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Welcome to the Wallowa Avalanche Center on the web. We provide the winter backcountry traveler with tools to make an informed decision about winter travel in Northeast Oregon. The Wallowa Mountains contain outstanding opportunities for backcountry skiing and snowmobiling. Currently no official avalanche advisory, forecast, or prediction covers the Wallowa Mountains. Nothing on this site should be construed as a forecast, advisory or prediction. Wallowa Avalanche Center provides resources for individuals to make their own decisions. Our goals for the future include a local advisory and we appreciate your support toward this goal.

Click on the links below for Snotel data from the Wallowa Mountains. Joseph Oregon Weather is an independent weather station calibrated by the National Weather Service, and also includes web cam features. The image is provided to show the relative location of each weather observation.

Other Weather Links

SNOTEL (Abbreviated Data)

These SNOTEL reports show the most recent observation on the top of the list and also show the amount of recent precipitation in an easy to use format. The SNOTEL links on the image above show longer history than these abbreviated reports.

Aneroid Lake #2 SNOTEL

Moss Springs SNOTEL

Mt Howard SNOTEL

Schneider Meadows SNOTEL

Taylor Green SNOTEL

Other Local Weather Reports and Forecasts

Sheep Ridge Weather

NWS Forecast Discussion

Salt Creek Summit Forecast

General Storm Series Graphs

Mt. Howard Storm Series

Wallowa Mountain Milepost Forecasts

National Weather Service forecasters developed these near term forecasts for the Wallowa Avalanche Center to provide a more detailed forecast specific to regions in the Wallowa Mountains. The product is based on the existing “Milepost” product which the Weather Service produces for points along major highways.

Aneroid Mountain Milepost Forecast

Mt. Howard SNOTEL Milepost Forecast

Taylor Green SNOTEL Milepost

Wallowa Region Virtual Sounding

RAWS Stations

RAWS Weather stations provide data primarily for wildland fire suppression. Although they do not include snow data, they do include wind data.

Sparta Butte RAWS

Minam Lodge RAWS

Pt. Prominence RAWS

Harl Butte RAWS

Aviation Winds Aloft Forecasts

Winds aloft are forecast for Kimberly, Oregon and Lewiston, and Boise Idaho in the vicinity of the Wallowa mountains. The 9000 ft forecast gives an indication of what might be expected at ridge top level.

San Francisco Forecast (Includes Kimberly [IMB])

Salt Lake City Forecast (Includes Lewiston [LWS] and Boise [BOI])

Weather Maps

QPF Precipitation Forecast

Intermountain Regional Snow Analysis

Freezing Level Chart

 

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