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Alaska Snowpack & Snow Report

As of Nov 12, 2026, Alaska's snowpack is at 98% of normal across 122 SNOTEL stations — the deepest is 142" at Alyeska Weather Top. Live SNOTEL snow depth, snowfall, snow-water equivalent, and 5-day forecasts for every mountain in Alaska.

SNOTEL stations
122
State percent normal
98%
0%normal200%
Ski areas covered
20
Updated
Nov 12
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Snow briefing · Nov 12, 2026

Alaska snow conditions today

What’s on the ground, how it compares to normal and what’s coming — refreshed daily from SNOTEL and NOAA.

Alaska's snowpack is at 98% of normal for today's date. The deepest station is Alyeska Weather Top with 142" on the ground (seasonal average 171"). Alpine Airstrip is the coldest right now at 24°F. The biggest expected snowfall over the next 5 days is at Grandview: 26".

The Alaska snowpack is monitored by the USDA NRCS SNOTEL network — automated stations sitting on the mountain that report snow depth, snow water equivalent (SWE), and air temperature every hour. Snoflo joins those live readings to a 5-day NOAA forecast for each station so you can see what's on the ground and what's coming.

Use the SNOTEL inventory below to find the closest station to where you're headed. Percent of normal tells you how today's snowpack compares to the historical average for the same date — below 70% is drought-stressed; above 130% is a fat year. Snow water content (SWC) indicates how wet and dense the snowpack is — useful for water-supply planning and avalanche stability assessment.

For backcountry travel always cross-reference with your regional avalanche center at avalanche.org.

