Snow in Issaquah/tiger mountain (Sammamish, Mirrormont: how much, house, place to live)

[Tulkas]

Moving in to a house in the Mirrormont Tiger Mountain area end of summer. As part of this I am trying to figure out how much snow we will get up there. Need to figure out if a snowblower for my tractor makes sens up there. Looking for average and highest and how often you generally see the highest. Thanks much.

[Ancalagon]

There's a big ol' hole in Tiger Mountain.

God help the man that get's lost in Miller's Cave.

[Hemlock140]

There are days when the mountain gets snow on the top half when the lowlands get none, but it's just a dusting and surely not worth the expense of a snow blower as it normally melts before the end of the day. When it snows enough to be a problem the same happens all over the area and things pretty much shut down. That's 1-3 times a year most for a day or two only, most years. On the summit where highway 18 is, they do get more, but Mirrormont is only slightly higher elevation than the Plateau (Issaquah Highlands and Sammamish).

[sean98125]

Spend the money on a generator, instead. My brother and his family live up there and they are usually among the first to have power go out in a wind storm and the last to get it back on again. After the winds last winter, they were holed up at home for several days due to trees blown down across the roads, so be ready for that as well.

It's a great place to live, but just be prepared for several days without power and possibly access to stores.

[Tulkas]

Already have the generator in the budget. Thanks for the info!

[rockyinyourradio]

If my memory serves me correctly, the residential areas around the area your inquiring about averages about 800-1170 feet above sea level. Under the right conditions, there will be several times a winter when the snow level will come down low enough to get a change over to snow, normally when this happens.. you may get a couple inches or so but once a winter about 4 inches may fall and one winter out of three, you'll experiencing 8 or more inches. You'll want to watch for the storms that crank up out of the Gulf of Alaska and swing southeast into southwestern WA. state, drawing in colder air that seeps in from the Fraser Valley to the north when arctic air is present over BC and neighbouring western Canada. As earlier mentioned, the wind can be an issue up there and I've read many stories where folks were without power for days. That will be something you'll need to plan for. Hope your move is a successful one.. I can't wait to get back there someday soon.

[Tulkas]

Looked up where we are moving on a topo map. We will be about 650' ASL. Given that and a 300'+ driveway it looks like the snowblower will be in the plan. Thanks much for all the info.