It’s minus 18 and the wind is blowing… why do I choose to live in this State? I don’t remember a winter storm like we experienced over the weekend since we had 11+ feet of snow in the winter of 1996-1997. That was a humdinger of a year! My husband plowed snow for the City of Kalispell that winter. They would work the night shift moving snow and then he would come home and plow out our driveway. He’d sleep for a few hours before heading back to the City and more snow removal. I didn’t see much of my husband for two months. It got to the point with many residents where the only way out would be to hire a front-end loader to move the snow tunnels back a few feet.  

So why then do I choose to live here?

Minus 18 is cold, granted, but to be honest I have lived in colder, much damper climates and below zero here is when it starts to feel a bit uncomfortable, anything above that is quite easy to live in. Have you cross-country skied in a t-shirt with no other sounds except for the schlepping of your skis? Have you woken up in the middle of the night and thought it was the middle of the day because the moon is so big and reflecting bright white light off the snow? Have you experienced the Northern Lights, now that is worth having your friends call you at 2:00 am to tell you to look north? What about downhill skiing or snowmobiling through the snow ghosts?So my point is the winters here in northwestern Montana are not so bad and if you are an outdoor enthusiast winters just mean a different piece of equipment from your spring, summer or fall escapades. Come enjoy we’ve plenty of space for everyone.



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