Montana Wind Speed Map

We just found a great new wind speed map that might be useful to those of you who spend most of your summer days outside.

A few years ago I remember driving with one of our core guides, Russel Elwell.  We were mid conversation while I was parking the truck, then without a hesitation in our dialog I spun the truck around to park facing into the gale force wind. Russell looked at me and said, “Do you realize how much time we (referring to Livingston locals) spend thinking about the wind.”  I didn’t even mention why I was re-parking the truck, but he already knew that I didn’t want my doors ripped off by the gusts.

He was right about how much we think of  the wind around here.  While this map won’t deter us from being in Montana fly fishing, hunting, skiing, hiking or any of the other 100 great things to do – it might just give us a heads up.

You Know You are in Livingston, Montana When…

Here are just a few of our favorites…

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  Downtown Livingston, Montana

  You hear people say ‘crick’ instead of ‘creek’

• You’re not surprised to wake up to several inches of snow in ANY month of the year
• You leave your truck and house unlocked on a regular basis
• You can’t find a parking spot near the bar because of all the trucks with drift boats behind them
• No one is weirded out by firearms in a vehicle.  Furthermore, the only comments you hear are, “how do you like that scope?”
• None of the locals are surprised to here that another semi-truck blew over from the wind on the interstate
• The entire town shuts down for the July 4th parade
• You use your truck heater in the morning and air conditioner in the afternoon
• People you don’t know pass you on the street and say, “hello”
• In three weeks of straight fishing you’ve never fished the same piece of water twice

How do you know you’re in Livingston, Montana?