Heavy Snow — Sawtooth Mountains, Idaho

2017-02-20 to 2017-02-22 · Sawtooth Mountains, Idaho

Event narrative

The following snow amounts fell at SNOTEL sites: Bear Canyon 17 inches, Mill Creek Summit 16 inches, Smiley Mountain 40 inches, and Stickney Mill 10 inches. 9 inches fell at the Stanley COOP site.

Wider weather episode

Another in a series of very wet Pacific systems again brought heavy snow to the mountains of central and southeast Idaho with widespread amounts from 10 to as much as 40 inches.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 681126. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.