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The Utah Avalanche Center Explains Why North-Facing Slopes Keep Better Snow

Ever wonder how the snow on high elevation north facing slopes remains dry powder during such warm weather? The Utah Avalanche Center explained the science behind this in an Instagram post yesterday, Feb. 23: (1) The sun either doesn’t hit the snow it or the sun hits the snow at such a shallow angle that most of the solar radiation is […]

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SnowBrains | February 24, 2020
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