Washington snowpack
Live SNOTEL readings, fresh snowfall, snow-water content, and 5-day forecasts at every monitored peak in Washington. Sourced from USDA NRCS and NOAA NOHRSC.
The Washington 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.
State-wide snowpack overview
Today's standouts across the Washington SNOTEL network -- the deepest snowpack, coldest mountain, biggest expected snowfall, and how the state sits versus normal.
Percent of normal
100% is the historical norm for today's date. Below 70% is drought-stressed; above 130% is a fat year.
Deepest snowpack
vs 140" seasonal average
Coldest station
Elevation 6,500.96 ft
Washington snowpack monitoring sites
Every SNOTEL station Snoflo tracks in Washington. Sortable, quickly filterable. Numeric columns heat-mapped from light to deep. Tap any station for its full history.
| Snowpack monitoring site | Snowpack (in) | Snowfall (in) | 24hr fcst (in) | Next 72hrs (in) | Temp (°F) | % Normal | SWC (%) | Watershed | Elevation (ft) |
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Alpine Meadows, Wa
Site 908 |
36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 46% | 57% | Snoqualmie | 3,500 |
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Beaver Pass, Wa
Site 990 |
5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 63 | 8% | 26% | Upper Skagit | 3,630 |
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Brown Top, Wa
Site 1080 |
67 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 63% | 60% | Upper Skagit | 5,830 |
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Buckinghorse, Wa
Site 1107 |
14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 14% | 59% | Dungeness-Elwha | 4,870 |
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Bunchgrass Mdw, Wa
Site 376 |
5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 11% | 42% | Priest | 5,000 |
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Cayuse Pass, Wa
Site 1085 |
9 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 58 | 8% | 51% | Naches | 5,240 |
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Corral Pass, Wa
Site 418 |
31 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 63 | 42% | 44% | Puyallup | 5,800 |
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Easy Pass, Wa
Site 998 |
82 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 56 | 67% | 88% | Fraser | 5,270 |
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Harts Pass, Wa
Site 515 |
62 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 84% | 70% | Methow | 6,490 |
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Indian Rock, Wa
Site 1129 |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 3% | · | Klickitat | 5,360 |
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Lone Pine, Wa
Site 591 |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 2% | 40% | Lewis | 3,930 |
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Lyman Lake, Wa
Site 606 |
62 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 58 | 56% | 44% | Lake Chelan | 5,980 |
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Marten Ridge, Wa
Site 999 |
4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 5% | 33% | Upper Skagit | 3,520 |
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Meadows Pass, Wa
Site 897 |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 3% | · | Duwamish | 3,230 |
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Mf Nooksack, Wa
Site 1011 |
28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 27% | 57% | Nooksack | 4,970 |
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Morse Lake, Wa
Site 642 |
30 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 62 | 34% | 51% | Naches | 5,410 |
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Olallie Meadows, Wa
Site 672 |
12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 14% | 49% | Upper Yakima | 4,030 |
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Paradise, Wa
Site 679 |
48 | -1 | 0 | 7 | 60 | 37% | 58% | Nisqually | 5,130 |
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Pepper Creek, Wa
Site 1104 |
2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 76 | 29% | · | Lewis | 2,140 |
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Pigtail Peak, Wa
Site 692 |
47 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 56 | 47% | 50% | Naches | 5,800 |
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Potato Hill, Wa
Site 702 |
5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 65 | 9% | 54% | Klickitat | 4,510 |
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Rainy Pass, Wa
Site 711 |
40 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 60 | 71% | 49% | Upper Skagit | 4,890 |
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Surprise Lakes, Wa
Site 804 |
9 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 11% | 59% | Middle Columbia-Hood | 4,290 |
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Trough, Wa
Site 832 |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 12% | · | Upper Columbia-Entiat | 5,480 |
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Wells Creek, Wa
Site 909 |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 2% | 80% | Nooksack | 4,030 |
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Nohrsc Paradise, Wa
Site AFSW1 |
43 | -2 | 0 | 12 | 65 | 41% | 62% | Nisqually | 5,150 |
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Nohrsc Alpine Meadows, Wa
Site APSW1 |
33 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 47% | 59% | Snoqualmie | 3,493 |
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Rainier Paradise Ranger Stn, Wa
Site ASFW1 |
