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1,500–8,000 ft · WA🚗 Directions
Mt Baker-Snoqualmie NF and North Cascades NP buffer. Old-growth Douglas fir, western red cedar, hemlock. Premier chanterelle and matsutake territory. Heavy rainfall supports exceptional fungal diversity.
Updated Jul 13, 4:04 AM MT
You're sitting on an S-tier window, but it's a narrow one. Soil temps have climbed to 60°F with zero rain in seven days—the moisture trigger fired on residual snowmelt, but that cushion is evaporating fast. The edible lineup is classically strong (Parasols, Birch Boletes, Horse Mushrooms, Giant Puffballs) and you've got woody saprophytes (Reishi, Chaga, Polypores) that don't care about short-term desiccation. The real wildcard is the moderate desiccation risk: if you don't move in the next 48–72 hours before soil VWC drops further, fruiting bodies will abort or stay pinned. Prioritize ground fruiters on north-facing slopes and in valley bottoms where soil moisture persists longest. Parasols and Puffballs are your fastest money—they'll pop hard but vanish quickly. Woody polypores are always there, low-risk, if you need something failsafe. Hot tip: Scout the 4,000–6,000 ft band at dawn when transpiration is lowest; by afternoon, exposed south-facing sites will be oven-dry.
Generated by Claude (Anthropic) from the structured weather, soil, and phenology data on this page. The LLM can misread edge cases — treat this as a starting hypothesis, not a guarantee. Always verify conditions on the ground before committing to a long drive.
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North Cascades NP on SR-20. Old-growth cedar-hemlock. Chanterelle and matsutake territory.
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PRISM 4km · thru 07-11
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Observed precipitation from PRISM 4km gridded analysis, sampled at the region centroid through 2026-07-11. Used when no SNOTEL/SCAN station is mapped to this region.0.26"
PRISM 4km · thru 07-11
Soil Temp
60°F
SWE
Snow Water Equivalent — how much water is in the snowpack vs. normal. Declining SWE means snowmelt is adding moisture to the soil.0%
Drought
None
Snowmelt
complete
All conditions met (soil 60°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.15 VWC, 7d avg 0.16)
All conditions met (soil 60°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.15 VWC, 7d avg 0.16)
All conditions met (soil 60°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.15 VWC, 7d avg 0.16)
All conditions met (soil 60°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.15 VWC, 7d avg 0.16)
All conditions met (soil 60°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.15 VWC, 7d avg 0.16)
All conditions met (soil 60°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.15 VWC, 7d avg 0.16)
All conditions met (soil 60°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.15 VWC, 7d avg 0.16)
All conditions met (soil 60°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.15 VWC, 7d avg 0.16)
All conditions met (soil 60°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.15 VWC, 7d avg 0.16)
All conditions met (soil 60°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.15 VWC, 7d avg 0.16)
All conditions met (soil 60°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.15 VWC, 7d avg 0.16)
All conditions met (soil 60°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.15 VWC, 7d avg 0.16)
All conditions met (soil 60°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.15 VWC, 7d avg 0.16)
All conditions met (soil 60°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.15 VWC, 7d avg 0.16)
All conditions met (soil 60°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.15 VWC, 7d avg 0.16)
All conditions met (soil 60°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.15 VWC, 7d avg 0.16)
All conditions met (soil 60°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.15 VWC, 7d avg 0.16)
All conditions met (soil 60°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.15 VWC, 7d avg 0.16)
All conditions met (soil 60°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.15 VWC, 7d avg 0.16)
All conditions met (soil 60°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.15 VWC, 7d avg 0.16)
All conditions met (soil 60°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.15 VWC, 7d avg 0.16)
All conditions met (soil 60°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.15 VWC, 7d avg 0.16)
All conditions met (soil 60°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.15 VWC, 7d avg 0.16)
All conditions met (soil 60°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.15 VWC, 7d avg 0.16)
All conditions met (soil 60°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.15 VWC, 7d avg 0.16)
Primordia readiness: Cold = mycelium dormant. Activating = soil warming, primordia building. Primed = 5+ sustained warm days at species threshold; fruiting imminent if moisture cooperates. Based on Schmidt 1983 / Mihail 2007.