Tag: snowpack

Avalanche Safety – Digging a Snow Pit | The 5 Ws of Snowpack Test Decision Making

“Take a deck of cards – half are black, half are red;…

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How’s the Snowpack Looking Across the West?

As the season progresses we start to see the snowpack settle down…

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Lake Tahoe Snowpack is 8,150% Above Normal

The historic atmospheric river/bomb cyclone combo that slammed California last week, dumping…

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The Importance of Tracking Early Season Weak Layers in the Snowpack… How Long do They Persist?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4o28LOr7kQ&t=39s This video and text was originally published on the Utah Avalanche…

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Following First Significant Snow, Sierra Avalanche Center Check Out Backcountry Snowpack

In case you missed it, quite a lot of snow fell on…

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Recent Wintry Weather Has Left Many Mountains With Snowpack x1,000s More Than Normal

The intermountain west has been slammed with wintry weather this last few…

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Satellite Images Show Historically Low Snowfall in the Andes Mountains

Images from the European Union's Copernicus Sentinel-3 satellite show the stark contrast…

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NASA: A Long View of the Sierra Nevada Snow

https://eoimages.gsfc.nasa.gov/images/imagerecords/148000/148595/sierrawocanim_tmo_202189.mp4 In Spanish, Sierra Nevada means “snowy mountain range.” While the term…

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