Bitter cold and dangerous wind chills are expected behind an Arctic cold front across all of western Montana through midweek.

Wintry weather is back to cause travel issues statewide this morning. 3-6 inches of fresh snow is expected through the day in Helena and many lower elevations of southern and central Montana.

Elkhorn and Boulder Mountains, Canyon Ferry area, Missouri Headwaters, Madison River Valley, Gallatin Valley, Beaverhead and Western Madison below 6000ft, Ruby Mountains and Southern Beaverhead ...

Elkhorn and Boulder Mountains, Canyon Ferry area, Missouri Headwaters, Madison River Valley, Gallatin Valley, Northwest Beaverhead County, Beaverhead and Western Madison below 6000ft, Ruby ...

Idaho and near the Gem State's border with Montana. It is both a beautiful drive into the Beaverhead Mountains and a testament to America's push to expand its territory "from sea to shining sea." ...

Driving over the Beaverhead Mountains it became immediately clear ... One of the least populated regions in Montana, with more cows than people, this is cattle country on the grandest scale.