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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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