Winter Sports
Winter Travel Restrictions/Closure Orders are in place annually. Please review these Restrictions and Closure Orders, and the associated maps to be fully aware of areas that are closed to Over Snow Travel and restrictions.
Click this link to visit our Alerts page for Winter Travel Restrictions and Closure Orders.
The Payette Avalanche Center Needs Your Help!
We encourage everyone who ventures into the winter backcountry to critically analyze avalanche, snow, and weather conditions and share current information with their local avalanche center. Public observations are an invaluable source of information that help everyone who travels in the backcountry make safe decisions. These observations are crucial to the PAC’s forecasting efforts. They are incredibly helpful in a large forecast area and help save lives.
You don’t have to be an avalanche professional to contribute valuable information. Pictures of recent avalanche activity, red flags such as cracking or collapsing, and even reports of stable conditions help the Payette Avalanche Center publish the most accurate advisory possible. Observations for the McCall region and throughout the Payette can be submitted HERE.
Especially useful information includes:
- Evidence of recent avalanche activity
- Signs of instability such as shooting cracks and/or collapsing (whoomphing)
- Dynamic weather such as high winds with visible snow transport and/or heavy precipitation
- Skiing, riding, and snowmobiling conditions
Contact the PAC team directly at: forecast@payetteavalanche.org
Find more information on the Payette Avalanche Center HERE.
Search for Winter Sports Opportunities
Bear Basin Trailhead
Goose Creek Falls Trailhead
Hornet Park Picnic Site
Price Valley Snowmobile Trailhead
West Face Trailhead