MT BAKER SKI AREA SNOW REPORT
DAILY WEATHER UPDATES FOR GLACIER, WA.
PROVIDED BY
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Dec. 8, 2007 9:00 am
Ski Area is closed today!!!!
Due to high winds and rain!!!!!
"THINK SNOW"
| Glacier, WA elevation 900' Currently | New | Temperature | Base | Snow Level | What's expected |
| Snowing | 0" | 28 Degrees | 0" | 1000' | Light rain thru Thursday with snow level around 1500'. |
| Mt Baker Ski Area 3500 Currently | New | Temperature | Base | Last 24 hours | |
| Snowing | trace | 22 Degrees | 35" | trace | 2" to 4" daily until Thursday |
The road to Artist Point is now CLOSED.
Banked Slalom set for Feb 9, 2008
Thing to do:
Breakfast is not served in Glacier unless you stay at a bed and breakfast.
The Glacier Ranger Station is now open for Christmas Tree tags..
Now is the perfect time to get ready for skiing and snowboarding and at Mt Baker Bed and Breakfast you can get all the information you'll need to have a great stay in our little piece of the world. Come ski the mountain with the world record annual snowfall of 1'140". But if you want go white water kayaking we have that information too.
Baker Ski Area average annual snow fall 647", more than any other ski area in North America.
Cell phones do not work between the town of Kendal and the ski area. Last gas is at the Shell station in Maple Falls and the last cash machine is in Glacier at Grahams.
Mt Baker Ski Area has the world record snowfall in one year 1140" or about 95'.
| Mt. Baker Ski Area Monthly Snowfall Totals (inches) | |||||||||
MONTH |
2006-07* |
2005-06* |
04-05 |
03-04 |
02-03 |
01-02 |
00-01 |
99-00 |
1998-99 |
| SEPT/OCT | 3 |
23 |
26.2 |
13.5 |
0 |
56 |
23 |
23 |
178 |
| NOVEMBER | 250 |
152 |
38.2 |
149 |
30 |
68 |
47 |
86 |
225 |
| DECEMBER | 112 |
68.2 |
95.3 |
162 |
148 |
195 |
82 |
173 |
182.5 |
| JANUARY | 97 |
271.2 |
48.5 |
122.5 |
72 |
159 |
73.5 |
210 |
303 |
| FEBRUARY | 87 |
124 |
53 |
66 |
79 |
103 |
68 |
90 |
194 |
| MARCH | 34 |
111 |
104.2 |
113 |
194 |
174 |
72 |
109 |
24.5 |
| APRIL | 55 |
100 |
7.5 |
63 |
37 |
67.5 |
33 |
30 |
|
| MAY/JUNE | 0 |
0 |
8 |
16 |
24 |
3 |
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| SEASON TOTAL INCHES | 583 |
804.4 |
465.4 |
633.5 |
586* |
800 |
449 |
748 |
1,140 |
*These totals are not official |
WORLD |
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| MT. BAKER SKI AREA • Mountain Statistics 2004-05 | ||
| Average Annual Snowfall: | 647 inches |
1,638 cm |
| Vertical Rise | 1,500 feet |
455 meters |
| Heather Meadows Elevation | 4,300 feet |
1,310 meters |
| White Salmon Elevation | 3,500 feet |
1,066 meters |
| Total Chairs | 8 |
|
| Expert Terrain | 31 % |
|
| Intermediate Terrain | 45 % |
|
| Beginner Terrain | 24 % |
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