2002/2003 Ski Area Snowfall Log
for the Silver Valley
|
I moved to Wallace in January 1993 because it was a
charming village halfway between TWO ski areas, a dozen
miles in either direction on Interstate 90 in northern
Idaho's
Silver Valley.
This page will
log the snowfall
statistics for both
Silver Mountain,
a gondola ride away from Kellogg,
and
Lookout Pass,
at the Montana border. Click on the
animated color bars to move between the top and bottom of
the data. Greg Marsh |
|||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001/2002 Snowfall Log | 2003/2004 Snowfall Log | 2004/2005 Snowfall Log | 2005/2006 Snowfall Log |
|
|
Silver Mountain The Lodge, elevation 5650 feet, is at "Mid Mountain," while Kellogg Peak, top of Chair 2, has an elevation of 6200 feet. See trailmap for orientation. CLOSED FOR SEASON on April 13. |
Lookout Pass The Lodge is at base of Runt Mountain. The chair runs from an elevation of 4800 feet to the top of Runt at 5650 feet. See trailmap for orientation. CLOSED FOR SEASON on April 6. |
|---|
| 101 | Days Open as of April 13, 2003 | 69 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The early morning temperatures listed below were recorded at the Silver Mountain Lodge (~ 5AM) and/or at the Lookout Pass Lodge (5-7AM). | ||||||||
|
||||||||
| Date | 24 hr New |
at Lodge |
at Summit |
temp °F |
Date | 24 hr New |
at Lodge |
at Summit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Friday Dec 20 |
none | 15" | 23" | 23° | |
|||
|
Saturday Dec 21 |
none | 15" | 23" | 19° / 24° |
Saturday Dec 21 |
none | 12" | 28" |
| Sunday Dec 22 |
trace | 15" | 23" | 20° / 24° | Sunday Dec 22 |
trace | 12" | 28" |
| Monday Dec 23 |
trace | 15" | 23" | 18° / 23° | Monday Dec 23 |
1" | 12" | 28" |
| Tuesday Dec 24 |
none | 15" | 23" | 19° / 20° | Tuesday Dec 24 |
1" | 12" | 28" |
| Christmas Dec 25 |
none | 15" | 23" | 19° / 22° | Christmas Dec 25 |
none | 12" | 28" |
| Wind Closure Dec 26 (10:00) |
trace | 15" | 23" | 20° / 24° | Thursday Dec 26 |
3" | 15" | 31" |
| Wind Closure Dec 27 |
8" | 20" | 31" | 22° / 29° | Friday Dec 27 |
10" | 24" | 42" |
| Saturday Dec 28 |
4" | 18" | 31" | 22° / 26° | Saturday Dec 28 |
2" | 24" | 43" |
| Sunday Dec 29 |
5" | 24" | 36" | 30° / 31° | Sunday Dec 29 |
9" | 29" | 52" |
| Monday Dec 30 |
4" | 25" | 40" | 17° / 22° | Monday Dec 30 |
3" | 29" | 53" |
| Tuesday Dec 31 (???) |
5" | 28" | 43" | 28° / 32° | Tuesday Dec 31 |
9" | 38" | 62" |
| New Year Jan 1 |
2" | 30" | 44" | 22° / 25° | New Year Jan 1 |
2" | 40" | 63" |
| Wind Closure Jan 2 (8:34) |
2" | 31" | 43" | 30° / 32° | Thursday Jan 2 |
6" | 44" | 68" |
| Wind Closure Jan 3 |
5" | 33" | 44" | 30° / 32° | Friday Jan 3 |
3-6" | 46" | 72" |
| Saturday Jan 4 |
trace | 30" | 48" | 35° / 28° | Saturday Jan 4 |
trace | 46" | 72" |
| Sunday Jan 5 |
2" | 28" | 51" | 27° / 31° | Sunday Jan 5 |
1-3" | 48" | 75" |
| new snow was groomed to make icy "New England" corduroy... very noisy, yet fun (10 runs by 11AM) | ||||||||
| Monday Jan 6 (???) |
2" | 28" | 51" | 27° / | |
|||
| Tuesday Jan 7 |
none | 28" | 51" | 40° / | |
|||
| Wednesday Jan 8 |
none | 28" | 51" | 33° / | |
