Study Sites

Idaho

Bogus Basin

• Continuous upward-looking radar measurements
• Resistivity for soil moisture
• Snow Micro Penetrometer measurements to characterize microstructure
• Manual snow pit profiles
• Full energy balance weather station
• Study site in Bogus Basin

Banner Summit, Highway 21

• Real time avalanche modeling (SNOSS)
• Avalanche detection using infrasound
• In collaboration with Idaho Transportation Department

Sun Valley (coming soon…)

• Radiation measurements to characterize near surface faceting
• Study site in Sun Valley ski area
• In collaboration with Sawtooth Avalanche Center

Colorado

Silverton – Colorado

• Radar measurements to quantify snow distribution throughout the basin
• In collaboration with Chris Landry at Center for Snow and Avalanche Studies

Fraser – Fraser Experimental Forest

• Continuous Frequency Modulated Continuous Wave radar for past 3 years
• Future Snow Micro Penetrometer measurements
• In collaboration with Kelly Elder at the Fraser Experimental Forest

Berthoud Pass

• Development of real-time avalanche detection using infrasound
• In collaboration with the Colorado Avalanche Information Center