Alaska snow report

122 stations
Snowpack monitoring site Snowpack (in) Snowfall (in) 24hr fcst (in) Next 72hrs (in) Temp (°F) % Normal SWC (%) Watershed Elevation (ft)
Look Eyrie Snotel, Ak
Site LESA2 		68 0 0 0 20 % 34% Delta River 5,212
Flower Mountain Snotel, Ak
Site FLOA2 		37 0 10 13 34 166% 19% Chilkat-Skagway Rivers 2,188
Upper Tsaina River, Ak
Site 1055 		30 0 0 3 32 177% 16% Lower Copper River 1,750
Upper Tsaina River, Ak
Site UPPA2 		30 0 0 3 32 % 16% Lower Copper River 1,735
Hatcher Pass, Ak
Site HATA2 		29 0 0 0 27 276% 30% Lower Susitna River 3,546
Munson Ridge, Ak
Site MSOA2 		27 0 0 0 19 115% 36% Chena River 3,024
Indian Pass, Ak
Site 946 		20 0 0 1 31 0% · Anchorage 2,350
Wiseman, Ak
Site WSMA2 		20 0 0 0 16 % % Upper Koyukuk River 1,181
Indian Pass, Ak
Site INPA2 		20 0 0 1 31 % % Anchorage 2,391
Powder Patch Station, Ak
Site PPSA2 		20 0 0 0 40 % % Lynn Canal 2,135
Bettles Airport, Ak
Site PABT 		20 0 0 0 15 % % Allakaket 643
Glacier Creek Valley Constantine, Ak
Site GCVA2 		20 0 10 13 36 % % Chilkat-Skagway Rivers 1,378
Bettles Field, Ak
Site BFLA2 		19 0 0 0 15 % 24% Upper Koyukuk River 626
Fielding Lake, Ak
Site FLDA2 		19 0 0 0 23 240% 28% Delta River 3,004
Turnagain Pass, Ak
Site TUGA2 		18 0 0 9 33 % 23% Upper Kenai Peninsula 1,830
Frostbite Bottom Snotel Site, Ak
Site FBBA2 		16 0 0 0 32 148% 29% Lower Susitna River 2,998
Jack Wade Junction Snotel, Ak
Site JWJA2 		15 0 0 0 20 147% 17% Fortymile River 3,611
Gates Glacier, Ak
Site GGLA2 		13 0 0 0 30 % % Chitina River 3,811
Ripinsky Ridge Weather Station, Ak
Site RRWA2 		13 0 4 5 40 % % Chilkat-Skagway Rivers 2,496
Monahan Flat, Ak
Site 1094 		12 0 0 0 16 % 18% Upper Susitna River 2,710
Fairbanks, Ak
Site MNFA2 		12 0 0 0 16 153% 18% Upper Susitna River 2,788
Chicken, Ak
Site CQNA2 		12 0 0 0 19 % % Fortymile River 1,781
Eielson Visitors Center, Ak
Site EVCA2 		11 0 0 0 20 % % Kantishna River 3,264
Imnaviat Creek, Ak
Site 968 		10 0 0 0 11 % · Kuparuk River 3,050
Upper Nome Creek, Ak
Site 1090 		10 0 0 0 18 % 17% Birch-Beaver Creeks 2,520
Imnaviat Creek, Ak
Site TOOA2 		10 0 0 0 11 % % Kuparuk River 3,057
Upper Nome Creek, Ak
Site UNCA2 		10 0 0 0 18 % 17% Birch-Beaver Creeks 2,503
Eagle Summit, Ak
Site 960 		9 0 0 0 17 % · Birch-Beaver Creeks 3,650
Mt. Alyeska, Ak
Site 1103 		9 0 0 9 36 119% 34% Anchorage 1,540
Mt Alyeska, Ak
Site YESA2 		9 0 0 9 38 % 34% Anchorage 1,817
Eagle Summit, Ak
Site EAGA2 		9 0 0 0 17 % % Birch-Beaver Creeks 3,631
Tokositna Valley, Ak
Site 1089 		8 0 0 2 33 0% · Chulitna River 850
Circle Hot Springs, Ak
Site CHSA2 		8 0 0 0 14 % % Birch-Beaver Creeks 853
Tokositna Valley, Ak
Site TKVA2 		8 0 0 2 33 % % Chulitna River 800
Seven Mile Snotel, Ak
Site SVMA2 		8 0 0 0 16 % 24% Ramparts 633
Montana Creek Dot, Ak
Site MTCA2 		8 0 0 0 17 % % Tolovana River 2,096
Rocky Point, Ak
Site RPTA2 		8 0 0 0 17 % % Nome 164
Robertson River, Ak
Site RBNA2 		8 1 0 0 19 % % Healy Lake 1,519
Tok Snotel, Ak
Site TOSA2 		8 0 0 0 20 % 18% Tok 1,620
Grandview, Ak
Site 956 		7 0 2 15 35 55% 26% Upper Kenai Peninsula 1,100
Rocky Point, Ak
Site 973 		7 0 0 0 18 % · Nome 250
Sagwon, Ak
Site 1183 		7 0 0 1 9 % · Kuparuk River 1,000
Sugarloaf Mtn, Ak
Site 1095 		7 0 0 7 32 % · N/A 550
Sugarloaf Mtn, Ak
Site SUGA2 		7 0 0 7 37 % % Eastern Prince William Sound 426
Eagle, Ak
Site EGLA2 		7 0 0 0 22 % % Eagle To Circle 892
Ester 5ne, Ak
Site ENEA2 		7 0 0 0 19 % % Tolovana River 584
Grandview, Ak
Site GRVA2 		7 0 1 15 35 47% 26% Upper Kenai Peninsula 1,056
Kuparuk, Ak
Site UBW 		7 0 0 3 19 % % Kuparuk River 72
Sagwon, Ak
Site SGWA2 		7 0 0 0 6 % % Sagavanirktok River 1,178
Horsepasture Pass, Ak
Site HRPA2 		7 0 0 0 20 % % Middle Copper River 4,261
College Observatory, Ak
Site FAOA2 		6 0 0 0 19 % % Chena River 617
American Creek, Ak
Site 1189 		6 0 0 0 22 200% 20% Eagle To Circle 1,050
Cooper Lake, Ak
Site 959 		6 0 0 7 39 29% 17% Upper Kenai Peninsula 1,200
Summit Creek, Ak
Site 955 		6 0 0 5 35 160% 35% Upper Kenai Peninsula 1,400
Alpine Airstrip, Ak
Site APNA2 		6 0 0 3 20 % % Lower Colville River 36
Bonanaza Creek, Ak
Site BONA2 		6 0 0 0 20 % % Tanana Flats 941
Coal Creek, Ak
Site CLCA2 		6 0 0 0 16 % % Eagle To Circle 833
Cooper Lake, Ak
Site CORA2 		6 0 0 7 36 58% 17% Upper Kenai Peninsula 1,200
Keystone Ridge, Ak
Site KERA2 		6 0 0 0 19 % % Tolovana River 1,607
Tok #2, Ak
Site TOAA2 		6 0 0 0 20 % % Tok 1,660
Summit Creek, Ak
