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;…
How’s the Snowpack Looking Across the West?
As the season progresses we start to see the snowpack settle down…
Lake Tahoe Snowpack is 8,150% Above Normal
The historic atmospheric river/bomb cyclone combo that slammed California last week, dumping…
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…
Following First Significant Snow, Sierra Avalanche Center Check Out Backcountry Snowpack
In case you missed it, quite a lot of snow fell on…
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…
Satellite Images Show Historically Low Snowfall in the Andes Mountains
Images from the European Union's Copernicus Sentinel-3 satellite show the stark contrast…
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…