Prices are pretty reasonable right now in Helena, but I've heard that the greater valley may grow to a population of 130,000 people within the next 10 years. There's a small college called Caroll in Helena but I didn't know any students there. You might find a few more people in their 20's in Dillon since they have that small university, Helena is kind of a retirement community. It's a windy rancher's town with nothing to do except fish. There's really nothing except the Littlehole River around Dillon (no whitewater but great fishing). The Lochsa and South Fork Clearwater Rivers are only 3 hours away from Helena It's only 1.5 hour drive and no traffic ever. There's a cheap but really lame ski area called Great Divide about 1/2 drive from Helena, but I preferred skiing Moonlight Basin with a good 3,500 vertical on the back side of Big Ski. Helena (it's warm and dry enough to climb that 2000 foot mountain in a couple hours in January generally. It's beautiful but the the rocks could take off your head because they're still sharp from being realeased by the quake.Įxcellent city Park in Helana with Mt. It's a class IV+ section that comes off a lake created by the Yellowstone earthquake. If you want bigger action try the Quake Lake run which another 30 minutes south. On any given day you could run into a Grizzley or a rattlesnake (that's part of the excitement). The water is always very warm in the summer due to the solar heating of the lake above the run. The Madison River is about 1.5 hours south of Helena and offers a great class IV run in the 10 mile long, beautiful Bear Trap Canyon. There are 1 good section on the Galley which is a class III run outside Manhattan (no. Helena has a mild and dry climate (similar to Denver along the Rocky Mountain Front) lower elevationĪlthough the Missouri near Helena is completely flat, you can drive an hour to the Galley near Bozeman or an 2 hours to the Clark Fork outside Missoula. I would choose Helena for the following reasons:
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