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The largest snowflake ever observed was recorded in Montana on Jan. 28, 1887, at 38 cm wide. That’s nearly 15 inches.
This corner of the state is home to the most natural lakes in Montana – more than 500. There are 250 lakes in Glacier Park ALONE.
M EMANWHILE....
a wolverine WEARING A GPS COLLAR AND NAMED M3 scrambled up and over the highest point of Glacier National Park, the 10,466-foot Mt. Cleveland, ascending the nearly vertical eastern wall and climbing 5,000 feet in less than 90 minutes.
Montana has the largest grizzly bear population in the lower 48.
Schafer Meadows airstrip in the Great Bear Wilderness is the only wilderness airstrip in Montana.
The coldest temperature ever recorded in the lower 48 was -70 degrees Fahrenheit at Rogers Pass on Jan. 20, 1954. In January
of 1972, Loma broke the national record
for the greatest temperature change within a 24-hour period by recording a 103-degree climb from -54 degrees Fahrenheit to 49 degrees Fahrenheit.
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