NOAA: 2017 Arctic Report Card | Extreme Fall Warmth Drove Near-Record Annual Temperatures NOAA: Extreme Fall Warmth Drove Near-Record Annual Temperatures By: Rebecca Lindsey Spring and summer temperatures in the Arctic were cooler in 2017 than they have been in many years this decade, but the annual average surface temperature was still the second highest on record according to the annual issue of NOAA’s Arctic Report Card. This map shows temperature from October 2016-September 2017 […] Weather Guest Author | December 20, 2017 1 Comment
Missoula Avalanche Center: New Snow & Poor Snowpack Structure | No Danger Rating In MT Backcountry Missoula Avalanche Center: No Danger Rating By: Travis Craft Good morning, this is Travis Craft with the West Central Montana Avalanche Center’s weather and avalanche update for December 17, 2017. This danger rating does not apply to operating ski areas, expires at midnight tonight and is the sole responsibility of the U.S. Forest Service. Weather and Snowpack Mountain temperatures range from […] Avalanche Guest Author | December 18, 2017 0 Comments
NOAA: 2017 Arctic Report Card | Near Record High Surface Temperatures & Rapid Decline In Sea Ice NOAA: 2017 Arctic Report Card By: NOAA Climate.gov Staff On December 12, 2017, NOAA and its partners released the 2017 issue of the Arctic Report Card at the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting in New Orleans. Now in its 12th year, the Arctic Report Card is a NOAA-led, peer-reviewed report that brings together the work of scores of scientists from across the […] Weather Guest Author | December 13, 2017 0 Comments
What’s The Future Of Skiing? | A Later Start To Winter & An Early Start To Spring? What’s The Future of Skiing? By: Tom Mavilla When Is the snow coming? Skiing in my home state, New Mexico, seems to be coming later each year. As the days get shorter and autumn rolls around I’m constantly staring at the mountains of Taos waiting for the first snowfall. As I write this we have had only a dusting. I wonder […] Industry News Guest Author | December 12, 2017 0 Comments
Crystal Mountain Resort’s Season Is Off To A Great Start With $5 Million In Improvements [sponsored by Crystal Mountain] The 2017-18 winter season has been off to a crazy start at Crystal Mountain, WA! From an early opening to spring-like conditions, it’s felt as if the Northwest has experienced a whole season in just one short month. There’s a silver lining in the later half of this week, but more on that later. Thanks toCrystal […] Industry News Guest Author | December 12, 2017 2 Comments
NOAA: It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Winter, Potentially NOAA: It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Winter, Potentially Thanks to a change in weather patterns, the chance for much below normal temperatures is elevated across the eastern half of the country for December 12-18. As the cold air rushes down out of Canada, the wind is also expected to cause below-average wind chill temperatures across much of the […] Weather Guest Author | December 6, 2017 0 Comments
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 […] Avalanche Guest Author | December 6, 2017 5 Comments
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 […] Avalanche Guest Author | December 6, 2017 0 Comments
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