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Heavy Snow in Little Belt and Highwood Mountains, Montana

Heavy Snow March 14, 2023 – March 15, 2023 · Little Belt and Highwood Mountains, Montana

What the National Weather Service wrote

Onion Park and Spur Park SNOTEL sites both received 8 inches of snow for event totals. Elevation of sites are 7,640 and 8,097 feet, respectively.

The wider storm

A Pacific weather system arrived from the west and ushered in an unsettled weather pattern that persisted through mid-week. Strong wind occurred along the Rocky Mountain Front and portions of Central and Southwest Montana. Heavy snow also developed along the immediate eastern slopes of the Continental Divide and the southwestern mountains.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1084031. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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