Fort Lewis College students travel to Coal Bank Pass to examine snowpack and study water resources COAL BANK PASS – Fort Lewis College students spent nearly 20 minutes digging a large snow pit until ...
More than 80 scientists, water and land managers, Indigenous leaders and ranchers discuss snowpack issues Dust and snow don’t seem to mix, but the two have a close relationship. The Center for Snow ...
As a skier, Auden Schendler sums it up with pragmatic simplicity. “You can’t wax for dirt,” he says. As the Aspen/Snowmass director of community and environmental responsibility, Schendler’s concerns ...
Michael Barton and Jeremy Yanko of the Center for Snow and Avalanche Studies collect samples of snow and dust from a massive pit in the high San Juan Mountains. The prominent darker band contains dust ...
A new study has found that dust, not spring warmth, controls the pace of spring snowmelt that feeds the headwaters of the Colorado River. Contrary to conventional wisdom, the amount of dust on the ...
Utah's Wasatch Mountains are famous for having "The Greatest Snow on Earth." Snow-seekers in pursuit of world-class skiing and snowboarding contribute over a billion dollars annually to the economy.
As a skier, Auden Schendler sums it up with pragmatic simplicity. “You can’t wax for dirt,” he says. As the Aspen/Snowmass director of community and environmental responsibility, Schendler’s concerns ...
New research found that dust deposition speeds up snowmelt in Utah's Wasatch Mountains. Scientists found that a single dust storm on April 13, 2017, deposited half of all dust for the season. The ...