Which months and which hours, from Bend.
Mount Rainier, Mount Hood, Mount Baker, Mount St. Helens, Denali, The Olympics, Mount Angeles, Mount Baldy, Mount Bachelor and South Sister. One verdict: IT'S OUT, PARTLY OUT or BEHIND CLOUD. The five-day forecast, the sunrise and sunset light, and webcam images for some mountains. $1.99, one time. No subscription, no ads.
Reading the airports along the sightline.
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Is Mount Bachelor out right now?
We read the cloud ceilings at the airports between Bend and the summit, the cloud layers at the summit from the MET Norway model, and whether that cloud sits below 9,068 ft. No crowd reports.
Cloud forecasts get less reliable the further out they go. Days four and five are drawn in six-hour steps for that reason, and the forecast stops at five.
Different weather stations, different sky. The same morning can be fog in one and clear in the other, twenty miles apart. Each region page reads its own stations.
Wildfire smoke and haze can hide the mountain on a day the cloud numbers say clear. When the numbers are unsure, the page says so.
Our pick for binoculars: Vortex Diamondback HD 10x42 on Amazon
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