Heavy Snow — Big and Little Wood River Region, Idaho

2016-12-08 to 2016-12-10 · Big and Little Wood River Region, Idaho

Event narrative

Ten inches of snow fell in Ketchum and Hailey. SNOTEL amounts wre the following: Chocolate Gulch 21 inches, Dollarhide Summit 36 inches, Garfield Ranger Station 11 inches, Galena 32 inches, Galena Summit 37 inches, Lost Wood Divide 36 inches, Swede Peak 18 inches, and Vienna Mine 46 inches.

Wider weather episode

Snow occurred across all of the Pocatello forecast region but the mountains received extremely heavy amounts. All mountain zones received over a foot of snow and some several feet of snow in the 54 hour period.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 671738. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.