Schweitzer
ID · 6,400 ft summit · GEG
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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Current Snowpack
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SNOTEL ground truth
NWS Forecast Accuracy
Accuracy grade pending, and it stays that way on purpose. We show the raw NWS forecast for Schweitzer 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 (Schweitzer Basin)
Storm History — 2025–26 Season
No storms recorded this season yet.
Local Knowledge
TGR Community IntelStorm Day Strategy
Storm days at Schweitzer produce heavy cloud cover ("Schweitzer cloud") with visibility down to 3 chair length. Conditions typically: light rain/sleet mix transitioning to snow at higher elevations, strong winds on ridges, firm base layer under new snow creating poor surface until tracked. Strategy: Focus on upper mountain Stella terrain where snow remains firmer; avoid ungroomed north-facing blacks which become coral reefy and unskiable; expect bumps instead of meeting them. Storm totals of 4-6 inches overnight become tracked by mid-morning on bluebird follow-up day.
Terrain Opening Patterns
Basin Express/Mid-Mountain
Opens: Mid-November to late November (Thanksgiving window)
First lift to open typically. Opening around Nov 21 is standard target. Early season often limited to 1 run initially.
Colburn Triple and Creekside Express
Opens: Late December after accumulation
Creekside helps beginner terrain. Opens sequentially after Basin.
Powder Stashes
Upper Mountain terrain above Creekside
Top of Creekside Express
Boot top to knee deep possible in knife-edge storms with rain/snow interface. Sun exposure higher up.
Below Creekside clearing (new terrain)
Below Creekside Express
Under development. Will be green terrain addition. Potential powder stash once opened.
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