Heavy Snow — Little Belt and Highwood Mountains, Montana

2025-05-04 to 2025-05-05 · Little Belt and Highwood Mountains, Montana

Event narrative

Estimated 10 inches of snowfall in 24 hours from the Showdown Ski Resort's snowboard webcam. There is a little uncertainty on the estimation of the start time from the rain to snow transition.

Wider weather episode

A closed low pressure system brought widespread precipitation to Montana. Snow levels fell down to 5000ft Monday morning, transitioning rain to wet snow on mountain passes and higher elevated valleys. Enhanced forcing aloft brought heavy snow rates in the Little Belts region.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1257874. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.