Winter Storm — Blackfoot Mountains, Idaho

2024-12-26 to 2024-12-30 · Blackfoot Mountains, Idaho

Event narrative

At 443 PM MST on the 28th 2 snowmobile riders 8 miles south southwest of Bone and were stranded due to extreme winter conditions and required a search and rescue. They were rescued 3 miles south of Sellers Creek Rd and 4 miles west of Blackfoot Reservoir Road. Both extracted and no injuries reported. Snow fall totaled 11 inches at Soda Springs for the event.

Wider weather episode

A long protracted Pacific flow brought heavy snow to southeast Idaho with travel impacts in between the Christmas and New Year's holidays.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1229792. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.