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 12 || January 7th, 2022 || "Spooky Moderate"
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Happy New Year! This week’s episode of the Snowcast digs into a recap of the big storm that ended 2021, a look at how the new snow load is affecting our snowpack across the San Juans, and we’ll unpack a few recent near-miss avalanche incidents to find the common trends. Then, I invite some friends and fellow snow professionals over to my front porch for a conversation about the “Spooky Moderate” avalanche hazard rating that so often exists for us here in the San Juans, and just what we can/should do about it. I hope you enjoy!
This week’s show was supported by Mountain Trip and a number of listeners who kicked in some financial support. I also want to send a special thanks to all those folks who have reached out with support for the show! It means a lot, folks. Also… STICKERS! Shoot me an email at sanjuansnowcast@gmail.com to get some stickers sent your way.
Play safe out there, and until next time… THINK SNOW!
(Like seriously, can we all manifest some more pow? Because its looking pretty dry for the next two weeks…)
Venmo: @Chris-Dickson
