The San Juan Snowcast
The San Juan Snowcast is a podcast all about snow, avalanches, and backcountry skiing in the San Juan Mountains of southwest Colorado. Stay up-to-date on what's going on in the sky and on the ground this winter by tuning in!
The San Juans are notorious for having one of the most dangerous snowpacks in North America, as well as some of the most incredible backcountry skiing in the state of Colorado. The Snowcast aims to help local backcountry skiers and riders make safer decisions by sharing current conditions reports, avalanche incident debriefs, and backcountry educational nuggets.
New episodes drop semi-weekly throughout the Winter to keep you up-to-date with the current conditions in the San Juan backcountry!
Follow along on Instagram @sanjuansnowcast and share the show with your touring partners.
THINK SNOW!
The San Juan Snowcast
Episode 9 || December 15th, 2021 || Storm Recap, Snowpack Update, + Debriefing a Local Avalanche Incident
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WINTER IS HERE! And with it, sketchy avalanche conditions (whomp, whomp, whomp….).
Last week’s storm kicked our winter into high gear and radically changed our snowpack. On this week’s episode, we’ll take a look back at the storm, get an update on the state of the snowpack, and dive into a valuable debrief of a local avalanche incident that happened this past Saturday. I’m joined by Jonathon Cooper and Kaylee Walden for an engaging conversation in which we share some of our reflections from this weekend in hopes that you can learn from our mistakes and to try to reduce the stigma around talking about avalanche incidents and reporting slides to the CAIC.
Thanks as always to you for listening and to Coop and Kaylee for joining me this week! Hungry for more snow and avalanche info between podcasts? Follow me on Instagram @sanjuansnowcast. Have any ideas or feedback for the show? Email me at sanjuansnowcast@gmail.com. Thinking about how you can support the show? Well, I’ve linked my Venmo below. Thanks again, and until next time, THINK SNOW!
Venmo: @Chris-Dickson
