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Pacific North West

Skiing the PNW – The Best Months to Ski Oregon and Washington

Stevens pass, pnw, Washington

Skiing in Oregon and Washington can be incredible – volcanoes and glaciers allow for skiing year-round, moisture-filled snow sticks to steeper faces, 10,000′ to 14,000′ mountains rise up from sea level making for some seriously long descents, and the area receives hundreds of inches of snow annually. So when is the best time to ski in this area of the […]

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Jenah MacGrain | October 3, 2023
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NASA: “Historic and Dangerous” Heatwave Hits Pacific Northwest

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Extraordinary heat events occur around the planet during most summers, but the current heatwave in the Pacific Northwest is truly exceptional. In June 2021, all-time temperature records fell in multiple cities in the U.S. and Canada during a heatwave that the National Weather Service called โ€œhistoric and dangerous.โ€ Related: Pacific Northwest Heatwave Threatens Summer Skiing The heat began to build […]

WeatherBrains | June 29, 2021
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Top 5 Biggest Ski Areas In The Pacific Northwest

Mt. Bachelor, OR. photo: jeffery murray

The Pacific Northwest is a land of lush evergreen forests, that receive a ton of precipitation with a marine west coast climate.ย The areas ski resorts gets some of the most snowfall in the U.S. with Mt. Baker, Washington getting the most snowfall in North America last year with 866″. The area is dominated by the Cascade Mountain Range which is […]

LadyBrains | November 16, 2017
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NOAA: Forecast Calls For Winter Returning To The PNW And Up To 43″ of Snow For Mount Hood

According to NOAA, a winter storm is slowing moving its way into the Pacific Northwest. This storm is a relief for the west, after warm temperatures and a lack of snowfall has prevailed throughout the start of the 2016-17 winter. Alpental Summit, Mt. Baker, Mt. Hood Meadows, and Timberline Lodge are currently experiencing the front-end of the storm. If NOAA’s […]

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Chris Wallner | November 14, 2016
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