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- Jan 4, 2021
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I've been in Butte for four days now and not really seen the mountains. The air smells like my clothes after three days of car camping and sitting by the fire. It's been pushing (or exceeding) 90 every day.
How normal is all this? Locals say it's warmer than usual, and as for the smoke, they kind of shrug and say something like, "Yeah, it's fire season," while admitting that *maybe* it's a little earlier than usual.
Is this now what summer in the Northern Rockies is like? I am hoping some locals and more experienced visitors here might fill me in.
I confess that the smoke is dampening my enthusiasm for hiking and camping, and I don't see how it's going to clear up anytime between now and, what, October? I have another month in town at an AirBnB, and I like Butte, but I chose this place for the outdoors, and now the outdoors seem a little less appealing.
Yeah, I'm a little frustrated at the moment, but still ... is this the "new normal" out here?
Thanks!
Paul
How normal is all this? Locals say it's warmer than usual, and as for the smoke, they kind of shrug and say something like, "Yeah, it's fire season," while admitting that *maybe* it's a little earlier than usual.
Is this now what summer in the Northern Rockies is like? I am hoping some locals and more experienced visitors here might fill me in.
I confess that the smoke is dampening my enthusiasm for hiking and camping, and I don't see how it's going to clear up anytime between now and, what, October? I have another month in town at an AirBnB, and I like Butte, but I chose this place for the outdoors, and now the outdoors seem a little less appealing.
Yeah, I'm a little frustrated at the moment, but still ... is this the "new normal" out here?
Thanks!
Paul