65 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 64 | 46% | · | Nisqually | 5,390 |
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Nohrsc Bunchgrass Mdw, Wa
Site BGMW1 |
2 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 17% | 45% | Priest | 5,038 |
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Nohrsc Buckinghorse, Wa
Site BKHW1 |
11 | -3 | 0 | 3 | 61 | 23% | 65% | Dungeness-Elwha | 4,631 |
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Nohrsc Brown Top, Wa
Site BRTW1 |
66 | -3 | 0 | 5 | 69 | 76% | 59% | Upper Skagit | 5,842 |
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Nohrsc Beaver Pass, Wa
Site BVPW1 |
3 | -1 | 0 | 4 | 69 | 6% | 37% | Upper Skagit | 3,651 |
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Cayuse Pass, Wa
Site CAYW1 |
10 | -2 | 0 | 5 | 67 | 12% | 46% | Upper Cowlitz | 5,363 |
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Nohrsc Corral Pass, Wa
Site COPW1 |
29 | -4 | 0 | 4 | 69 | 75% | 44% | Puyallup | 5,812 |
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Nohrsc Cougar Mountain, Wa
Site CUMW1 |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 0% | 30% | Duwamish | 3,273 |
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Decline Creek Snotel, Wa
Site DCKW1 |
3 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 16% | 83% | Sauk | 4,294 |
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Nohrsc 21a07 - Easy Pass Am, Wa
Site EPSW1 |
80 | -3 | 0 | 12 | 64 | 83% | 89% | Fraser | 5,248 |
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Nohrsc Harts Pass, Wa
Site HRPW1 |
60 | -3 | 0 | 2 | 58 | 90% | 70% | Methow | 6,501 |
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Lost Horse, Wa
Site LOHW1 |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 7% | · | Lower Yakima, Washington | 5,110 |
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Lyman Lake, Wa
Site LYLW1 |
57 | -4 | 0 | 12 | 63 | 58% | 46% | Lake Chelan | 6,514 |
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Nohrsc Milk Shakes, Wa
Site MLKO3 |
6 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 74 | 20% | 60% | Walla Walla | 5,579 |
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Nohrsc Mf Nooksack, Wa
Site MNOW1 |
28 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 46% | 54% | Nooksack | 4,933 |
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Nohrsc Morse Lake, Wa
Site MRSW1 |
27 | -4 | 0 | 2 | 68 | 46% | 51% | Naches | 5,412 |
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Nohrsc Marten Ridge, Wa
Site MRTW1 |
1 | -3 | 0 | 14 | 73 | 6% | 20% | Upper Skagit | 3,549 |
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Nohrsc Olallie Meadows, Wa
Site OMWW1 |
10 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 33% | 47% | Upper Yakima | 4,025 |
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Nohrsc Park Creek Ridge, Wa
Site PCRW1 |
1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 68 | 11% | 10% | Lake Chelan | 4,628 |
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Pigtail Peak, Wa
Site PGPW1 |
45 | -3 | 0 | 5 | 62 | 75% | 50% | Naches | 5,812 |
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Nohrsc Pepper Creek, Wa
Site PPCW1 |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 82 | % | · | Lewis | 2,155 |
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Nohrsc Potato Hill, Wa
Site PTHW1 |
2 | -2 | 0 | 5 | 70 | 19% | 75% | Upper Cowlitz | 4,497 |
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Rainy Pass, Wa
Site RAIW1 |
38 | -3 | 0 | 2 | 64 | 63% | 50% | Lake Chelan | 4,936 |
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Nohrsc Sheep Canyon, Wa
Site SHPW1 |
2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 6% | 90% | Lower Cowlitz | 4,005 |
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Nohrsc Surprise Lakes, Wa
Site SPLW1 |
10 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 23% | 53% | Middle Columbia-Hood | 4,297 |
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Nohrsc Wells Creek, Wa
Site WCSW1 |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 4% | 90% | Nooksack | 4,038 |
Washington ski-area meteograms
Per-resort interactive weather forecasts for the next 15 days — temperature curve, precipitation bars, weather symbols, and humidity at every Washington ski area Snoflo tracks.
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49 Degrees North Mountain Resort
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Badger Mountain Ski Area
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Bluewood
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Crystal Mountain Resort
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Hurricane Ridge
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Leavenworth Ski Hill
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Loup Loup Ski Bowl
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Medallion Peak Resort
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Mission Ridge Ski Area
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Mt. Baker Ski Area
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Mt. Spokane Ski Area
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Sitzmark Ski Hill
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Stevens Pass Ski Area
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The Summit At Snoqualmie
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White Pass Ski Area
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Yodelin
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About Washington snowpack
Where does the Washington 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 Washington 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.