Season Intelligence Report

Bear Valley

CA · 8,500 ft summit · SMF

Grade Pending

NWS Bias

2025–26 Season Snapshot

Storms This Season

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storms tracked

Season Snowfall

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season total

Best Storm

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no storms yet

Current Snowpack

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SNOTEL ground truth

NWS Forecast Accuracy

Pending

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

No storms recorded this season yet.

Road & Access

SR-4 Ebbetts Pass

Unknown

No chain controls reported — road access unconfirmed. No chain controls are in effect at this time.. Chain checkpoints do not establish whether the route is open. Check Caltrans QuickMap for closures and current requirements.

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