This PNW snow forecast favors a cool, showery start with a few inches of high-elevation snow on Mount Hood, then a sharp turn toward warmer and drier weather late week. Lift-served expectations are limited: Timberline’s snow lifts are closed Saturday with normal operations planned to resume Sunday weather permitting, while Snoqualmie Pass, Stevens Pass, Mt. Baker, Whistler, Crystal Mountain, and Mt. Bachelor are out of winter ski operations. The best snow surface refresh is confined to upper Mount Hood, with only spotty cosmetic snow elsewhere.
Confidence is strongest from Saturday afternoon, June 6, through Wednesday night, June 10, when the models generally agree on cool troughing over the region. At Timberline, the storm is already underway and should keep pulsing into early Sunday with snow levels mainly between 4,400 and 4,900 feet. The models also keep snow levels low enough for upper Mount Hood snow Saturday night, with only modest spread on timing. Snow-to-liquid ratios around 8-10:1 point to dense to fair new snow, not dry powder, with Timberline favored for around 3-4 inches through Wednesday night.
Sunday brings a brief lull before precipitation chances return late Sunday night and Monday, then off-and-on showers continue through Wednesday. The models converge on the timing of the broader Monday system, but diverge on how much cold moisture lingers over the ski terrain Tuesday into Wednesday. That spread matters most for Mount Hood and the higher central Oregon volcano terrain, where snow levels hover near 5,300 to 5,800 feet during the colder showers. Wind impacts show better agreement than snowfall intensity, with exposed upper-mountain gusts becoming most noticeable around Mount Hood and Mt. Bachelor.
From Thursday through Tuesday, the models increasingly converge on a warmer and drier pattern as high pressure builds over the West Coast. Confidence is lower on the exact day-to-day warmth, but the signal is clear enough for skiers: new snow chances fade, high-elevation refreeze quality becomes less reliable, and afternoon softening becomes the main story where snow remains. Temperatures at the higher forecast elevations climb from the 30s and 40s early in the week into the 60s and 70s by the weekend and early next week, with below-normal precipitation favored in the extended period.
PNW Snow Forecast Resort Totals (Sat Jun 06 – Wed Jun 10)
- Timberline – 3-4 in
- Mt. Bachelor – 0-1 in
- Stevens Pass – 0 in
- Snoqualmie Pass – 0 in
- Mt. Baker – 0 in
- Whistler – 0 in
- Crystal Mountain – 0 in