🧊 Too Warm

Ice Climbing Weather Conditions

Franklin Falls

Popular waterfall ice climb near Snoqualmie Pass

Mountain Project

Period	5-Day Assessment	Temperature	Wind	Conditions	Snow Accumulation
📊 Tue 03/10	13	35°F	6 mph	Heavy Snow	4.8"
Wed 03/11 Night	16	32°F	7 mph	Heavy Snow	12.5"
Wed 03/11	16	43°F	5 to 14 mph	Heavy Snow	11.6"
Thu 03/12 Night	15	33°F	13 to 21 mph	Rain And Snow	5.2"
Thu 03/12	15	35°F	9 to 14 mph	Heavy Snow	18.4"
Fri 03/13 Night	26	32°F	5 to 9 mph	Heavy Snow	21.6"
Fri 03/13	26	37°F	6 mph	Heavy Snow	16.6"
Sat 03/14 Night	21	29°F	7 mph	Heavy Snow	8.9"
Sat 03/14	21	35°F	9 mph	Snow	2.5"
Sun 03/15 Night	16	26°F	3 to 8 mph	Chance Light Snow	0.5"
Sun 03/15	16	40°F	5 mph	Snow	3.7"
Mon 03/16 Night	8	37°F	5 mph	Snow then Rain And Snow	1.7"
Mon 03/16	8	47°F	5 mph	Rain And Snow	-
Tue 03/17 Night	6	41°F	5 mph	Light Rain Likely	-
Tue 03/17	6	51°F	5 mph	Light Rain Likely	-

Exit 38

Ice climbing area off I-90 Exit 38 near North Bend

Mountain Project

Period	5-Day Assessment	Temperature	Wind	Conditions	Snow Accumulation
📊 Tue 03/10	3	40°F	7 mph	Snow	3.3"
Wed 03/11 Night	6	36°F	7 mph	Heavy Snow	7.1"
Wed 03/11	6	46°F	3 to 17 mph	Heavy Snow	3.3"
Thu 03/12 Night	15	37°F	16 to 26 mph	Rain And Snow	1.4"
Thu 03/12	15	40°F	8 to 17 mph	Heavy Snow	9.5"
Fri 03/13 Night	15	36°F	3 to 8 mph	Heavy Snow	15.4"
Fri 03/13	15	41°F	5 mph	Heavy Snow	5.1"
Sat 03/14 Night	15	33°F	6 mph	Rain And Snow	3.7"
Sat 03/14	15	40°F	8 mph	Snow	2.0"
Sun 03/15 Night	13	31°F	2 to 7 mph	Chance Light Snow	0.5"
Sun 03/15	13	44°F	3 mph	Light Snow Likely	0.6"
Mon 03/16 Night	10	41°F	3 mph	Rain And Snow	-
Mon 03/16	10	52°F	5 mph	Rain	-
Tue 03/17 Night	0	45°F	6 mph	Light Rain Likely	-
Tue 03/17	0	58°F	6 mph	Light Rain Likely	-

Alpental

Ski area with ice climbing opportunities near Snoqualmie Pass

Mountain Project

Period	5-Day Assessment	Temperature	Wind	Conditions	Snow Accumulation
📊 Tue 03/10	11	34°F	8 mph	Heavy Snow	4.6"
Wed 03/11 Night	14	32°F	7 mph	Heavy Snow	11.8"
Wed 03/11	14	42°F	5 to 15 mph	Heavy Snow	13.5"
Thu 03/12 Night	15	33°F	14 to 21 mph	Rain And Snow	5.9"
Thu 03/12	15	35°F	10 to 14 mph	Heavy Snow	17.1"
Fri 03/13 Night	15	33°F	5 to 10 mph	Heavy Snow	20.3"
Fri 03/13	15	37°F	7 mph	Heavy Snow	16.3"
Sat 03/14 Night	16	29°F	7 mph	Heavy Snow	8.8"
Sat 03/14	16	35°F	7 to 10 mph	Snow	2.5"
Sun 03/15 Night	13	26°F	3 to 9 mph	Chance Light Snow	0.5"
Sun 03/15	13	40°F	5 mph	Heavy Snow	5.4"
Mon 03/16 Night	8	37°F	5 mph	Heavy Snow	4.2"
Mon 03/16	8	47°F	6 mph	Rain And Snow	-
Tue 03/17 Night	6	41°F	5 mph	Light Rain Likely	-
Tue 03/17	6	52°F	5 mph	Light Rain Likely	-

