Latest posts on skiing, snowboarding, and snow science
Sick day, as in ski sickness (aka Häusler’s disease)
Ski sickness is a form of motion sickness that can strike skiers when visibility is poor in fog, whiteout, blizzards, and flat light conditions.
I is for Ice Formations
One of the things I’ve found challenging in learning about the cryosphere is the large number of terms related to ice, such as ice sheets, ice caps, ice shelves, and icebergs, all of which begin as snow. There’s also sea ice and its various forms.
L is for Lake Effect Snow
Lake effect snow is a prominent feature of winter weather around the Great Lakes, but it also affects other regions, such as the Wasatch Mountains near Utah’s Great Salt Lake.
C is for Cryosphere
The cryosphere encompasses all the frozen parts of Earth’s surface: snow cover, glaciers, permafrost, sea ice, ice sheets, ice shelves, icebergs, and river/lake ice.
H is for Hydrologic Cycle
The hydrologic cycle drives weather, climate, erosion, and ecosystems, so it lies at the heart of both our modern, daily existence and the deep, geological history of our planet.
Powder fever meets poo-phoria: “I love big dumps”
“I love big dumps” is a slang saying among skiers and snowboarders who think a massive snowfall is as pleasurable as taking a big poop.
