Wyoming snow totals3/21/2023 Additional moderate to heavy snow will fill in for most of the southern Washington Cascades (Crystal, White pass) extending into most of Oregon for late Sunday night-Tuesday. Decent snow totals will also fall towards Whistler on this storm, especially for Sunday morning. Northern or central regions will fare better than the south. Storm ski from Baker to Crystal on Sunday as snow continues to pile up. Bottom Line PNW: Great snow quality, 60/40 split on overnight versus day snow Saturday with the exception of Baker who will likely have double digits by 8 AM Sunday. 4-11 inches is likely to be further south of I-90 near Crystal with some of the higher estimates possible for northern Oregon. While the timing is not perfect, snowfall on Sunday will ramp up storm totals (Storm ski) for Baker and areas south towards Stevens and perhaps the I-90 resorts near Alpental (12-18). The timing is best at Mt Baker for overnight pow for Sunday (12 inches) with a bit less further south towards Stevens (6-9 overnight for Sunday turns). This has perfect snow densities coming in a bit warm and finishing cold. The focus of the deepest snow will land from Mt Baker to the I-90 corridor including Stevens Pass. The Pacific Northwest will do very well from late Saturday night to late Monday. With so much going on, the focus of the forecast will be areas to chase deep powder. As snow lovers, we all love these colors. There is a winter storm warning posted for the Santa Barbara mountains in southern Cal. Update: Mammoth Mountain snow report as of early Saturday- 46 inches in 3 days!īelow: The National Weather Service has thrown out nearly every type of advisory issued for the coastal areas near San Francisco. Very good high-quality storm for the core of Lake Tahoe including Mammoth for Sunday night to Tuesday (2-4 additional feet) for many ski areas by late Tuesday and early Wednesday. Mammoth Mountain will be deep with an outside hope of some upper mountain terrain opening. Significant snowfall will be falling at Lake Level- Bottom Line Sierra: Chase to the south on Saturday and gamble that Big Bear or Baldy will open (Big Bear has higher odds). The deepest turns might come for either Monday or Tuesday next week. Temps will be a bit warmer bringing snow levels back up to 2500 feet (Very high-quality storm). The central and northern areas of the Lake will benefit from a powerful storm system entering the PNW Saturday night that drops along the coast bringing 2-4 additional feet to the core of the Sierra Ski areas (Lake Tahoe Region) Monday -Tuesday. Areas along I-80 will see light snowfall initially. Additional snowfall fills into the southern Sierra pushing a bit further north including Mammoth late Saturday night into Sunday reaching as far north as the southernmost areas of Lake Tahoe (Kirkwood) for some freshies Sunday morning. Mt Baldy, Big Bear, and Southern California are all at the center of attention (Heavy snowfall Saturday AM). Below is additional snowfall for Baldy that tapers mid to late Saturday (The Saturday report will be deep from Friday night).įor the Sierra ranges, the deepest totals on Saturday will come from the southern regions south of Mammoth (Mammoth might see a slight window to open some areas that were closed on Friday). Sunday or Monday might be the day to get out, and don’t forget your snorkel. The Southern California range could see an additional 30-50 inches of which some would have fallen Friday night. So much for the webcams on the last tweet.īelow: The University Of Utah Ensembles show an intense period of snow Saturday for Mt Baldy with my hopes of anything opening slim (We shall see). Photo: Instagram.īelow: Mt Baldy in Southern California tweets from Friday. I managed to grab gold last week with 52 inches on 3 days of riding chasing from JHMR (22) to Snowbird (25) and a country club day at Sundance Friday morning (10-12).īelow: I’m 1st chair at Sundance early Friday morning (far left) with a sneak-up double-digit blower day (Country Club). That was the case with Mt Baldy on Friday, however, per the tweets, there is some hope. The trick is to avoid areas that may see too much snow in a short period and essentially shut down. Take your pick of a multitude of resorts to find the “White Room” Many chases to ponder! Keep your snorkels out.įorecasting powder is more difficult when nearly every region in the west from Southern California through Canada will see deep snow. The Cascades get deep with the northern and southern regions of the Rockies on tap for next week. The northern Sierra gets a reprieve with additional feet in the forecast.
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