Gallatin National Forest Avalanche Center -- Current Advisory

Real-Time Weather Conditions

Current weather conditions are critical for making avalanche hazard assessments. The more weather information you can gather before venturing into the backcountry the better prepared you'll be to make safe decisions regarding travel in avalanche terrain. The following remote weather stations provide current mountain temperatures, wind speeds, wind directions and snowfall amounts which you'll find invaluable for planning your next backcountry adventure. At the very least it'll help you find the best slopes for riding and sliding.

Access to weather stations located at the ski areas is provided courtesy of Bridger Bowl Ski Area, Big Sky Ski And Summer Resort, the Yellowstone Club, and Moonlight Basin Ski Resort. These stations are maintained by the Big Sky, Yellowstone Club, Moonlight Basin, and Bridger Bowl Ski Patrols so if you see any of these hard working folks out on the hill and you like using this site, make sure to let them know you appreciate the service.

Webcams

Bozeman has a webcam atop of the Bozeman Daily Chronicle building pointed toward the mountains.

MSU has a webcam atop of the Leon Johnson building. You can get a look at the Bridger Ridge from this site.

Bozeman Pass on I-90 has a great cam showing the highway conditions.

SNOTEL Sites

The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) operates these observing sites mainly in remote, high-elevation locations. Most sites report every 6 to 12 hours, but all sites tend to report a 24-hour maximum/minimum temperature and precipitation (both rain and snow). Since most of these sites are very remote - there can be significant problems with the quality of the observations when equipment fails or is affected by extreme weather. All data reported in these web-pages reflects preliminary information that may change significantly after further review and quality control by the NRCS.

If you're interested in seeing other remote weather stations throughout the northwestern US click on this Surface Observation Map courtesy of the Missoula National Weather Service.

In the Bridger Range, Brackett Creek is located on the east side of the range.

Up Hyalite Canyon in the northern Gallatin Mountains there's a lower elevation site, Lick Creek, and an upper elevation site, Shower Falls.

The southern Madison Range has a good station in Carrot Basin with other surface observations located in West Yellowstone.

The Cooke City area has an upper elevation site in Fisher Drainage northeast of town.