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Sunny and Warm to Start the Week
Hello Powder Alert Fans MONDAY: Sun breaks for the day TUESDAY: Breezy for the day; light snow showers late WEDNESDAY: Few snow showers...
Mar 25, 2023


Powder Days Coming!Powder Alert
Powder Alert 03-23 FRIDAY: Up to 10 inches SATURDAY: 1 to 3 inches SUNDAY: Trace MONDAY: Sun breaks Make sure you always check for road...
Mar 22, 2023


Warmer and Sunny
Powder Poobah looks for and finds fresh snow Wednesday, March 15, at Crystal Mountain. Most Washington ski areas' snowpacks are at or...
Mar 15, 2023


Snow on Friday
Spreefest is this weekend at Summit West. We're not sure if you've seen, but the Wilsons are back and their fundraising dollars are...
Mar 8, 2023


Snow Thursday and Friday
Hello Powder Alert fans, THURSDAY: we are expecting 5 to 7 inches of new snowfall; best chance late in the day.FRIDAY: we are expecting...
Dec 30, 2022


Wednesday and Thursday Snow Coming
Hello Skiers, Today is bringing a blustery day to the mountains with strong winds, rain, and some freezing rain in a few locations. It...
Dec 27, 2022


Short-term rising freezing levels then snow returns later in the week
Hello Skiers, We can expect rising snow levels for today and Sunday, Christmas Day. This will bring some moderate to heavy rainfall,...
Dec 25, 2022


More Snow Tonight and Friday Morning
Hello Skiers, Today we can expect dry and cool conditions. Then we will slowly start to see some major changes. Starting late Thursday...
Dec 21, 2022


More Snow Coming This Week
Today we can expect snow at 3000/4000 feet with new snowfall totals for the 24 hours ending Monday morning of 3 to 6 inches at 3500 feet...
Dec 20, 2022


Sunshine skiing - then new snow
Hello Skiers, Ski areas are opening up with natural snow and snow making. See list below, note restrictions and check details on...
Nov 16, 2022


Dry, then snow late in the month
Hello skiers, I have high confidence a dry and chilly weather pattern will be seen most of this week. The reason for my confidence is all...
Nov 12, 2022


Where is the snow?
Hello skiers, Guess what? There is enough snow at 49 Degrees North (north of Spokane) to open for Friday (11th) through the weekend....
Nov 9, 2022


Up and down: snow, then rain - then snow and cold
Hello skiers, A warm, moist atmospheric river (AR) is aimed at the Cascades for the next 24-36 hrs. The AR will initially produce snow,...
Nov 2, 2022


First new snowfall 1022-23 season
Hello Skiers Good bye smoke. Hello, Northwest mountain snow. The extended dry spell is coming to an end. Computer weather models show...
Oct 19, 2022


La Nina for 2022-23 - Good snowfall!
Hello skiers, Good news for this upcoming NW ski season La Nina! An unprecedent third in a row. That means great snowfall for the NW. La...
Aug 31, 2022


Final review / wrap up, plus outlook for 2022-23
Hello skiers, April has been cold and snowy. The snowpack remains healthy so the coverage is good, but there are some late season thin...
Apr 27, 2022


Saturday Sun
Hello skiers, The unprecedented cold and snowy pattern of much of April is almost behind us. Hope you got up recently its been very good....
Apr 20, 2022


High quality snowfall
Hello skiers, New Cascade snow is creating terrific ski conditions. A broad area of low pressure continues with very low snow levels (200...
Apr 13, 2022


Cold snowy Monday
Hello skiers, A cool and snowy pattern will be seen into Monday as a strong low pressure moves in just south of us into Oregon. The low...
Apr 9, 2022


Cool down with new snow
Hello skiers, I hope you enjoyed the excellent powder earlier this week and the sunshine today. However, the warm and sunny weather on...
Apr 6, 2022
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