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 11 || December 29, 2021 || The Danger Scale Metaphor
Hello everyone and welcome to the last show of 2021! We’ve had some EPIC snowfall lately and avalanche danger has spiked to High for several days this past week. On this week’s show, we dive into how what all this new snow is doing to our snowpack, take a quick look at the recent avalanche incidents happening across our zone, and share some upcoming events happening in our community. And then, we dive into this week’s avalanche education nugget of the week: an analogy for how to think about the risks associated with the different hazard ratings that make up the North American Danger Scale.
Music on the show is from Juanitos and the Budos Band. Hey, if you like what you’re hearing, share the pod with your touring partners. And, if you wanna help spread the word in other ways, I’m making stickers! Shoot me an email at sanjuansnowcast@gmail.com if you’d like a few stickers to throw on your skis, your local stop signs, or wherever!
Also, I’m still doing this just for the fun of it, but it does cost me to host and produce the show. I ain’t gonna beg, but if you’re in the “end-of-the-year-charitable-giving-mood”, you can find me on Venmo at @Chris-Dickson.
Thanks for listening and… THINK SNOW!
