Bear Valley
CA · 8,500 ft summit · SMF
NWS Bias
2025–26 Season Snapshot
Storms This Season
13
storms tracked
Season Snowfall
55"
season total
Best Storm
88/100
Epic
Current Snowpack
1"
Blue Lakes is closest station
Avg Daily Rate
2.9"/day
storms with data
Season SWE
0.0"
snow water equivalent
NWS Forecast Accuracy
Accuracy grade pending, and it stays that way on purpose. We show the raw NWS forecast for Bear Valley and do not grade or correct it. Six winters of NWS-against-SNOTEL checking found forecast accuracy here turns on an unresolved snow-measurement question (settled snow depth vs. fresh snowfall), not a fixed per-mountain bias anyone can honestly correct. So we show the number NWS publishes and tell you that is what it is.
SNOTEL ground truth (Blue Lakes is closest station)
Storm History — 2025–26 Season
May 28 – May 28
NWS Forecast
0.2"
Actual (SNOTEL)
Pending
Density: Dense
Rate: 0.2"/day
May 27 – May 27
NWS Forecast
0.1"
Actual (SNOTEL)
Pending
Density: Average
Rate: 0.1"/day
Apr 27 – Apr 27
NWS Forecast
0.1"
Actual (SNOTEL)
Pending
Density: Average
Rate: 0.1"/day
Show 10 more storms
Apr 26 – Apr 27
Level 1 · 1" forecast
Apr 23 – Apr 23
Level 1 · 0" forecast
Apr 22 – Apr 23
Level 1 · 0" forecast
Apr 21 – Apr 22
Level 3 · 10" forecast
Apr 16 – Apr 16
Level 1 · 0" forecast
Apr 13 – Apr 13
Level 1 · 0" forecast
Apr 12 – Apr 13
Level 2 · 8" forecast
Apr 11 – Apr 13
Level 4 · 35" forecast
Apr 2 – Apr 2
Level 1 · 0" forecast
Apr 1 – Apr 1
Level 1 · 0" forecast
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