KENAI FJORDS NATIONAL PARK, Alaska — On the morning of April 18, Soldotna Public Safety Communications Center received a report of six adult skiers stranded in a snow cave on the Harding Icefield within Kenai Fjords National Park. The group was undertaking a multiday traverse of the Harding Ice Field from Exit Glacier to Bradley Lake […]
Snow falling silently on Alaska’s mountains will in a few months transform into a medium for migrating salmon, and so much more. “That snowflake that falls on the mountain now is water that flows in streams and rivers late in summer,” said Gabe Wolken, a glaciologist who works both for the state and the University […]
Three feet of snow fell in the high areas of Wyoming and Colorado starting Sunday, closing nearly 400 miles of the Interstate-80 Highway, shutting down a major trucking highway for the nation. The Spring snowstorm also downed power lines shutting down power in parts of the region. Snow is not an unfamiliar sight in the […]