How SNOTEL sites provide crucial data about local snowpack and river health By Mario Carr EBS CONTRIBUTOR As a resort community, measuring snow is an important...
With the peak of El Niño likely behind, forecasters share cautious optimism that winter’s ‘meat and potatoes’ lay ahead By Jack Reaney ASSOCIATE EDITOR Of the...
How snowpack affects summer forest fires By Benjamin Alva Polley EBS COLUMNIST Many friends are already scheming ways to escape this summer’s possible wrath of extreme...
EBS STAFF The summer ski area Beartooth Basin announced this week that it’s closing early due to rapid snowmelt that has decimated the area’s historically deep...
How do 2023’s atmospheric rivers compare to past extremes and what can be expected in the future? By Chad Hecht UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO To...
Precipitation and water content in the mountain snowfields were just above average, but not extraordinary, in most of western Wyoming. At low elevations, though, the snow...
By Alex Marienthal EBS CONTRIBUTOR At avalanche centers, we travel around the backcountry to gather data about snow stability and avalanche danger in popular recreational areas....
USDA NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE BOZEMAN – After nearly three months of waiting for typical winter weather, cool temperatures and precipitation finally arrived during April in...
By Tucker Harris EBS STAFF The seasons are changing once again as we transition from a wintry wonderland to “mud season.” The sun shines, the snow...
By Gabrielle Gasser ASSOCIATE EDITOR BIG SKY – Much of the western U.S. and southwestern Montana have been experiencing moderate to extreme drought conditions this winter, and...