Operations Update: So with currently benign weather and not a lot of snow on the ground in most areas the NWAC is using the extra time to work on weather stations and other issues while addressing the weather and snow conditions with these blog posts. We are especially focusing on communication issues at Hurricane Ridge and Timberline ...

Impressive storm water and wind amounts across the Pacific Northwest this week, with the same predictable winners on the snowfall!

Photo: Early season slab avalanche on Panorama Dome, Mt. Baker, early Dec 2014

The snow has finally begun to accumulate in ...

Winter is just around the corner! Regular NWAC mountain weather and avalanche forecasts usually begin in mid to late November. For more notes on early season avalanche hazards and Fall NWAC operations, please read the section below.

Guest Post written by Nick Asher, USFS Climbing Ranger on Mt. Hood and Mt. Hood Meadows Ski Patrol

As you offload the Palmer Chairlift at the top of Timberline Ski Area on Mt. Hood to begin your climb, you leave the terrain park and ski race frenzied atmosphere behind and enter a quieter alpine zone ...

A cold front caused strong southwest winds, snow and cooling on Friday. This was followed orographic snow showers, further cooling, an unstable air mass and convergence near Stevens on Saturday. NWAC sites at Hurricane Ridge and along the Cascade west slopes had 4-17 inches of late season storm snow with the most at Baker, Stevens and Paradise ...

We know the recent uptick in mountain snow has been too little too late for many of you, but it has been enough to provide some nice skiing conditions in places and keep our daily forecasts going through the usual date of mid-April.

The purpose of this blog post is to let you know our public ...

Guest Blog Post by John Stimberis, WSDOT Avalanche Supervisor 

Each spring backcountry skiers and riders eagerly anticipate the opening of our state’s seasonal mountain passes. Chinook Pass (SR 410) and The North Cascades Highway (US 20 over Washington Pass and Rainy Pass) are known for their scenery, snowpack, and easy access to some incredible ...

During this sad snow year, we are tired of watching out for exposed trees, creeks, rocks, etc; you know, the stuff that should be buried by several feet of snow during a typical Pacific Northwest winter. At NWAC we recently suspended our daily avalanche forecast for the Olympic Mountains... until more snow accumulates. Precipitation has been near ...

You may have noticed that over the last few months, more of NWAC's weather station data (also called telemetry) has been made available on our website via our new Data Portal http://www.nwac.us/data-portal/, under the Observations drop-down menu.

Where we are and where we're going...

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