By Jack Buban EBS COLUMNIST It was hard to get on a chairlift this year and not hear locals’ complaints about the lack of snow cover....
Continued precipitation will support streamflows, may help diminish summer fire risk By Jack Reaney ASSOCIATE EDITOR This winter was no powderfest in Big Sky—Lone Mountain snowpack...
How Montana’s winter fared, by the numbers By Benjamin Alva Polley EBS COLUMNIST The winter of 2023-24, a season that will be etched in Montana’s weather...
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....