Winter in Montana is tough. If you plan on traveling during the winter months, you'll want to make sure you have a vehicle that can keep up with the conditions.
Winter is on it's way and that means Montana will be dealing with snow, ice, and all that winter brings. Where does Montana rank compared to other states?
Every state has chores to do before winter, but in Montana - some of those tasks are so important that they could save your life. Preparing yourself, your home, your pets, and your vehicle can add up to a long list.
Although the Yellowstone National Park area is very seismically active and thought of as "that super volcano", Montana itself is only the 9th most seismically active state in America. In the last week, there have been 15 quakes - 1 of which was above magnitude of 3.0 and it was near Belgrade.
Snow will continue to fall across most of Montana through at least Friday morning. Higher elevations are getting lots of snow, while the valleys are seeing less but frequent light snowfalls. Thursday night is expected to bring lots more snow, along with some wind.
Montana's lack of snowfall and our dangerously low snowpack levels are becoming the stuff of fire season nightmares. As the winter weeks go by, our 'percentages of normal' keep ticking lower - and that's not good news for this summer.
Hopefully we will get enough snow soon to hit the slopes. Here are 9 ski terms everyone should know, especially if you want to at least try and fit it.