|||
| Thursday Jan 9 |
none | 28" | 50" | 18° / 20° | Thursday Jan 9 |
none | 48" | 75" |
| Friday Jan 10 |
none | 28" | 50" | 22° / 19° | Friday Jan 10 |
none | 48" | 75" |
| Saturday Jan 11 (???) |
none | 28" | 50" | 22° / 28° | Saturday Jan 11 |
none | 48" | 75" |
| Sunday Jan 12 (???) |
none | 28" | 50" | 22° / 29° | Sunday Jan 12 |
2" | 48" | 75" |
| new snow on top of firmly packed base made for fast runs in the fog (11 runs by 11AM) | ||||||||
| Monday Jan 13 |
4" | 30" | 50" | 30° / | |
|||
| Tuesday Jan 14 |
none | 30" | 50" | 33° / | |
|||
| Wednesday Jan 15 |
1" | 31" | 50" | 27° / | |
|||
| Thursday Jan 16 |
none | 31" | 50" | 26° / 25° | Thursday Jan 16 |
none | 50" | 82" |
| Friday Jan 17 |
none | 31" | 50" | 25° / 26° | Friday Jan 17 |
none | 50" | 82" |
| Saturday Jan 18 |
none | 31" | 50" | 27° / 23° | Saturday Jan 18 |
none | 50" | 82" |
| Sunday Jan 19 |
none | 31" | 50" | 28° / 27° | Sunday Jan 19 |
none | 50" | 82" |
| popular Big Air contest caused lift lines, but occasional sun made the well packed powder fun (12 runs by noon) | ||||||||
| MLK Day Jan 20 |
none | 31" | 50" | 28° / 27° | MLK Day Jan 20 |
none | 50" | 82" |
| Tuesday Jan 21 |
none | 31" | 50" | 25° / | |
|||
| Wednesday Jan 22 |
3½" | 33" | 52" | 24° / | |
|||
| Thursday Jan 23 |
5" | 35" | 54" | 30° / 29° | Thursday Jan 23 |
6" | 54" | 93" |
| six inches plus five the day before made for tricky "cream of wheat" powder; took a tumble on first powder run, lost glasses, still had fun (10 runs) | ||||||||
| Friday Jan 24 |
none | 35" | 54" | 26° / 28° | Friday Jan 24 |
trace | 54" | 93" |
| Saturday Jan 25 |
2" | 36" | 54" | 33° / 33° | Saturday Jan 25 |
1-2" | 54" | 93" |
| Wind Closure Jan 26 |
none | 34" | 52" | 35° / 38° | Sunday Jan 26 |
none | 54" | 93" |
| rain in parking lot at 8:30 sent us home | ||||||||
| Wind Closure Jan 27 |
none | 32" | 52" | 33° / | |
|||
| Tuesday Jan 28 |
½" | 24" | 44" | 27° / | ||||
| Wednesday Jan 29 |
none | 24" | 44" | 26° / | ||||
| Thursday Jan 30 |
5" | 28" | 53" | 29° / 31° | Thursday Jan 30 |
8" | 50" | 91" |
| Friday Jan 31 |
none | 28" | 53" | 37° / 37° | Friday Jan 31 |
2" | 50" | 91" |
| Saturday Feb 1 |
1" | n/r | 54" | 29° / 30° | Saturday Feb 1 |
2" | 48" | 89" |
| Sunday Feb 2 |
2" | n/r | 54" | 25° / 29° | Sunday Feb 2 |
trace | 48" | 89" |
| interesting mix of fog and sunshine, well groomed hard pack, and no lift lines made it a fast, fun morning (11 by 11) | ||||||||
| Monday Feb 3 |
5" | n/r | 58" | 24° / | |
|||
| Tuesday Feb 4 |
trace | n/r | 56" | 21° / | |
|||
| Wednesday Feb 5 (???) |
trace | n/r | 56" | 21° / | |
|||
| Thursday Feb 6 |
none | n/r | 56" | 19° / 20° | Thursday Feb 6 |
none | 54" | 95" |
| bright blue sky, 0-6 inches of (3 day old) dry powder on perfect corduroy, and no lift lines made for a joyous morning (12 runs by 11:15) | ||||||||
| Friday Feb 7 |
none | n/r | 56" | 17° / 17° | Friday Feb 7 |
none | 54" | 95" |
| Saturday Feb 8 |
none | n/r | 56" | 20° / 20° | Saturday Feb 8 |
none | 54" | 95" |
| Sunday Feb 9 (???) |
- | - | - | - / 23° | Sunday Feb 9 |
none | 54" | 95" |
