Montana: What Every Traveler Needs to Know Before Visiting

Montana is known as the treasure state. But what makes Montana different from the rest of the country? Do they like visitors? Is there wildlife? Do they pay sales tax? Watch to find out!

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Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
0:30 Lewis & Clark
0:58 Wildlife
1:38 Talk slow, drive fast
3:05 Summers
4:35 Trucks, Dogs, & Informal
6:04 High & Dry
7:05 Go Home
8:12 Friendly
9:25 No Sales Tax
10:15 Festivals
12:07 Soda
12:49 Parks
13:49 Bear Grass
14:19 The 406 & Helena

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[ChrisTempel]

Everyone likes to visit Montana in the summer, but those of us that live here battle the LONG winters.f  I feel like that if you're going to move here, at least visit us in the middle of winter and see how you like it.

[MaximRedin]

So nice! Very picturesque views. Btw I am watching you from Russia!

[beebeesfuntasticadventures]

That sunset looked absolutely beautiful.

[KallenMcCracken]

So happy you guys decided to stop by Montana I was born there and let me say if you go next to the Canadian border everything there's just amazing especially because of the canyons have a great time I feel the more you get into the Canadian lifestyle The more friendly you can be it's amazing how just being in the wild can change your attitude

[brandonharris]

Great information and video as always. We went and stayed a week in Kalispell and went to Glacier and Whitefish and our most beautiful spot that we found was Bowman Lake . We kayaked the whole lake. We will definitely drive back. Have a Great day my friends and hello from Lone Grove Oklahoma!

[djstaley]

Thanks for sharing lived there for several years such memories

[JStrey]

Thanks for your review. I live about 20 minutes from Glacier Park. My family are 5 generation Montanans as are my wife’s family.
We do drive fast. If the speed limit is 80 you’ll usually find us cruising at 95+.
We are proud of our state, we do take great care of it, and we are very protective of it, and we definitely DON’T want you to move here!!!
We have a couple of sayings. “Welcome to Montana, now go home!”
And “Montana sucks, now go home and tell all your friends!”

Covid changed everything for our state. People flooded Montana. Our infrastructure is overwhelmed, our services are overwhelmed, our outdoor recreation areas are constantly overpopulated and parking lots over flowing. We can’t use our own campgrounds because they’re full of tourists that make reservations a year in advance. Places that used to be unpopulated wilderness are now covered with houses. Property prices and rent have gone so high that a lot of us can’t afford to stay here anymore and those of us that can afford to stay here, can BARELY afford to stay here.

It has become extremely frustrating the last 3 years. We’re all hoping and praying for extra cold hard winters and tons of snow so some of the transplants will move back where they came from.

People moving here is rapidly turning Montana into the overpopulated nightmare that they moved away from.

[manbitesdog]

Man, I really want to visit Montana. Great video. Greetings from Norway.

[lupitaolson]

We spend our summers throughout Montana. We've been coming here for 26 years. Every year, we're finding more and more people moving in from other states. Land is getting very expensive.

[garypeacock]

Just discovered your channel, excellent. We're visiting from Scotland in September, and are staying in Jackson, Wy heading to livingston Mt, and Kalispell Mt to visit Glacier. Will check out your other videos to get some more ideas. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇲

[wncjan]

Should have visited Montana this summer but skipped it as the two nothernmost entrances to Yellowstone NP were closed so we drove directly from North Dakota to Wyomimg.

[goranjohansson]

Great info, , , im from europé, goding to visit Montana👍

[mauricerrr]

Something to add on the speed limits in Europe part. The German Autobahn does not have a speed limit unless specified in specific places. It is very common and in most places on the Autobahn even perfectly legal to travel at around 200 to 230 km per hour, if your car can handle such speeds, this would be around 125 to 145 miles per hour.

[davidviner]

The German Autobahn has no speed limit on more than 70% of its network. The government recommends a top speed of 130 kilometers per hour (80 miles per hour) for these stretches, but drivers can go as fast as they want.

[MarcosRogerio]

So beautiful... from south of Brazil..

[WMANomad]

We’re planning to visit YS & GT in either August or September (which is better?). We plan to fly in and out of Bozeman. We will have about 8 days. We want to spend a day in Jackson and a day in Cody. Can you help with the routing???

[Tonymanero]

I stumbled upon this video. My girlfriend and I are planning a trip from Maryland to the Great Plains states(possibly including Montana). I noticed that your son was wearing a Lamar Jackson jersey. Does your family have any connection with Baltimore/Maryland?

[benwil]

Can some one tell me what's the name of that van in the video begin, I really confused

[LifetheUniverseandEverythin]

A few things from a Montana native:
1- it sounds like that mostly just lived in Bozeman and did some trips around. That is not a great representation. Because there are so many out of staters in Bozeman people are more accepting and comfortable with and of tourists. That’s not the case everywhere.
2-Yes the speed limits are 80, but most Montanans ignore that and go anywhere from 85-110. So go 80, sure but 80 mph and lower stay in the right lane.
3-Don’t go eating berries. Just don’t. Not only are there many poisonous berries but many of them look very similar to huckleberry.
4- Montana actually has the best winters in the state. They are really not usually very dreary. If someone is telling you that then they probably haven’t been living here very long. The snow comes but often melts and comes again multiple times a season because the sun melts it off without cloud cover.
5-They understated the whole out-of-stater thing. Again, it’s not so bad around Bozeman, but in many places I’ve known especially cats with California plates get their tires slashed. If you’re sticking to the big tourist traps you should be fine, but stay out of East Helena, Boulder, and Lewiston just to name a few.
6-All the Huckleberry products are really mostly for the tourists. Everyone I know only very rarely eats anything huckleberry and then only the ice cream or the berries themselves.

[kethsharakhlok]

Thanks for the juicy info.
Good educational tour for us as foreigners.
Interesting to learn about MT folks not wanting outsiders by choice.
So sad for us as yellow skin foreigners. 😞😕