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5 snow stories on my radar
Avalanches, snow blankets, wolverine reintroduction, a snowpack update, and the storm of the (sad) season
Mar 4 • Mitch Tobin
Snowpack update: sorely needed pattern change
Plus, SnowSlang: P is for "penitentes," and sweet relief at Telluride
Feb 19 • Mitch Tobin
Western U.S. snowpack is worth trillions of dollars
Putting a price tag on the water stored in the region’s high-elevation frozen reservoir
Feb 12 • Mitch Tobin
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15 reasons why I ski
Jan 9, 2025 • Mitch Tobin
Taking stock of the spring snowpack
Apr 3, 2025 • Mitch Tobin
SnowVis: 7 graphics on avalanche fatalities
Nov 8, 2024 • Mitch Tobin
Instructor blues: my first (and last?) season teaching skiing
Jul 23, 2025 • Mitch Tobin
SnowVis: ski resort fatalities and catastrophic injuries
Feb 6, 2025 • Mitch Tobin
Snowpack update: sorely needed pattern change
Feb 19 • Mitch Tobin

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The Winter Olympics vs. climate change
Plus: an update on the snowpack (bad) and photos from a rare powder day (good)
Feb 3 • Mitch Tobin
Snow drought update: record warmth, thin snowpack
Plus, SnowSlang: O is for "orographic lift"
Jan 22 • Mitch Tobin
Scientists clash over how to track the West’s vital snowpack
Supporters of airborne snow surveys dispute “hotspots” study on water forecasts
Jan 14 • Mitch Tobin
Photo essay: Low tide in Colorado
Images from a thin winter
Jan 7 • Mitch Tobin
10 snow stories on my radar
Forecasting, eating, making, and visualizing snow, plus a snowpack update
Dec 17, 2025 • Mitch Tobin
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