| cloudy but calm weather, velvet corduroy, big race event under the lift, yet no real lift line (11 by 11) | ||||||||
| Monday Feb 10 |
none | n/r | 55" | 21° / | |
|||
| Tuesday Feb 11 |
none | n/r | 54" | 22° / | |
|||
| Wednesday Feb 12 |
none | n/r | 54" | 27° / | |
|||
| Thursday Feb 13 |
none | n/r | 54" | 36° ? / 25° | Thursday Feb 13 |
none | 52" | 93" |
| Friday Feb 14 |
½" | n/r | 54½" | 28° / 28° | Friday Feb 14 |
2" | 52" | 93" |
| Saturday Feb 15 |
1" | n/r | 55" | 34° / 29° | Saturday Feb 15 |
1" | 52" | 93" |
| Sunday Feb 16 |
1" | n/r | 56" | 31° / 30° | Sunday Feb 16 |
1-3" | 52" | 94" |
| light to moderate snowfall made visibility tricky, layer of fresh wet snow on well groomed surface, no lift line (11 by 11) | ||||||||
| Presidents Day Feb 17 |
8" | n/r | 64" | 24° / 23° | Presidents Day Feb 17 |
6" | 55" | 98" |
| Tuesday Feb 18 |
7" | n/r | 71" | 22° / | |
|||
| Wednesday Feb 19 |
1" | n/r | 71" | 23° / | |
|||
| Thursday Feb 20 |
trace | n/r | 71" | 25° / 28° | Thursday Feb 20 |
1" | 57" | 101" |
| continuing snowfall on top of 15" powder dump (Sun-Tue) on top of groomed packed powder made it an exhilarating, but exhausting morning; tree skiing is finally good! (11 by 11:15) | ||||||||
| Friday Feb 21 |
6" | n/r | 78" | 27° / 28° | Friday Feb 21 |
7" | 60" | 104" |
| Saturday Feb 22 |
6" | n/r | 84" | 22° / 27° | Saturday Feb 22 |
10" | 65" | 110" |
| Sunday Feb 23 |
none | n/r | 84" | 6° / 7° | Sunday Feb 23 |
trace | 65" | 110" |
| crystal clear skies, squeaky corduroy runs and deep powder in the trees... but COLD! (8 was enough) | ||||||||
| Monday Feb 24 |
none | n/r | 81" | 0° / | |
|||
| Tuesday Feb 25 |
none | n/r | 80" | 0° / | |
|||
| Wednesday Feb 26 |
none | n/r | 80" | 18° / | |
|||
| Thursday Feb 27 |
none | n/r | 80" | 16° / 20° | Thursday Feb 27 |
none | 65" | 110" |
| overcast with light snow & some sun, perfect grooming, no lines, 11 runs by 11 | ||||||||
| Friday Feb 28 |
trace | n/r | 78" | 17° / 20° | Friday Feb 28 |
trace | 65" | 110" |
| Saturday Mar 1 |
2" | n/r | 80" | 18° / 7° | Saturday Mar 1 |
2" | 65" | 110" |
| Sunday Mar 2 (???) |
- | - | - | - / 25° | Sunday Mar 2 |
none | 65" | 110" |
| Monday Mar 3 |
4" | 64" | 82" | 22° / | ||||
| Tuesday Mar 4 |
2" | 65" | 83" | 16° / | ||||
| Wednesday Mar 5 |
1½" | 66" | 84" | 20° / | ||||
| Wind Closure Mar 6 |
6" | 66" | 84" | 16° / 27° | Thursday Mar 6 |
13" | 78" | 116" |
| EPIC POWDER DAY, 18" since Sunday, snow/groppled all day, KNEE DEEP, untracked dry powder thru steep trees in slow motion, 26 runs (4.2 vertical mi) with NO falls! | ||||||||
| Friday Mar 7 |
2" | 70" | 90" | 20° / 26° | Friday Mar 7 |
10" | 82" | 123" |
| Saturday Mar 8 |
7" | 76" | 97" | 17° / 24° | Saturday Mar 8 |
6" | 84" | 126" |
| Sunday Mar 9 |
3" | 78" | 100" | 29° / 28° | Sunday Mar 9 |
7" | 87" | 130" |
| 2 feet since Thurs but packed to half foot fluff in most parts -- unlike Thurs, you could feel a surface underneath, wet snowfall, 11 by 11 | ||||||||
| Monday Mar 10 |
4" | n/r | 103" | 32° / | ||||
| Wind Closure Mar 11 |
2" | n/r | 104" | 28° / | ||||
| Wednesday Mar 12 |
5" | n/r | 106" | 29° / | ||||
| Thursday Mar 13 |
