Heavy Snow — Lost River Range, Idaho

2021-01-27 to 2021-01-30 · Lost River Range, Idaho

Event narrative

Estimated SNOTEL amounts were 42 inches at Hilt's Creek and 15 inches at Meadow Lake.

Wider weather episode

A very strong atmospheric river event brought very heavy snow to the southeast Idaho mountains and the Sun Valley region. Amounts of over 2 feet of snow were very common in the drawn out event. 51 inches of snow fell at Bald Mountain at the Sun Valley ski resort and the resort shut down January 29th after several avalanches and the death of a skier.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 937284. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.