The Bigfork Whitewater Festival involves international kayak racing on the 'Wild Mile' of the Swan River that runs through Bigfork. At the height of spring runoff, the 'Wild Mile' is considered a Class V whitewater. The event draws over 200 competitors along with several thousand spectators. There are festivities running throughout the weekend.

This was another great year for the festival. A lot of the participates stayed at the Bigfork Marina Cay Resort as we did, which of course is one of the nicer locations in the area. The activities went strong down at Riverside park across from the downtown bridge starting Friday afternoon all the way through Sunday. The weather was a little rainy and overcast a lot of the time, but hey - most everyone was in the water anyway, so what's the difference! Bigfork Marina Cay Resort Luxury Condos

Deluxe accomodations are now available at an affordable price. Contact the Bigfork Marina Cay Resort today and ask to reserve unit #235 or #242 and enjoy a luxury condo, fully remodeled, and all the Marina Cay ammenities! Bigfork Marina Cay Resort Available Condos

For its elevation and latitude, Bigfork and The Flathead Valley have a relatively mild climate, and can best be described as an area of climatic transition between coastal and continental. The high mountains of the Continental Divide at the east provide protection from the Great Plains climate while the mountains to the west interrupt passage of the Great Basin Climate found in Spokane. In addition, water surfaces associated with the many existing lakes and rivers tend to moderate temperatures in both winter and summer. The weather ranges from moderately dry summer and autumn to a moderately wet winter and spring. Annual precipitation in the Flathead averages 20.27 inches of rain and 49.0 inches of snow.

The weather is cool and maritime influenced. Precipitation ranges from 16 inches in the valley bottoms to more than 100 inches on the mountain tops. On the valley bottoms about half of the annual precipitation fall as snow. Up to 80 percent of the precipitation at the higher elevations is snow. Valley bottoms are about 3,000 feet above sea level. The highest peaks are just under 10,000 feet above sea level. Go to Bigfork Marina Cay Resort for information on available rental units.

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