Temperatures in Montana have been extremely cold this year, and snowpack is far above normal.
Many Glacier Webcam (U.S. National Park Service)
High Plains Regional Climate Center
https://wrcc.dri.edu/snotelanom/snotelbasin
It is quite possible that glaciers in Montana will grow this year, defying predictions of an ice-free Arctic by 1948 :
29 Dec 1923, Page 5 – at Newspapers.com
Ice free by 2002 :
05 Mar 1952, Page 1 – The Post-Standard at Newspapers.com
Ice free by 2020 :
No More Glaciers in Glacier National Park by 2020?
Ice free by 2044 :
Climate Change Threatens to Strip the Identity of Glacier National Park – The New York Times
via The Deplorable Climate Science Blog
April 2, 2018 at 08:44PM
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