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Snowpack update: sorely needed pattern change

Plus, SnowSlang: P is for "penitentes," and sweet relief at Telluride

Feb 19 • Mitch Tobin

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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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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

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January 2026

Snow drought update: record warmth, thin snowpack

Plus, SnowSlang: O is for "orographic lift"

Jan 22 • Mitch Tobin

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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

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Photo essay: Low tide in Colorado

Images from a thin winter

Jan 7 • Mitch Tobin

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December 2025

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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Grim Western snowpack update

Plus, SnowSlang: N is for "nor'easter"

Dec 4, 2025 • Mitch Tobin

November 2025

Snow and warfare: 1776-2026, Part 2

How the cryosphere has shaped military history—and why the specter of nuclear winter endures

Nov 25, 2025 • Mitch Tobin

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In burned forests, the West’s snowpack is melting earlier

As blazes expand to higher elevations, the impacts cascade downstream

Nov 19, 2025 • Mitch Tobin

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Early-season snowpack update

Plus, SnowSlang: M is for "Milankovitch cycles"

Nov 6, 2025 • Mitch Tobin

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October 2025

Snow and warfare: 1776-2026, Part 1

Wintry weather has confounded warriors for ages, and the cryosphere lies at the crux of some of recent history's most consequential battles.

Oct 30, 2025 • Mitch Tobin

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