Western North America Conditions 2025/26

[ChrisC]

Not at all. It's all desert at 4,000 feet or lower until the last 30 miles.

That's what I thought. Once you get outside of Mammoth, it's easy driving. You don't ever experience the potential of a 6-10 hour drive home with tons of slow and scary trucks.

This weekend could have been fun at Tahoe - specifically tree-skiing at Northstar. However, the snowline was at 8.5-9k feet yesterday (rain everywhere), everything needs to be resurfaced, and snowfall might continue into Monday, creating lots of difficult roads for a trip home.

 

[jimk]

I'm hearing from friends that the Cottonwoods got a foot of heavy snow on 1 Jan 2026.

 

[sibhusky]

More snow.

 

[Tony Crocker]

The disparity between Schweitzer and Whitefish continues. Schweitzer has improved from 3% open Christmas Eve, but is still at only 41%. Fernie is up to 75% while Whitefish is 94% open.