SNOWPACK PREDICTION CONTEST: BOGUS BASIN SNOWSCHOOL
Can your classroom accurately predict how much snow will accumulate at Bogus Basin this year? How about the snow/water equivalent? Send SnowSchool your prediction and you could win a prize for your entire classroom! The closest class wins the prize!! Winners will be announced in the spring!
Questions? Email- kmcclay@winterwildlands.org
Specifically, SnowSchool wants to know your prediction for the greatest snow depth measurement and the greatest snow/water equivalent measurement during the course of the entire winter. One prediction (snow and water) per class please (this should be two numbers both in inches).
Example: Prediction for Ms. Smith’s Class- 50 inch snow depth, 14.1 inch snow/water equivalent
Once you make your prediction your class name will be added to this page below and you will be able to track and compare your prediction to the live snowpack graph as it grows (or melts) each week of the winter!
To see a live version of the below graph of snow depth and SWE at the SNOTEL station at Bogus Basin click here!
Contest predictions (click here to send us your prediction)
Learn more about the connection between mountain snow and water:
HISTORICAL SNOWPACK DATA: Its important to keep track of snow, how much of it there is in the mountains because mountain snow is our source of water in Idaho. If we have less snow than normal, we could have less water available for people to use. In making your prediction you will want to look at what happened in previous years (see graphs below), how much snow and snow/water equivalent we have on the ground right now (above graph), any data you collected during your SnowSchool field trip, and historical/forecasted weather. To help with your predictions we’ve included a graph below of all available snow data from Bogus Basin SNOTEL Station since 1999:
Want to see more information from the Bogus Basin SNOTEL site? Click here!
Winter Snow Forecast from SnowSchool: Our favorite scientists and snow experts helped us put out this forecast for the winter of 2025-26. No one knows for sure, but some are guessing that this winter might be very similar to specific years in the past. Read more here…
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