article_snippet: There's snow between the ski area and the fire and the timber.
article_snippet: But it's also a solid run of timber from where the fire is to the ski area,' US Forest Service spokesman Jeff Gildehaus said. '
article_snippet: So US Forest Service spokesman Jeff Gildehaus gets up in the trees and starts running the crowns of the trees and US Forest Service spokesman Jeff Gildehaus starts advancing toward the ski area.'
article_snippet: But down in the low elevation, there isn't any snow and things are pretty dry,' US Forest Service spokesman Jeff Gildehaus said. '
article_snippet: The southwestern portion of Montana and northern part of Wyoming are filled by a forest that stretches south to Shoshone and Yellowstone national parks.