West Yellowstone, MT

We recently shared a list of “15 Really Frigid Reasons You Shouldn’t Move to Boise” on Facebook. While it was meant to be a joke, our friends on the other side of state were quick to check in with just how cold it was where they were at.

Mark Smolen & Cliff Walter join us to talk about the Trans-Montana Charity Snowmobile Ride, a five-day trek from Lincoln to West Yellowstone, in support of the National Alliance on Mental Illness. Visit www.trans-Montana.org for more information. With Guest Host Kyle Riley.

WIND CHILL WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM TUESDAY. Sun is out and still cold for us today, barely above zero, into the low single digits for highs today in the valley. The Snake River Plain and the eastern highlands have a continued wind chill warning for the area through tomorrow mid-moring.

There are 2 high school 🏀 games in West Yellowstone. The White Sulphur Springs High School basketball team will have a game with West Yellowstone High School on January 31, 2023, 13:25:00.

BOZEMAN, Mont. - Search and rescue volunteers with Gallatin County Sheriff Search and Rescue along with Custer Gallatin National Forest Service and Hebgen Basin Rural Fire District responded to help an injured snowmobiler Saturday. Yellowstone National Park requested assistance for the snowmobiler who crashed one mile west of West Yellowstone...

Gallatin County will no longer seek the death penalty for the woman accused of torturing and beating her 12-year-old grandson to death. Gallatin County Attorney Audrey Cromwell filed paperwork Friday in district court to withdraw the county's notice of intent to seek the death penalty against Patricia Batts. Batts is charged with deliberate homicide and three other felony charges related to the 2020 death of her 12-year-old grandson, James Alex...

The Moose Loop Trail just west of Pond’s Lodge in Island Park lived up to its name last week. My sweetheart and I drove to Pond’s Lodge for a quick cross-country ski outing and made a pit stop at the gas station, using the facilities and buying their last box of Lorna Doone shortbread cookies.

MISSOULA, Mont. — The West Yellowstone Police Department is reporting that Highway 20 and Highway 87 are closed. Officials site the current weather conditions as the reason and say it is closed until further notice. The West Yellowstone Police Department released the following:

This is starting to become a trend here lately, but we have yet ANOTHER new state record fish from Henrys Lake! On New Year’s Day, young Spencer Smith caught the new certified weight state record Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout out of Henrys Lake, weighing in at 2.88 lbs, and measuring 20 in. Congrats, Spencer!

IDAHO FALLS – As we all know by now, it’s really freaking cold in eastern Idaho this week. On Monday, we saw record-breaking cold temperatures reaching as low as -30 in Idaho Falls, -16 in Pocatello, and -38 in Island Park. On Tuesday, the coldest recorded temperatures overnight...

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On January 20, 2023, the West Yellowstone Police Department dispatch center received a call for an individual experiencing chest pain and shortness of breath while out snowshoeing on the Riverside Trail inside Yellowstone National Park, one mile east of the Town of West Yellowstone. Gallatin County Sheriff Search and Rescue...

"In my decade of international racing, I amassed 11 world championship titles and three Olympic medals yet fat biking is some of the hardest riding I’ve ever done" - Paralympian Meg Fisher

MISSOULA, Mont. — Gallatin County Sheriff Search and Rescue responded to two snowmobilers stuck in the Teepee Creek area on Sunday. The call came in to the West Yellowstone Police Department just before 5 p.m. The snowmobilers were attempting to walk out the Big Sky Trail, 12 miles north...

The rival West Yellowstone High School Wolverines brought greater physicality than the Lone Peak High School Big Horns on Friday night, in the first LPHS home games since Dec. 17. The girls team got off to a competitive start, as senior Maddie Cone shot a three pointer to tie the...

On Sunday, January 15, 2023, at 4:52 p.m. the West Yellowstone Police Department dispatch center received a 911 call from a snowmobile group requesting assistance. Two snowmobiles had become hopelessly stuck and the riders were attempting to walk out the Big Sky Trail, 12 miles north of West Yellowstone. Volunteers...

The celebration of Island Park's winter wonderland is a favorite tradition among many in the Island Park area, and perhaps one of the more anticipated events is the Vintage Snow Mobile show. Showcasing a history of motorized sleds and it's history.

BOZEMAN, Mont. - Search and rescue volunteers with Gallatin County Sheriff Search and Rescue along with Custer Gallatin National Forest Service and Hebgen Basin Rural Fire District responded to help an injured snowmobiler Saturday. Yellowstone National Park requested assistance for the snowmobiler who crashed one mile west of West Yellowstone...

BOZEMAN, Mont. - A snowmobiler was taken to Bozeman Health Big Sky Medical Center after hitting a tree southwest of West Yellowstone, near Junction 16. Search and rescue volunteers responded to the injured snowmobiler along with Custer Gallatin National Forest Service, Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks and Hebgen Basin Rural Fire District.