Site SUUA2 		6 0 0 5 35 % 37% Upper Kenai Peninsula 1,374
American Creek, Ak
Site AMCA2 		6 0 0 0 22 % 20% Eagle To Circle 1,043
Harbor Mountain, Ak
Site HMWA2 		6 0 0 0 46 % % Baranof-Chicagof Islands 2,194
Wigand Creek, Ak
Site WIGA2 		6 0 0 0 20 % % Kantishna River 1,735
Dry Creek, Ak
Site DRYA2 		6 0 0 0 21 % % Healy Lake 1,391
Goldstream Creek, Ak
Site GSCA2 		5 0 0 0 19 % % Tolovana River 577
Granite Crk, Ak
Site 963 		5 0 0 0 21 150% 24% Healy Lake 1,240
Kelly Station, Ak
Site 1175 		5 0 0 0 18 220% 22% Lower Noatak River 310
Moore Creek Bridge, Ak
Site 1176 		5 0 5 6 35 % · Chilkat-Skagway Rivers 2,250
Granite Crk, Ak
Site GCKA2 		5 0 0 0 21 100% 24% Healy Lake 1,250
Kelly Station, Ak
Site KLLA2 		5 0 0 0 18 96% 22% Lower Noatak River 400
Pilgrim Hot Springs Snotel, Ak
Site PHSA2 		5 0 0 0 15 % 8% Imuruk Basin 23
Moore Creek Bridge, Ak
Site MREA2 		5 0 5 6 35 % % Chilkat-Skagway Rivers 2,598
Kanuti Lake, Ak
Site KATA2 		5 0 0 0 16 % % Kanuti River 518
Chisana, Ak
Site 1093 		4 0 0 0 24 100% 25% Nabesna-Chisana Rivers 3,320
Kantishna, Ak
Site 1072 		4 0 0 0 18 % 35% Kantishna River 1,550
Middle Fork Bradley, Ak
Site 1064 		4 0 0 0 32 % · Lower Kenai Peninsula 2,300
Chisana Snotel, Ak
Site CNAA2 		4 0 0 0 24 111% 25% Nabesna-Chisana Rivers 3,323
Kantishna, Ak
Site KTSA2 		4 0 0 0 18 60% 35% Kantishna River 1,588
Galena Snowtel, Ak
Site GANA2 		4 0 0 0 19 120% 28% Galena 312
Creamers Field Snotel, Ak
Site SCFA2 		4 0 0 0 19 % 28% Chena River 440
Paradise Hill Snotel, Ak
Site SPHA2 		4 0 0 0 19 % 15% Nabesna-Chisana Rivers 2,004
Bonanza Creek Lter2, Ak
Site BZKA2 		4 0 0 0 20 % % Tanana Flats 387
Hozatka Lake, Ak
Site HZLA2 		4 0 0 0 20 % % Kateel River 220
Inigok Airfield Raws, Ak
Site IGKA2 		4 0 0 1 18 % % Harrison Bay 167
Nunatak Lower, Ak
Site GNLA2 		4 0 3 5 44 % % Glacier Bay 105
Nuka Glacier, Ak
Site 1037 		3 0 1 2 34 % · Lower Kenai Peninsula 1,250
Prudhoe Bay, Ak
Site 1177 		3 0 0 3 20 % · Kuparuk River 30
North Pole, Ak
Site NOPA2 		3 0 0 0 20 % % Chena River 489
Aurora, Ak
Site AURA2 		3 0 0 0 19 % % Chena River 440
Nuka Glacier, Ak
Site NUKA2 		3 0 0 2 34 % % Lower Kenai Peninsula 1,178
Seward Hwy At Divide Mp 11.2, Ak
Site SHDA2 		3 0 1 12 38 % % Upper Kenai Peninsula 689
Gilmore Creek, Ak
Site GCQA2 		3 0 0 0 19 % % Tolovana River 938
Harding Lake 1s, Ak
Site HDLA2 		3 0 0 0 22 % % Tanana Flats 918
Prudhoe Bay, Ak
Site PRBA2 		3 0 0 3 20 % % Sagavanirktok River 62
Toklat, Ak
Site TKLA2 		3 0 0 0 20 % % Kantishna River 3,175
Lower Kachemak Creek, Ak
Site LKCA2 		3 0 0 2 36 % % Lower Kenai Peninsula 1,876
Mf Bradley River, Ak
Site MFBA2 		3 0 0 0 30 % % Lower Kenai Peninsula 2,332
Chicken Creek, Ak
Site CREA2 		3 0 0 0 19 % % Nabesna-Chisana Rivers 5,150
Anchorage Hillside, Ak
Site 1070 		2 0 0 0 32 84% 50% Anchorage 2,080
Exit Glacier, Ak
Site 1092 		2 0 1 11 41 40% 35% Western Prince William Sound 400
Fort Yukon, Ak
Site 961 		2 0 0 0 14 % · Yukon Flats 430
Moraine, Ak
Site 1035 		2 0 0 0 36 50% 40% Matanuska 2,100
Snotel 1260 Chena Lakes, Ak
Site CLNA2 		2 0 0 0 20 73% 50% Chena River 499
East Farmers Loop, Ak
Site EFLA2 		2 0 0 0 19 % % Chena River 695
Exit Glacier, Ak
Site EXGA2 		2 0 1 11 41 37% 40% Western Prince William Sound 377
Anchorage Hillside, Ak
Site HILA2 		2 0 0 0 34 72% 50% Anchorage 269
Moraine, Ak
Site MORA2 		2 0 0 0 36 0% 40% Matanuska 1,971
Fort Yukon, Ak
Site FYNA2 		2 0 0 0 14 % % Yukon Flats 426
Northway Airport, Ak
Site PAOR 		2 0 0 0 18 % % Nabesna-Chisana Rivers 1,709
Luck Shot Mine Low, Ak
Site LSLA2 		2 0 0 0 32 % % Lower Susitna River 2,184
Fairbanks, Ak
Site PAEI 		2 0 0 0 20 % % Tanana Flats 548
Ft. Wainwright Aaf, Ak
Site PAFB 		2 0 0 0 19 % % Chena River 456
Grouse Creek Divide, Ak
Site 964 		1 0 2 12 37 171% 130% Upper Kenai Peninsula 700
May Creek, Ak
Site 1096 		1 1 0 0 30 15% 20% Chitina River 1,610
Mcneil River Sgs, Ak
Site 1191 		1 0 1 5 28 % · Tuxedni-Kamishak Bays 140
Amber Lake North, Ak
Site ABRA2 		1 0 0 1 32 % % Lower Susitna River 449
Eagle River 7.8 Se, Ak
Site AK-AB-38 		1 0 0 1 28 % % Anchorage 2,145
Mcneil River Sgs, Ak
Site MLRA2 		1 0 0 5 27 % % Tuxedni-Kamishak Bays 151
Grouse Creek Divide, Ak
Site GCRA2 		1 0 1 12 37 80% 140% Upper Kenai Peninsula 712
Glennallen Kcam, Ak
Site GLNA2 		1 0 0 0 19 % % Middle Copper River 1,381
May Creek, Ak
Site SNCA2 		1 0 0 0 30 % 10% Chitina River 1,542
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Snow report FAQ

