Snow watch (updated Wed. a.m.): Brundage and other areas get snow
Brundage Mountain got about 3 inches of fresh snow from the recent storm and the resort near McCall is starting to turn white. Check out the photo provided by the resort. It's a great teaser to get everyone excited about the upcoming skiing and boarding season.
The resort needs between 18 to 24 inches in the base area and 24 to 36 on the summit to open but at least it's turning white.
When I saw the photo of Brundage I decided to look at the Natural Resources Conservation Service's Snotel sites around southern Idaho Wednesday morning to see how other areas stacked up after the storm.
- Bogus Basin, 6,340 feet in elevation, 4 inches.
- Deadwood Summit, 6,860 feet, 3 inches.
- Mores Creek Summit, 6,100 feet, 1 inch.
- Secesh Summit near McCall, 6,520 feet, 4 inches.
- Trinity Mountain, 7,770 feet, 12 inches. (Really, that's what the site says).
- Jackson Peak, near Idaho City, 7,070 feet, 6 inches.
- Banner Summit near Stanley, 7,040 feet, 1-2 inches.
- Dollarhide Summit near Sun Valley, 8,420 feet, 9 inches.
- Galena Summit, north of Sun Valley, 8,780 feet, 15 inches.
- Pomerelle Ski Area, 3-4 inches.
- Targhee, 10 inches.
It won't be long before we are hitting the backcountry for skiing, boarding and snowmobiling.
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SNOTEL
I've noticed the Deadwood Summit and Big Creek Summit SNOTELs have been acting odd. Three inches sounds about right at Deadwood Summit - but it was reading 183 inches earlier and the signal is "suspect". The RAWS station at Alpine Creek (between Big Creek summit and Cascade) wasn't even online this morning.
We had an inch of snow here yesterday morning, but it melted off by afternoon.
Okay, who brought all the bagged ice up to Deadwood?
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There is no life in Idaho...it is a mirror site on god's server. You were dreaming but it is over. Go to your residence and await our commands and THEN we will restore control...
They do go wacky
When the inches go up into the 180s like that there is something wrong. You have to look at the last reliable measurement. I've been monitoring these sites for about 20 years and they do that. Another thing that goes wrong is that the wind blows the snow away from the sites. One day it could be 10 inches and the next day 6 inches.
Thanks for the info
This is the first season we have monitored the RAWS and SNOTEL sites.
The FS put a RAWS here (TR074 - Boise Marrie Gracie 3) about the same time NOAA installed equipment so we can be an official weather reporting station. Its been interesting to compare readings. (I tend to trust the NOAA equipment more than the RAWS.)
We had another 1/2" of snow, but its been warm and raining this morning.