Rocky Mountain Region /tags/rocky-mountain-region Rocky Mountain Region en-US Copyright KUNC/Community Radio for Northern Colorado 2020 Thu, 05 Sep 2024 11:35:00 GMT How a 100-mile run became a ‘lifeline’ for a Colorado athlete who struggles with depression /podcast/inthenoco/2024-09-05/how-a-100-mile-run-became-a-lifeline-for-a-colorado-athlete-who-struggles-with-depression Athlete Drew Petersen says he found an unusual lifeline when he was suffering from depression: He set out to run a 100-mile ultramarathon in Colorado’s high country. Petersen documented the physical and emotional struggles in a new film called Feel It All. Hear the story behind that film, which is screening at several festivals around the state, on today's In The NoCo. Thu, 05 Sep 2024 11:35:00 GMT /podcast/inthenoco/2024-09-05/how-a-100-mile-run-became-a-lifeline-for-a-colorado-athlete-who-struggles-with-depression In The NoCo, Ariel Lavery, Brad Turner, Erin O'Toole Citizen scientist measured Rockies snowfall for 50 years. Two new hips help him keep going /news/2024-04-07/citizen-scientist-measured-rockies-snowfall-for-50-years-two-new-hips-help-him-keep-going As snow hydrologists fan across the western U.S. to measure peak snowpack this spring, citizen scientist Billy Barr will be measuring snow — as always — at 9,500 feet outside his cabin in the remote mountain town of Gothic in central Colorado. This is Barr's 50th year logging snowfall amounts there. Sun, 07 Apr 2024 11:58:00 GMT /news/2024-04-07/citizen-scientist-measured-rockies-snowfall-for-50-years-two-new-hips-help-him-keep-going Brittany Peterson, Associated Press Three-month-old pup Aley is training with toys to save people from avalanches /news/2023-12-26/three-month-old-pup-aley-is-training-with-toys-to-save-people-from-avalanches At Copper Mountain, ski patroller Bek Karjian is using games and exercises to train her three-month-old pup to rescue people trapped in avalanches — a skill humans have not proven very good at. Tue, 26 Dec 2023 13:31:00 GMT /news/2023-12-26/three-month-old-pup-aley-is-training-with-toys-to-save-people-from-avalanches Emma VandenEinde Is it rain or snow? Researchers enlist citizen scientists to see what satellites can't /regional-news/2023-01-04/is-it-rain-or-snow-researchers-enlist-citizen-scientists-to-see-what-satellites-cant Researchers have developed a snow and rain tracker that gathers data from citizen scientists in an effort to improve the accuracy of storm warnings and water management. Wed, 04 Jan 2023 22:31:06 GMT /regional-news/2023-01-04/is-it-rain-or-snow-researchers-enlist-citizen-scientists-to-see-what-satellites-cant Emma VandenEinde