Looks like Baker is getting primed for the season

[yammadog]

off the noaa site....

Tonight: Snow. Low around 21. Breezy, with a south wind 15 to 18 mph increasing to between 23 and 26 mph. Winds could gust as high as 40 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. Total nighttime snow accumulation of 19 to 25 inches possible.

Tuesday: Snow. Temperature rising to near 23 by 9am, then falling to around 14 during the remainder of the day. Breezy, with a south southwest wind between 17 and 23 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New snow accumulation of 7 to 11 inches possible.

Tuesday Night: Snow showers. Low around 14. South southwest wind between 6 and 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New snow accumulation of 4 to 8 inches possible.

almost 4 ft possible in the next 36 hours.....

 

[Comp 670]

The way the wind has been howling thru here for the last few days there HAS to be some HUGE drifts up there... Anybody know if the forest service has opened it yet?

Be sooooo cool to ride thanksgiving without having to travel!!!

 

[KMMAC]

Rule of thumb for snow on Baker is if it's around 40 in Sedro-Woolley no matter how hard it's raining snow is a comin down on the mountain! I have left town headed for Baker in a down pour and once at the first parking area it was snow and rain, the further you went up the road the more it was snowing.

 

[Boardbysled]

Rule of thumb for snow on Baker is if it's around 40 in Sedro-Woolley no matter how hard it's raining snow is a comin down on the mountain! I have left town headed for Baker in a down pour and once at the first parking area it was snow and rain, the further you went up the road the more it was snowing.

This is correct, an I know, cause i have lived in woolley a decade

 

[Mitch P.]

I'm not sure how accurate this info is, but heard last weekend that Baker is off limits this year until Dec. 1st, no matter how much snow is in the meadow. Can anyone confirm this?

 

[hughesfoundation]

Looks like we will have a great base, was at Baker ski lodge yesterday and it was raining cats and dogs. Water pooring over road on way up, then temp dropped and snowed a couple of inches in an hour. It was snowing hard by 6pm.

 

[minytallpines]

looks like gold creek and I90 corridor will be getting snow all week, stevens recording 10 new in 24 hours. should be a decent weekend

 

[KMMAC]

Temp. is the key,, at around 40° in Sedro-Woolley,,,,,,,,,, then more times than not it is snowing on Baker. The hi at the ski resort was probably low to mid 40's which means it is too warm. Also the ski resort is not on Mt. Baker there is a gap between the two.

 

[klpilot]

The way the wind has been howling thru here for the last few days there HAS to be some HUGE drifts up there... Anybody know if the forest service has opened it yet?

Be sooooo cool to ride thanksgiving without having to travel!!!

I hate myself for saying this....(I want to keep it all to myself). I spoke with the forest service. The deal is that it is open to snowmobiles, just not on the road. All you need is 24" of good base over the ground. They do not officially open the terrain. They do not officially open the snow park until Dec. 1. So in short you can ride anytime there is 24" under your sled. I'm not making this up. You may have your own opinions, but that is directly from the forest service station at Sedro. I wanted to triple check because of the giant sign below the snow park that states, "CLOSED TO SNOWMOBILES". Apparently this only applies to the roads.

Have fun, and please don't ruin for the rest of us. If there isn't 24" under your sled off the road please do not ride there.

 

[ReTodd]

They do not officially open the terrain.

I think that is what I said the other day and yet someone name "Mr.Prez" gave me a bad post rating?

 

[H20SKE]

I think that is what I said the other day and yet someone name "Mr.Prez" gave me a bad post rating?

Maybe it is bad breath??


LOL


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