Latest posts on skiing, snowboarding, and snow science
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.
Zorb death is tragic reminder: watch your fall line!
Like a human hamster ball, a zorb is a sphere that people ride in.
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.
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.
What is sastrugi (aka zastrugi)?
Sastrugi is a wind-sculpted snow formation with irregular grooves and/or ridges.
Avalanche probe: gear you hope to never use for real
An avalanche probe is a rod that’s used to poke through avalanche debris in order to find a buried victim.
