Snow

Russ Scholl's "periodic table of snow" contains more than 100 different slang names for snow.

Prime skiing and snowboarding conditions often coincide with higher levels of UV radiation.

When I began Nordic skiing some 40 years ago, my Bonna laminated wood skies were coveted. I miss their natural beauty and high performance. Now, they sit in a corner, replaced by a light weight, wax free pair. Somethings lost, something’s gained.

The snow beneath our skis is firm and our metal edges cut tight turns with precision as we descend from the clouds, honoring three of Logan’s finest the best way we know how.

Experts predict the mild and dry weather pattern will persist for the rest of the winter season.

New findings about sublimation explain how snow is lost to evaporation before it can melt. The data can help form better predictions about water supplies from the Colorado River.

With the end of the ski season approaching, most resorts have already closed or are anticipating their last day. But the amount of snow doesn’t always correlate to how long resorts stay open.

Researchers have been measuring the snow water equivalent at the Tony Grove Ranger Station Snow Course for 100 years. That data helps them predict Utah's water supply.

Winter is the season of withholdings come free and taboos undone. Those things we tell ourselves which are not for the warm months come to roost, and our allowances to ourselves grow as the season’s light shrinks.

Jim Steenburgh, author of 'Secrets of the Greatest Snow on Earth,' joins us for the program. We talk the science of snow, climate and climate change.