About Alaska snowpack

What is Alaska's snowpack right now?

As of November 12, 2026, Alaska's snowpack is at 98% of normal across 122 SNOTEL stations, and the deepest station is Alyeska Weather Top with 142" on the ground. The full SNOTEL table is below.

Where is the deepest snow in Alaska right now?

As of November 12, 2026, the deepest snowpack in Alaska is 142" at Alyeska Weather Top. See the SNOTEL station table for the full ranking by depth and snow-water equivalent.

Is Alaska's snowpack above or below normal?

Compare the statewide percent-of-normal on this page: 100% is right at the historical average for the date, below 70% is drought-stressed, and above 130% is a well-above-normal year. Each SNOTEL station also shows its own percent of normal.

Where does the Alaska snowpack data come from?

The USDA NRCS SNOTEL network (SNOpack TELemetry) -- automated mountain stations that continuously measure snow depth, snow water equivalent, precipitation, and air temperature. Snoflo aggregates the live readings and joins them to a 5-day NOAA forecast for each station.

What is Snow Water Equivalent (SWE)?

The depth of water you'd get if you melted the entire snowpack. A 30-inch snowpack with 8 inches of SWE is wetter and denser than one with 5 inches -- useful for water-supply forecasting and avalanche assessment. The "SWC %" column shows the ratio.

What does Percent Normal mean?

Current snowpack as a percentage of the historical average for the same date at that station. 100% is right at the historical norm. Below 70% indicates drought-stressed snowpack; above 130% is a fat year.

How fresh is the Alaska data?

SNOTEL stations transmit hourly; Snoflo re-pulls throughout the day. The 5-day forecasts regenerate from NOAA NOHRSC analysis fields and NWS forecast guidance.

Why are SNOTEL stations only in some states?

The NRCS SNOTEL network is concentrated in the western mountain U.S. -- where the snowpack drives federal water supply forecasts for irrigation, hydropower, and municipal water. Eastern snowpack is measured by other networks (CoCoRaHS, NWS) which Snoflo includes elsewhere.

Is this a substitute for the local avalanche center?

No. For backcountry travel always consult your regional avalanche forecast at avalanche.org. Snoflo is informational data only.

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