Now is a great time to dial in your safety gear including putting fresh new batteries in your beacons! Local shops across the state will be handing out free Batteries for Beacons now until February 1, 2025. All you need to do is fill out a quick survey and grab the AAA or AA batteries you need to keep your beacon fresh this season. Find participating shops and more info here.

With clear skies overhead, a waning Cold Mood casts beautiful early morning light on our mountains while west and southwest winds hum along in the 20's and 30's near the high peaks. With just two days to go before the days get noticeably longer, it's mild, with overnight low temperatures registering in the mid 20's and a few low lying traiheads finishing up the night shift in the mid teens. It's a mixed bag out there and it's been a slow start to winter with settled snow depths averaging just about 2' across the range. Riding and turning conditions are acceptable, but tread lightly, there's no shortage of buried treasures lurking just below the snow surface.

Look for mostly sunny skies with high temperatures climbing into the low 30's. A storm system bumps to our north and that'll bring gusty, west and southwest winds to the high peaks through the early evening.

Not much going on in the weather department. We can expect clear skies, warming temperatures, and decreasing winds... rinse and repeat through the weekend. But wait... there's more! Computer models agree with a more active pattern developing between Christmas and the New Year. We'll keep ya posted on this developing story.

Ted was on the east side visiting Mill Creek yesterday and reports... "Early season conditions with only about 20" or so once I got into the Mill Creek drainage. Much of the south facing terrain is very thin to no snow at all."