Montana

This first week in April offers all sorts of fun events in the Bozeman area. Warner weather brings more opportunities to enjoy the outdoors, along with well-known annual events. A new season is here, so get out with some friends and perhaps meet new friends at these upcoming events.

If you're in the mood to miss your flight out of Bozeman or sit around the gate area for an extra 45 minutes before your flight - ask a local what time you should show up at the airport. There's a very decent chance they'll give you crappy, non-detailed, and not particularly accurate advice.

Central Montana is in great need of more snow, and there's good news: up to 6" of fresh snow is headed for the Little Belt and Highwood Mountains by Saturday morning. Travel on King's Hill Pass and the surrounding area may be affected.

What was supposed to be a rainy day has turned out to be a snowy day in Bozeman and southwest Montana in general. Up to 4" of fresh snow could fall in town, with up to 9" of snow in the southern mountains by Thursday night.

Yellowstone National Park is supposed to get hammered with snow and wind on Thursday. Very gusty winds combined with several inches of snow will make for dangerous conditions in the park and the surrounding areas. High elevations are expecting the most snow.

There are few cooler live shows than those of Gary Clark Jr. When you want blues, rock, soul, and a touch of hip hop that makes an entire room of people adjust their attitude - Gary Clark Jr. is your guy. He's returning to Montana this summer and only the foolish will miss that show.

ANYONE can be a passenger in a car going from point A to point B. But being a respected, reliable, interesting, tough, practical, funny, and calm road tripper - that calls for a Montana girl if you want the best. There is no better kind of person to travel with on the road.

Is there anything more fun than a rocking New Orleans music party? Nope. Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue with Big Boi are making a tour stop in Montana this July. This will be a great combo of one of the best groups to see live at one of the best outdoor venues in America.

Areas near Billings and south to Wyoming border will continue to see snow, wind, and poor driving conditions until midnight tonight. Some area will have accumulated 7 fresh inches of snow by Sunday night.

If Montana has been known as 'The Last Best Place', is it possible that we're morphing into 'The Last Pretty OK Place'? Montana still has 150,000 square miles of terrain, but we've now got 1.2 million people across the state - the richest of which are outbidding each other on the best chunks.

There's a historic mansion in Helena that is so pretty, and incredibly ornate - and it's currently for sale. The architecture is stunning and the private home has been renovated in recent years.

It's been one of the most challenging winters in Montana for avalanche conditions. Weak early snowpack in several parts of Montana started off the season with a terrible base. Warm conditions, then large snow dumps haven't made for a stable back country experience for most of the season.