Yeah any fair map worth its salt has to have Kalispell in the Western district, it's a bad map otherwise.
If this is by a "good=respect CoI" definition, I agree completely. Not only that, it's easy to keep the entire west together except for Gallatin being in the east. No county splits, and one district is wholely contained within Western Montana.
Yes, Kalispell to the east is the telltale sign of a Mathismander 2.0.
BTW that area is trending Dem anyway and Helena is trending GOP.
Is Helena? Lewis and Clark County trended D at the last election and displayed only a very modest R trend in 2016.