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Backcountry Snowcats at 1868 m altitude
Issued by Snow-Forecast.com at: 10 am (local time) / 19 Sep 2026
Next 3 days weather summary:Mostly dry. Very mild (max 13°C on Sat afternoon, min 3°C on Mon night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 4-6 weather summary:Light rain (total 4.0mm) at first, then becoming colder with a dusting of snow on Wed morning. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 8°C on Tue afternoon, min -1°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light. | |||||||||||||||||
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cloudy | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | clear | clear | clear | some clouds | clear | some clouds | snow shwrs | light snow | rain shwrs | snow shwrs | some clouds | some clouds | cloudy | |
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 cm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — |
max °C | 10 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 |
min °C | 7 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | -1 | 4 | 2 |
chill °C | 6 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | -2 | -1 | 0 | -3 | -1 | 4 | 2 |
Humid % | 55 | 41 | 67 | 51 | 33 | 59 | 52 | 49 | 75 | 60 | 54 | 93 | 94 | 69 | 88 | 64 | 47 | 51 |
Freeze m | 3750 | 3600 | 3700 | 3600 | 3550 | 3500 | 3150 | 2950 | 2700 | 2800 | 2750 | 2100 | 1950 | 2300 | 1750 | 2150 | 2400 | 2200 |
 | 6:52 | — | — | 6:54 | — | — | 6:56 | — | — | 6:56 | — | — | 6:58 | — | — | 7:00 | — | — |
 | — | 7:16 | — | — | 7:15 | — | — | 7:12 | — | — | 7:09 | — | — | 7:07 | — | — | 7:06 | — |
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| Last snowfall: | 3 Sep 2026 |
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Week 3 of September has on average:
0.1 | Bluebird Powder days Fresh snow, mostly sunny, light wind. |
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0.1 | Powder days Fresh snow, limited sun, any wind. |
0.0 | Bluebird days Average snow, mostly sunny, light wind. |
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