# Swain Resort snow report: measured conditions

As of 9:45 AM MT on Oct 20, 2026, Swain Resort has a 0 in base, 0 in of new snow in the last 24 hours and 0 in over 48 hours (weather-model estimate). Conditions rating: poor; Bluebird. Expect clear bluebird skies today.

## Today's numbers

| Measure | Value | Source | Measured at (UTC) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Base depth | 0 in | weather-model estimate | 2026-10-20T15:45:51.132Z |
| New snow, 24 h | 0 in | weather-model estimate | 2026-10-20T15:45:51.132Z |
| New snow, 48 h | 0 in | weather-model estimate | 2026-10-20T15:45:51.132Z |
| Snow water equivalent | n/a | weather-model estimate | 2026-10-20T15:45:51.132Z |
| Percent of normal | n/a | weather-model estimate | 2026-10-20T15:45:51.132Z |

7-day trend: stable; outlook: warming.

Season: unknown, as of 2026-10-20.

## Status and freshness

**UNKNOWN** — As of Oct 20, Swain Resort has no confirmed operating status; base 0 in. (model estimate, 4 h old), 0 in. of new snow in 24 h (model estimate).

| Field | Value | Source | Observed (UTC) | Freshness |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Status | UNKNOWN | none | static | unknown |
| Base depth (measured) | 0 in | model | 2026-10-20T15:45:51.132Z | estimated (4.4 h) |
| New snow, 24 h | 0 in | model | 2026-10-20T15:45:51.132Z | estimated (4.4 h) |
| New snow, 48 h | 0 in | model | 2026-10-20T15:45:51.132Z | estimated (4.4 h) |
| Lifts total | 5 | profile | static | recent |
| Runs total | 35 | profile | static | recent |
| Temperature | 58 °F | station:ghcn | 2026-10-16T23:59:59.000Z | stale (92.1 h) |

Recommendable today: no. no opening date on file; status is UNKNOWN.

Tiers: live ≤ 3 h from an hourly source; recent ≤ 30 h; estimated = model value; stale > 30 h; unknown = nothing on file. Status is OPEN only on a fresh operator lift feed or a resort-confirmed opening date. Local day 2026-10-20 (America/New_York). JSON: https://www.peakcam.io/api/v1/resorts/swain/conditions, schema https://www.peakcam.io/.well-known/schemas/resort-conditions-v1.json.

## Last 1 days

| Date | Snow depth | SWE | Precip (accum.) | High / low | QC |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-10-20 | 0 in | n/a | n/a | n/a / n/a | valid |

Rows are weather-model estimates (Open-Meteo), one per day, written by PeakCam's model sync.

## Forecast

| Day | Forecast | High / low | Est. snow | Precip chance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Today | Sunny | 62°F / 34°F | 0 in | 0% |
| Wed | Sunny | 60°F / 37°F | 0 in | 0% |
| Thu | Mostly Sunny | 57°F / 33°F | 0 in | 1% |
| Fri | Sunny | 53°F / 31°F | 0 in | 0% |
| Sat | Sunny | 61°F / 35°F | 0 in | 0% |

Source: National Weather Service point forecast. Snow amounts are keyword estimates from the forecast text, not a quantitative precipitation forecast.

## On-mountain reports

No user-submitted conditions reports in the last 48 hours.

## Links

- Resort page: https://www.peakcam.io/resorts/swain
- Snow report: https://www.peakcam.io/resorts/swain/snow-report (markdown: https://www.peakcam.io/resorts/swain/snow-report/index.md)
- Forecast: https://www.peakcam.io/resorts/swain/snow-forecast (markdown: https://www.peakcam.io/resorts/swain/snow-forecast/index.md)
- Webcams: https://www.peakcam.io/resorts/swain/webcams (markdown: https://www.peakcam.io/resorts/swain/webcams/index.md)
- History: https://www.peakcam.io/resorts/swain/history (markdown: https://www.peakcam.io/resorts/swain/history/index.md)
- API: https://www.peakcam.io/api/v1/resorts/swain
- Powder feed (Atom): https://www.peakcam.io/resorts/swain/powder.xml
- How the station is read: https://www.peakcam.io/methodology#snotel

Canonical: https://www.peakcam.io/resorts/swain/snow-report

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