none | n/r | 105" | 40° / 45° | Thursday Mar 13 |
none | 85" | 129" |
| Friday Mar 14 |
none | n/r | 102" | 38° / 37° | Friday Mar 14 |
none | 80" | 123" |
| Saturday Mar 15 |
2" | n/r | 101" | 30° / 31° | Saturday Mar 15 |
1-2" | 79" | 122" |
| Sunday Mar 16 |
2" | 64" | 100" | 28° / 32° | Sunday Mar 16 |
2" | 72" | 116" |
| patches of fog, glimpses of sun, snow like vanilla fudge, firm yet pushable, very FAST... except in trees, 12 runs by 11 | ||||||||
| Monday Mar 17 |
none | 62" | 97" | 26° / | |
|||
| Tuesday Mar 18 |
none | 60" | 94" | 24° / | |
|||
| Wednesday Mar 19 |
none | 60" | 94" | 30° / | |
|||
| Thursday Mar 20 |
none | 58" | 92" | 30° / 29° | Thursday Mar 20 |
none | 60" | 104" |
| well groomed and very FAST corduroy, overcast turned into wet snowfall, made just 7 runs | ||||||||
| Friday Mar 21 |
2" | 62" | 94" | 26° / 30° | Friday Mar 21 |
1" | 60" | 104" |
| Wind Closure Mar 22 |
5" | 66" | 99" | 34° / 34° | Saturday Mar 22 |
2" | 62" | 106" |
| Sunday Mar 23 |
1" | 64" | 97" | 20° / 26° | Sunday Mar 23 |
4" | 62" | 106" |
| wet snowfall sent me to lodge after 2 runs, but then blue sky appeared briefly, new snow on top of yesterday's rain pack made for good, yet tricky surface, 10 runs by 11 | ||||||||
| Monday Mar 24 |
4" | 66" | 102" | 18° / | ||||
| Tuesday Mar 25 |
1" | 65" | 103" | 24° / | ||||
| Wednesday Mar 26 |
5" | 68" | 107" | 26° / | ||||
| Thursday Mar 27 |
8" | 73" | 109" | 20° / 28° | Thursday Mar 27 |
7" | 74" | 121" |
| Wonderful powder! 13" in last 2 days, 12 runs | ||||||||
| Friday Mar 28 |
none | 72" | 106" | 24° / 26° | Friday Mar 28 |
trace | 74" | 121" |
| Saturday Mar 29 |
none | 70" | 103" | 24° / 26° | Saturday Mar 29 |
trace | 74" | 121" |
| Sunday Mar 30 |
none | 70" | 101" | 40° / 36° | Sunday Mar 30 |
none | 74" | 121" |
| Monday Mar 31 |
none | 67" | 100" | 43° / | ||||
| Tuesday Apr 1 |
none | 66" | 99" | 28° / | ||||
| Wednesday Apr 2 |
2" | 61" | 100" | 26° / | ||||
| Thursday Apr 3 |
4" | 65" | 103" | 20° / 26° | Thursday Apr 3 |
4-5" | 64" | 113" |
| Friday Apr 4 |
5" | 68" | 107" | 20° / 24° | Friday Apr 4 |
8" | 68" | 119" |
| Saturday Apr 5 |
3" | 69" | 109" | 21° / 26° | Saturday Apr 5 |
3" | 69" | 121" |
| Sunday Apr 6 |
2" | 70" | 111" | 18° / 24° |
Sunday Apr 6 |
1" | 69" | 121" |
| Friday Apr 11 |
trace | 58" | 97" | 38° / | |
|||
| Saturday Apr 12 |
none | 56" | 95" | 38° / | |
|||
|
Sunday Apr 13 |
none | 54" | 93" | 38° / |
|
|||
|
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|---|
|
If you are new to this page, please leave a bookmark or share it with a friend:
Wallace is at the center of a universe filled with mountain recreation and Old West history that you will want to visit more than once. Please tell me what you would like to see on this and other pages at my Historic Wallace Idaho webworks. |
|
||
|---|---|---|---|
|
Greg Marsh, Ph.D. doing business as Marsh Scientific Services 
|
greg4mss@hotmail.com
|
| Please visit these websuites: | |
|---|---|
|
|
|
|
|
|
©1998-2018,
Marsh Scientific Services,
Greg Marsh, Ph.D.http://wallace-id.com/ski_season02.html
last update on Monday, February 19, 2018