The Center for Snow & Avalanche Studies enhances the interdisciplinary investigation of the snow system's behavior and role in human/environment relationships by offering resources -- people, information, and facilities -- for field-based research and education.
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The Center for Snow and Avalanche Studies conducts the following research, monitoring, and education programs. A wide variety of students of snow – interdisciplinary and international teams of professional scientists, graduate or undergraduate researchers, university field camp groups, K-12 teachers and classes, and practicing snow professionals – are being supported through these programs and using our Senator Beck Basin Study Area at Red Mountain Pass, our Center facilities in Silverton, and our Mountain System Monitoring program datasets.
Mountain System Monitoring
Colorado Dust-on-Snow (CODOS)
Interdisciplinary Research
Field & Education Workshops
Client Services