Bear Mountain Snow History

Average Snow and Weather Conditions in Bear Mountain during April (week 4):

The average snowfall forecast during week 4 of April for Bear Mountain is 1 cm. There are typically 0.4 snowy days during this week.Bear Mountain prevailing weather and snow conditions during the last week of April at the middle elevation of the ski area at 2430m, based on historical averages over the last 17 years: At this time of year the typical freezing level (3680m) is well above the mid altitude of Bear Mountain. A day with snowfall occurs on average every second year during the last week of April and there is a 50% chance that one day will be rainy too. In the years when snow falls at this time of year, forecast model average snowfall for the week is 2cm. Temperatures averaging above freezing both day and night in Bear Mountain during week four of April with average maximum temperature 9.2°C and minimum temperature 7.5°C at the mid altitude. Typically sunny. On average, only two days each week are overcast and the other five days have some sunshine. Mainly light winds (average 17km/h) are unlikely to affect lift operations but there is a 50% chance that the mean wind speed will exceed more than 30km/h one day. Below-freezing, calm and sunny ideal weather days that follow new snow (bluebird powder days) are not expected but calm, cold and sunny days that do not have fresh snow happen on average one year in 7. but fresh snow days that do not coincide with perfect weather conditions are more common, on average one year in 14.