As of 2:10 p.m. MT Nov 4, the Silverton Mountain SNOTEL station (Red Mountain Pass, 11,060 ft) reports 0 in. of new snow in 24 h, 4 in. in 48 h, base 28 in., snowpack 292% of normal.
Pre-season (projected). As of Nov 4, Silverton Mountain has not opened for the season: projected opening Dec 31; base 28 in. (SNOTEL, under an hour old), 0 in. of new snow in 24 h (SNOTEL).As of Nov 4, Silverton Mountain has not opened for the season: projected opening Dec 31; base 28 in. (SNOTEL, under an hour old), 0 in. of new snow in 24 h (SNOTEL).
Depth, new snow and snow water equivalent are read from the Red Mountain Pass NRCS station at 11,060 ft, synced every six hours and run through range and spike checks. A station sits at one elevation, so it can disagree with the resort’s own upper-mountain report. How PeakCam reads the sensors.