Leavenworth

Icicle Creek area ice climbing near Leavenworth

Mountain Project

Period	5-Day Assessment	Temperature	Wind	Conditions	Snow Accumulation
📊 Tue 03/10	0	42°F	5 mph	Rain And Snow Likely	-
Wed 03/11 Night	0	27°F	3 mph	Rain And Snow Likely	0.4"
Wed 03/11	0	44°F	2 to 9 mph	Rain And Snow	0.2"
Thu 03/12 Night	0	32°F	6 to 20 mph	Rain	-
Thu 03/12	0	42°F	9 to 20 mph	Rain And Snow	-
Fri 03/13 Night	0	29°F	3 to 12 mph	Rain And Snow	0.4"
Fri 03/13	0	43°F	3 mph	Rain And Snow	0.2"
Sat 03/14 Night	0	25°F	6 mph	Chance Rain And Snow	-
Sat 03/14	0	40°F	7 mph	Chance Light Snow	-
Sun 03/15 Night	0	23°F	2 to 7 mph	Mostly Cloudy then Slight Chance Light Snow	0.2"
Sun 03/15	0	42°F	3 mph	Slight Chance Light Snow then Chance Rain And Snow	0.2"
Mon 03/16 Night	1	32°F	5 mph	Chance Light Rain	-
Mon 03/16	1	52°F	5 mph	Chance Light Rain	-
Tue 03/17 Night	0	37°F	5 mph	Chance Light Rain	-
Tue 03/17	0	58°F	5 mph	Chance Light Rain	-

White Pine

Ice climbing location near Stevens Pass

Mountain Project

Period	5-Day Assessment	Temperature	Wind	Conditions	Snow Accumulation
📊 Tue 03/10	15	31°F	13 mph	Snow	2.9"
Wed 03/11 Night	18	26°F	17 mph	Snow	4.1"
Wed 03/11	18	38°F	9 to 15 mph	Heavy Snow	6.2"
Thu 03/12 Night	28	30°F	15 to 36 mph	Rain And Snow	6.5"
Thu 03/12	28	32°F	18 to 31 mph	Heavy Snow And Blowing Snow	10.2"
Fri 03/13 Night	28	26°F	14 to 28 mph	Heavy Snow And Blowing Snow	9.3"
Fri 03/13	28	34°F	14 mph	Heavy Snow And Patchy Blowing Snow	5.0"
Sat 03/14 Night	22	23°F	13 to 20 mph	Rain And Snow	1.8"
Sat 03/14	22	31°F	20 to 23 mph	Light Snow Likely And Patchy Blowing Snow	0.8"
Sun 03/15 Night	22	20°F	7 to 23 mph	Chance Light Snow And Patchy Blowing Snow	1.2"
Sun 03/15	22	35°F	7 mph	Chance Light Snow	4.6"
Mon 03/16 Night	19	32°F	7 to 15 mph	Rain And Snow Likely	1.7"
Mon 03/16	19	44°F	16 mph	Rain And Snow Likely	-
Tue 03/17 Night	13	38°F	17 mph	Light Rain Likely	-
Tue 03/17	13	49°F	10 to 17 mph	Chance Light Rain	-

Banks Lake

Ice climbing area in Eastern Washington

Mountain Project

Period	5-Day Assessment	Temperature	Wind	Conditions	Snow Accumulation
📊 Tue 03/10	0	42°F	21 mph	Mostly Sunny	-
Wed 03/11 Night	0	32°F	14 to 17 mph	Partly Cloudy	-
Wed 03/11	0	47°F	14 to 24 mph	Rain And Snow Likely	-
Thu 03/12 Night	0	38°F	24 to 40 mph	Chance Rain And Snow	-
Thu 03/12	0	47°F	22 to 40 mph	Patchy Blowing Dust	-
Fri 03/13 Night	7	34°F	6 to 23 mph	Chance Rain And Snow	-
Fri 03/13	7	46°F	6 to 10 mph	Chance Light Snow	-
Sat 03/14 Night	15	31°F	7 to 10 mph	Chance Rain And Snow	-
Sat 03/14	15	45°F	10 to 21 mph	Sunny	-
Sun 03/15 Night	11	30°F	5 to 18 mph	Mostly Cloudy	-
Sun 03/15	11	43°F	5 to 10 mph	Slight Chance Light Snow	-
Mon 03/16 Night	8	35°F	6 to 10 mph	Chance Rain And Snow	-
Mon 03/16	8	56°F	6 to 13 mph	Slight Chance Rain And Snow	-
Tue 03/17 Night	6	41°F	9 to 13 mph	Slight Chance Light Rain	-
Tue 03/17	6	64°F	9 to 15 mph	Partly Sunny	-

Color Coding Guide for Ice Climbing

5-Day Assessment

✓✓✓ Excellent: All lows ≤20°F

✓✓ Good: All lows ≤25°F

✗ Poor: Lows too warm

Based on overnight low temperatures from the previous 5 days

Avalanche Danger

Low (1)

Moderate (2)

Considerable (3)

High (4)

Extreme (5)

No Forecast

From regional avalanche center forecasts

Temperature

Excellent: ≤20°F

Good: 21-32°F

Marginal: 33-40°F

Poor: >40°F

Conditions

Snow (builds ice)

Clear/Sunny

Mixed rain/snow

Rain (melts ice)

Wind

Calm: ≤5 mph

Light: 6-10 mph

Moderate: 11-15 mph

Windy: >15 mph