Spot report
🇺🇸Bighorn River, Montana
updated 05:30 local · open-meteo
🎣 Fishing· tailwater river · base: Fort Smith
One of the highest trout-per-mile tailwaters in the country below Yellowtail Dam, fishable year-round with a dense lodge and guide community at Fort Smith.
Heads up · Very crowded on peak days; limited bank access on Crow Reservation land
Wind
2 km/h
gusts 2 · from W
Water
flat
inland — lakes and rivers
Road
dry
dry — 3 °C
Daylight
07:26 → 18:27
3 °C air · 0.0 mm · UV 0
What's rideable right now
Wind
Water
Mountain
River
🏄
SUP
RIDEABLEglassy — 2 km/h, prime
Best windows this week
- Wed 7am–6pmRIDEABLE
glassy — 2 km/h, prime · 12 h
- Thu 7am–6pmRIDEABLE
glassy — 4 km/h, prime · 12 h
- Fri 7am–6pmRIDEABLE
glassy — 6 km/h, prime · 12 h
This week
Today
15 km/h
3–13 °C
🏄SUP
Thu
17 km/h
3–10 °C
🛶Kayak & canoe
Fri
19 km/h
5–21 °C
🧗Climb
Sat
20 km/h
12–24 °C
⛵Sailing
Sun
14 km/h
9–16 °C
🧗Climb
Mon
14 km/h
9–22 °C
🧗Climb
Tue
16 km/h
10–22 °C
🚵Mountain bike
bars: daily max wind · best sport each day
Pack list
- No water temp inland → judge by air — 3 °C. Lakes run colder than they look.
- UV 0 — low → no sun worries today
- 3 °C → softshell over a mid-layer
- Daylight 07:26–18:27 → golden hour from 17:27
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