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Eastern Sierra Avalanche Center: Rock Fall In Bloody Couloir, CA On Saturday

Eastern Sierra Avalanche Center: Rock Fall In Bloody Couloir Information From A Group Of Skiers In The Area “We were booting up the bloody couloir around 9AM on Saturday and decided to start heading up the lookers right flank when a small compact car sized boulder fell from the left flank wall causing a huge rock and snow slide. No crown per say, but […]
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Utah Avalanche Center: Adjusting To A Different Snowpack Climate

Utah Avalanche Center: Adjusting To A Different Snowpack Climate By: Tyler Falk Adjusting to a Different Snowpack Climate The 2016/2017 winter season in the Salt Lake area mountains will be remembered by many to have felt overall warmer and wetter than normal. Some might even call it coastal, based on our weather and avalanche activity. I recently looked at all the available data on […]
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Patagonia To Sue President Trump Over Dramatic Reduction of 2 Utah National Monuments

“The President Stole Your Land. In an illegal move, the president just reduced the size of Bear Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments. This is the largest elimination of protected land in American history.”  – Patagonia, today President Trump announced that he plans to reduced the size of two Utah National Monuments this week. He plans to cut 85% of […]
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NOAA: What Are Atmospheric Rivers? | In More Scientific Terms

NOAA: Atmospheric River Q & A ARs are the water-vapor rich part of the broader warm conveyor belt (e.g., Browning, 1990; Carlson, 1991), that is found in extratropical cyclones (“storms”). They result from the action of winds associated with the storm drawing together moisture into a narrow region just ahead of the cold front where low-level winds can sometimes exceed hurricane […]
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Top 10 Things to Do Before Moving To a Ski Town:

You’re getting ready to move to a mountain town. You have your job lined up and you have saved a few thousand to make sure you get setup well when you get there. There are a few things you can do to make your transition easier. 1) Change your morning alarm clock. The above distant explosions sound or perhaps the sound from a violent war movie could work as well. You may wonder why anyone would want to wake up to the sound of bombs, but in ski town world, it’s crucial. It means there was enough snow last night that they are bombing for avalanches. It’s the only time in your life where you’ll love the sound. […]
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Utah Avalanche Center: Understanding & Managing Depth Hoar

 Understand and Managing Depth Hoar: By: Eric Trenbeath When the first significant storm paints the peaks white and we’re getting stoked for winter, it’s time to start thinking about how that first layer will affect snowpack stability during the upcoming season. In a perfect world, it will keep right on dumping and we’ll be ripping deep, stable snow by Christmas. But, […]
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