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By Sam Collentine, Meteorologist Posted 7 years ago December 20, 2017

December 2017 Snowpack Update

Western Canada and areas in the northern Rockies continue to impress with a snowpack near or above average. California, Utah, and Colorado are having a slow start to the 2017-18 season but storms are moving in and there is a positive outlook for the final days of December and into early January. 

The map below shows the current snowpack compared to average, with data from the backcountry weather station network known as SNOTEL.

The following Base Depth vs. Average graphs are available to OpenSnow All-Access users for nearly every mountain location in the western US and Canada. Here are a few locations with the deepest snowpacks (compared to the 30-year average).


 

Snow Forecast & Report: Big Sky


Snow Forecast & Report: Whitefish


Snow Forecast & Report: Mt. Baker


Snow Forecast & Report: Revelstoke


Snow Forecast & Report: Whistler


Snow Forecast & Report: Fernie


Snow Forecast & Report: CMH Galena


Snow Forecast & Report: Mt Norquay Banff


Make sure to download the OpenSnow Mobile App and stay tuned to our local forecasters for the latest updates.

SAM COLLENTINE

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Sam Collentine

Meteorologist

Sam Collentine is the Chief Operating Officer of OpenSnow and lives in Basalt, Colorado. Before joining OpenSnow, he studied Atmospheric Science at the University of Colorado, spent time at Channel 7 News in Denver, and at the National Weather Service in Boulder.

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