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Without goin to any links, I thought the nearest weather stations are:

 

Wanderers Peak

Red Box

Horse Creek

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There is also a snotel site at Peavine Ridge:

http://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/nwcc/site?sitenum=687&state=or

That and the Wanderers Peak and Red Box sites were the only ones I was aware of in district.  Looks like Horse Creek is a bit west of the district (but close), and there is another one south, near Detroit Lake called Boulder Creek:

http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=44.7219,-122.003&sp=MBOFO3

There is also another one a bit east of the district on Mt Wilson:

http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=45.040%2C-121.674&sp=MWSFO3

And here is a map showing the whole district and you can see most of these sites (except the snotel):

http://www.wunderground.com/wundermap/?lat=44.99&lon=-122.069&zoom=11

That page is also interesting since it shows radar and it will show areas that the radar shows as having rain (or snow).

And I can't forget to mention the Oregon snotel page - that is great for trying to figure out when things have melted out (or gotten too much snow to get to):

http://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/snotel/Oregon/oregon.html

I've actually been to the Red Box, Wanderers Peak and Peavine Ridge snotel sites.  Kind of interesting to see how they are all wired up.  All of them have been there for quite a while now - kind of looks like at least the second generation of equipment at each.  Red Box and Wanderers had an old wooden "shed" that used to house the equipment - now it is all out in the open on aluminum "masts".  The Peavine Ridge page says it was installed in 1980, but it has definitely undergone at least one upgrade since then.  Some of the equipment there looks abandoned for more accurate, modern stuff.

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