This past season I backcountry skied in Mineral Fork, a drainage located up Big Cottonwood Canyon. It was a cold, clear morning and, even though there were no clouds in the sky, the air was sparkling ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Molecule by molecule, snowflakes grow from water vapors in the air and eventually fall to earth. After getting slammed with nearly ...

Unlocking the secret of snow. As skiers and riders, we all know snow. It blankets the mountains with deep powder during the cold winter months offering endless ground for play. But what if I told you ...

Fresh snow can look like a blank sheet of paper, so bright it almost hurts to stare at in midday sun. Yet at the microscopic level, those flakes are not white at all, and the color we think we see is ...

It turns out that there’s a whole lot of work that goes into blowing frozen droplets of water onto ski slopes. This is the science of snowmaking. Most anyone who has ever gone skiing or snowboarding ...

As the deep days of winter set in, millions across the country will have to contend with snow, but they won't all face the same conditions. Some will ski over fluffy snowbanks, while others will find ...

PELLSTON, MI – More of Michigan had snow on the ground at Halloween last year than at Christmastime – an oddity out of sync with historical weather patterns. The problem is that natural ecosystems can ...

Capturing snowflakes isn't as easy as sticking out your tongue. At least not when you're trying to capture them for scientific study, which involves isolating the tiniest of crystals on a metal card ...

Snow days are rare when you live in Hawaii, and so I was pretty excited for a snow day last week in DC. As I was watching the snow fall outside, it put me in mind of another kind of snow, which falls ...