm]

Here in Lake county CO , 2 out of 3 mornings year round are freezing , 32 degrees or lower every morning.

I tell the same thing , it keeps out the riff raff…

32? We had more like 0- minus 32 for 3 weeks in Feb. coldest Feb on record.
Lots of -40, -50or colder with wind chill.
Some days didn't even get above the minus temps

 

[Rocky Mt High]

Sherm, we had almost the same. Mostly about minus 27 at my house,
But that’s easy peezy in winter. It’s when guest are here in July and it’s a barley above freezing morning and they have they’re shorts on ready to go that they get shocked.

Another humorous thing on the opposite is when on the same day in afternoon
They oil up and lay out for sun tanning. We have about five times the UV
radiation as sea level. They dont last ten minutes.

 

[L.Sherm]

From Feb 1-21 it was brutal if you had to be outside, anybody who was calving i felt sorry for them rancher and cattle.
No school closures here, couple days the busses ran 2 hours late.

 

[dellet]

July 4th, 1996 party at Flathead lake, volley ball in light jackets as the last snowfall of the 1995/96 season dampens the BBQ fires.

Labor Day 1996, the first snow of the 1996/7 season again dampens the party and sends a chilling warning of the record winter snow fall to come.

Memories include the walls of snow down the Swan Hwy to Seeley and the number of collapsed roofs all over the west side of the Rockies.

When did the Going to the Sun road and visitor center open in 97?

 

[L.Sherm]

Way late, I believe 96-97 Flathead Valley got 160" snow Big Mtn something like 320".
I lived in Marion then had about 5 ' in my yard. Albertsons in Kalispell closed down because they thought the roof was gonna collapse after the rain started, alot of roofs collapsed that winter.
Most of that snow came from Halloween untill about Dec 15th, the deer herds took a beating.

 

[D Coots]

You wouldn't be the first that had a desire to do that. The fact of the matter is that there are many people who buy here with the intent of living here full time. And many of them leave after a winter or two. I run into lots of people in the summer around Yellowstone that are here on vacation, in the summer. You know, when it's cool in the morning and low humidity, with the beauty of all the natural wonders that are nearby. Lots of them have thoughts of moving here. I show them the image included below and tell them it keeps the riff raff out of Montana. If that doesn't convince them I tell them to look at real estate prices. That is the clincher.
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But there is no wind and it's a dry cold...

 

[dellet]

Way late, I believe 96-97 Flathead Valley got 160" snow Big Mtn something like 320".
I lived in Marion then had about 5 ' in my yard. Albertsons in Kalispell closed down because they thought the roof was gonna collapse after the rain started, alot of roofs collapsed that winter.
Most of that snow came from Halloween untill about Dec 15th, the deer herds took a beating.

I remember that what ever they had as “official” at the airport, it was time and a half that at my house. Then came the floods. Hwy 35 south of Bigfork, with about 6’ of water crossing the road at the old elk farm.

Went to great falls about March, was pretty happy to see mud as soon as we cleared Rogers pass. That fall I think I had about a half dozen B tags, I don’t remember how many years until they were available again, even in the Flathead.

 

[L.Sherm]

I was driving from Marion to just north of Polson to Melitta Island road on a job and I counted over a 100 deer dead hit by cars that winter, dont know how many were hit and ran off.
When the snow finally melted the ditches were full of dead carcasses of deer.

 

[L.Sherm]

But there is no wind and it's a dry cold...

Come over to the Hi- line lol

 

[effendude]

Sunday afternoon while doing dishes, the door bell rang. I live in the country so this is rare. I figured one of the neighbors stopped by to have a beer on the porch as winter was giving us a reprieve. Here was a young boy, maybe 8 years old, holding a plate of cookies. He asked if I wanted to buy some homemade cookies for $5. I asked what he was selling them for and he became shy. His mom, standing behind him encouraged him, and he stated he wanted to buy a 4 wheeler. I said awesome and handed him a $10 bill and took the still warm cookies. I then offered for the young boy and his mom to come in the house to see some taxidermy. I apologized for the mess as I was moving some mounts around. Within 2 minutes, dad and 3 of the young boy's sisters were standing in my house too. All were appreciative to see a African lion, Alaskan moose, bison, bears, mule deer, zebra, aoudad, kudu whitetails and many others up close. I told them my upstairs trophy room was a mess and they could come back later for another visit. They thanked me and got in their SXS and rode off. I smiled as I ate the warm cookies, grateful despite living in MN, where nothing is allowed, that a young family felt comfortable coming up to a strangers house to sell cookies for a young boy to earn a 4 wheeler. BTW, the cookies were amazing!
Scott

 

[Old Navy]

I live in the top of Utah where I-84 and I-15 come together. We have a big migration of folks every fall and spring from Canada, Montana and Idaho come through heading to southern Utah and Arizona and back.

 

[D Coots]

Come over to the Hi- line lol

We went across there on the Harley's after visiting Glacier Park. Must have been a 50mph crosswind. Stayed just ahead of a storm coming across and just got into a motel when it caught up to us. We traveled all over out there.

 

[Hal]

I remember in 79 we had a ton of snow and a cold spell where it didn’t get above zero for 23 days.
I thought that was cold. Then I heard on the radio that in 72 in Bismarck that it didn’t get above zero for 43 days. I guess Montana I’d kinda in the banana belt.

Hal