Snow /tags/snow Snow en-US Copyright KUNC/Community Radio for Northern Colorado 2020 Thu, 06 Jun 2024 15:29:19 GMT The Alps meet the Rockies at this summit on snowmelt /news/2024-06-06/the-alps-meet-the-rockies-at-this-summit-on-snowmelt Climate experts, diplomats, mountain guides and artists from Switzerland spoke at a conference in Boulder this week about melting ice and snow. Thu, 06 Jun 2024 15:29:19 GMT /news/2024-06-06/the-alps-meet-the-rockies-at-this-summit-on-snowmelt Alex Hager The spring melt is coming for mountain snow, but not all will make it to the Colorado River /news/2024-04-29/the-spring-melt-is-coming-for-mountain-snow-but-not-all-will-make-it-to-the-colorado-river Colorado's Rocky Mountains have reached peak snowpack, but climate change is changing the way snow turns to water. States around the region are debating new rules for the river that center around new water deficits. Mon, 29 Apr 2024 12:19:00 GMT /news/2024-04-29/the-spring-melt-is-coming-for-mountain-snow-but-not-all-will-make-it-to-the-colorado-river Alex Hager 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 Snowpack is lacking around Lake Tahoe, but strong in other parts of Mountain West /2024-02-14/snowpack-lacking-lake-tahoe-strong-other-parts-mountain-west The wet season got off to a weak start in the Mountain West, but federal officials say recent winter storms have helped strengthen some snowpacks. Thu, 15 Feb 2024 15:41:49 GMT /2024-02-14/snowpack-lacking-lake-tahoe-strong-other-parts-mountain-west Kaleb Roedel Idaho experiments with new way to boost snowfall in warming world /2024-01-30/idaho-power-cloud-seeding-liquid-propane Silver iodide has been the dominant ingredient for cloud seeding in the West, but it doesn't work so well in warm temperatures. Tue, 30 Jan 2024 12:15:00 GMT /2024-01-30/idaho-power-cloud-seeding-liquid-propane Rachel Cohen Climate change is shrinking snowpack in many places, study shows. And it will get worse /news/2024-01-13/climate-change-is-shrinking-snowpack-in-many-places-study-shows-and-it-will-get-worse Wednesday's study in the journal Nature finds a key threshold for the future of snowpacks in the Northern Hemisphere: 17.6 degrees. In places where the winter averages colder than that, often the snowpack survives because it's cold enough. But areas warmer than 17.6 degrees for a winter average, like the Upper Colorado River basin, tend to see their winter wonderland dreams melt. Sat, 13 Jan 2024 12:48:00 GMT /news/2024-01-13/climate-change-is-shrinking-snowpack-in-many-places-study-shows-and-it-will-get-worse Seth Borenstein and Brittany Peterson, Associated Press Good ski weather is on the way for the Southern Rockies, less so for the north /regional-news/2023-12-07/good-ski-weather-is-on-the-way-for-the-southern-rockies-less-so-for-the-north El Niño conditions are expected to bring good snow to Colorado and the Southern Rockies, but conditions may not be as ideal to the north. Thu, 07 Dec 2023 23:09:02 GMT /regional-news/2023-12-07/good-ski-weather-is-on-the-way-for-the-southern-rockies-less-so-for-the-north Dylan Simard Glaciers in the Mountain West are dripping away /regional-news/2023-10-16/glaciers-in-the-mountain-west-are-dripping-away A new study from Portland State University suggests that some of the Mountain West’s glaciers do not qualify as glaciers anymore due to their size and lack of movement. Mon, 16 Oct 2023 22:00:52 GMT /regional-news/2023-10-16/glaciers-in-the-mountain-west-are-dripping-away Emma VandenEinde Looking for the best pow days? Fall snow might be your indicator /regional-news/2023-10-02/looking-for-the-best-pow-days-fall-snow-might-be-your-indicator New research is showing that fall snowfall can be a good predictor of what the rest of the season will look like. Mon, 02 Oct 2023 19:58:52 GMT /regional-news/2023-10-02/looking-for-the-best-pow-days-fall-snow-might-be-your-indicator Emma VandenEinde The Rocky Mountains are likely to see an El Niño winter. Here’s what that could mean for ski season. /news/2023-09-19/the-rocky-mountains-are-likely-to-see-an-el-nino-winter-heres-what-that-could-mean-for-ski-season Above-average ocean temperatures point to stronger winter conditions in central and southern mountain areas. But nothing is guaranteed. Tue, 19 Sep 2023 15:47:07 GMT /news/2023-09-19/the-rocky-mountains-are-likely-to-see-an-el-nino-winter-heres-what-that-could-mean-for-ski-season Robert Tann, Summit Daily °µºÚ±¬ÁÏ