Which Central Sierra ski resort has the most snow right now?

Dodge Ridge Mountain Resort has the deepest base in the Central Sierra right now at 8 inches. That reading comes from the resort's assigned NRCS station and updates every six hours. PeakCam ranks all 3 Central Sierra ski resorts by base depth on this page.

How many ski resorts in the Central Sierra have live webcams?

2 of the 3 Central Sierra ski resorts on PeakCam have live webcams — 8 cams in total, all live video. All of them are free to watch and need no account.

When do Central Sierra ski resorts open?

Central Sierra resorts — Bear Valley, Dodge Ridge, China Peak — typically open between late November and mid-December, storm permitting. Projected and confirmed dates for every resort are on PeakCam's opening dates page, and a free opening-day alert emails you the morning a resort you follow opens.

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Every Central Sierra resort PeakCam tracks, ranked by base depth, with live cams a click away — and one email the morning any of them gets fresh snow. Snow data refreshes every six hours.

Resorts tracked: 3
Deepest base: 8″Dodge Ridge Mountain Resort
Most new snow · 24h: Nothing in the last 24h
Best rating: Poor
Last data sync: Nov 13

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Resort	State	Base	24h	Cams	Rating
Dodge Ridge Mountain ResortCalifornia	California	8″	0″	—	Poor
Bear Valley Mountain ResortCalifornia	California	2″	0″	2	Poor
China Peak Mountain ResortCalifornia	California	0″	0″	6	Poor

About skiing in the Central Sierra

PeakCam tracks 3 ski resorts in the Central Sierra, California. 2 of them have live webcams on PeakCam — 8 cams in all.

2 of the 3 have an assigned NRCS SNOTEL or SCAN station, so their base depth and new snow are sensor readings synced every six hours; the other 1 has no station nearby and uses weather-model estimates (Open-Meteo) instead — each resort page says which.

Right now the deepest base in the Central Sierra is 8 inches at Dodge Ridge Mountain Resort; the shallowest reporting resort is Bear Valley Mountain Resort at 2 inches.

Central Sierra snow and webcam questions

Which Central Sierra ski resort has the most snow right now?: Dodge Ridge Mountain Resort has the deepest base in the Central Sierra right now at 8 inches. That reading comes from the resort's assigned NRCS station and updates every six hours. PeakCam ranks all 3 Central Sierra ski resorts by base depth on this page.
How many ski resorts in the Central Sierra have live webcams?: 2 of the 3 Central Sierra ski resorts on PeakCam have live webcams — 8 cams in total, all live video. All of them are free to watch and need no account.
When do Central Sierra ski resorts open?: Central Sierra resorts — Bear Valley, Dodge Ridge, China Peak — typically open between late November and mid-December, storm permitting. Projected and confirmed dates for every resort are on PeakCam's opening dates page, and a free opening-day alert emails you the morning a resort you follow opens.

How the numbers are measured: SNOTEL telemetry, quality control and the model fallback. Opening dates for every resort: projected and confirmed dates.

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