El Niño winters bring Brundage about 8% less snow than a typical winter.
Based on 14 El Niño winters since 1986: 4 of them beat Brundage's median snowfall. That's a fairly consistent pattern. Ranks #111 of 152 Western resorts for El Niño snowfall.
Checked against a real snow station: at the Brundage Reservoir SNOTEL station, measured precipitation in El Niño winters ran −8% vs. its average (40 winters of measurements).
Snowfall each winter compared with Brundage's 40-winter average, colored by what the Pacific was doing.
El Niño La Niña Neutral
Mid-mountain, November–April. Any single winter can buck the pattern; that's why we look at averages.
El Niño winters have run leaner here. If you're flexible, see which Montana, Idaho & Wyoming resorts hold up best, or where El Niño brings the most snow.
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