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Kicking Horse, BC, Backcountry Report: Christmas Powder Miracle!!

Report from December 25, 2025 – Christmas Day I was alone. No friends, no family, just me, Santa, and a miracle deep, sunny, powder day in BC. I started conservatively off the backside into the sunshine. The snow sparkled as I hooted, slashed, and popped off pillows. The whole experience was immaculate. I was as high as a Christmas kite […]

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Miles Clark | December 26, 2025
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Old Farmer’s Almanac Christmas Weather Prediction for North America: Snow, Storms, and Sunshine

Whether you’re chasing powder across the border or loading the car for your annual mountain getaway, the weather Christmas week 2025 is shaping up to bring a mix of snow, sunshine, and a few classic winter storms across North America. This early forecast from the Old Farmer’s Almanac offers a look at conditions across the U.S. and Canada to help […]

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Avatar photo Brent Glogau | November 4, 2025
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NOAA’s Predictions for You Having A White Christmas

Based on data from 1981 – 2010, NOAA has assembled an interactive map to determine the likelihood of you experiencing a white Christmas this year. If you are looking to almost guarantee your chance of getting a white Christmas, here is where you should go, according to NOAA: Maine, Vermont, upstate New York, Minnesota, Idaho, and of course the Rockies, […]

Avatar photo Liam Abbott | December 17, 2020
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What Are The Chances That You’ll Have A White Christmas Where You Live?

It doesn’t really feel like Christmas without snow, so this map is an important tool to utilize during this time of year. If you live somewhere with under a 50% chance of having a White Christmas, you might want to start looking at flights to head north for the holidays. Anyone living in the West, New England, or the Midwest has […]

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Chris Wallner | November 30, 2017
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Will It Snow on Christmas Where You Live?

NOAA just released a special forecast for the 2014 Christmas week. They’re letting us know if where we live has a good chance of receiving snow (or at least precipitation) this Christmas. Which is very cool. NOAA is forecasting above average precipitation during Christmas week for nearly all of the USA except the West Coast and Southwest. NOAA is forecasting below average precipitation for California and Nevada. NOAA is forecasting below average temperatures for Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Florida, and Colorado. […]

Avatar photo SnowBrains | December 15, 2014
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What Are Your Chances for a White Christmas?

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Minnesota. Maine. Upstate New York. The Allegheny Mountains of Pennsylvania and West Virginia. Practically anywhere in Idaho. And of course, the Rockies or the Sierra Nevada Mountains. These are the places where weather history suggests you want to be if you’re looking for the best chance of a white Christmas. The map at right shows the historic probability of there being at least 1-inch of snow on the ground in the Lower 48 states on […]

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Avatar photo SnowBrains | December 13, 2013
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