# forecaster (audio feeds) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 1 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover forecaster. Page: Feed: --- ## [How Healthy Is Utah's Backcountry Culture?](https://utavy.libsyn.com/how-healthy-is-utahs-backcountry-culture) _2026-04-04 · Utah Avalanche Center Podcast_ What happens to a community when the mountains get more crowded but the snowpack gets thinner? Ski guide and avalanche educator Jenna Malone and IFMGA mountain guide Chris Brown join guest host Brooke Mauschund to dig into the state of Wasatch backcountry culture, how it's changed through the years, what's been lost, and how we can cultivate it going forward. It's about skin track etiquette, the… [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/utavy/UAC_s9e4.mp3?dest-id=617803) ## [Finding the Goldilocks Zone for Uncertainty in the Avalanche Forecast](https://utavy.libsyn.com/finding-the-goldilocks-zone-for-uncertainty-in-the-avalanche-forecast) _2026-02-10 · Utah Avalanche Center Podcast_ The avalanche forecast is shot through with uncertainty. The variables of terrain, snow, and weather, dispersed across vast areas, are simply too numerous to fully account for. If that's the case, if there's just a lot we don't know, then how much should uncertainty be foregrounded in the forecast? And would expressing uncertainty impair your operation's reputation with backcountry users? Eeva… [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/utavy/UAC_s9e3.mp3?dest-id=617803) ## [AI, Machine Learning, and the Value of Expert Intuition at the Utah Avalanche Center](https://utavy.libsyn.com/ai-machine-learning-and-the-value-of-expert-intuition-at-the-utah-avalanche-center) _2026-01-21 · Utah Avalanche Center Podcast_ In late winter, 2025, a new AI tool developed by the Utah Avalanche Center flagged a layer in the snowpack as posing a potential risk. Then, just days later, nearly two-dozen avalanches failed on that same layer. It was a powerful demonstration of the potential benefits of the Utah Computer-Assisted Avalanche Support Tool (UCAAST), the UAC's new AI-powered asset. Travis Morrison and Chad… [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/utavy/UACs9e2.mp3?dest-id=617803) ## [Bill Glude Wants You to Ride Hard and Die Old](https://utavy.libsyn.com/bill-glude-wants-you-to-ride-hard-and-die-old-0) _2025-12-23 · Utah Avalanche Center Podcast_ Bill Glude is something of a trans-Pacific snow monk, with a deep knowledge of the winter mountains in both Alaska and Japan. He's spent more than 40 years skiing some of the most scenic terrain in the world. In that time, he's helped compose a sermon on the virtues and sins of various snow crystals, conversed with ravens, and even invented a snow block test. He joins us to discuss what's he's… [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/utavy/UACs9e1.mp3?dest-id=617803) ## [An Oral History of the Friends Who Keep the UAC Humming](https://utavy.libsyn.com/an-oral-history-of-the-friends-who-keep-the-uac-humming-0) _2025-04-24 · Utah Avalanche Center Podcast_ The Utah Avalanche Center is more than just a corps of extraordinary forecasters. Since 1990, a group of dedicated, visionary, and hard-working people has helped the UAC expand its range and helped push it to the forefront of the industry. This episode, we're joined by all five men and women who have helmed the Friends of the Utah Avalanche Center through the years. Wendy Zeigler, Colleen Nipkow,… [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/utavy/uac_s8e4.mp3?dest-id=617803) ## [Brett Kobernick Knows It in His Bones: Nobody is Immune from Getting Killed in an Avalanche](https://utavy.libsyn.com/brett-kobernick-knows-it-in-his-bones-nobody-is-immune-from-getting-killed-in-an-avalanche) _2025-02-21 · Utah Avalanche Center Podcast_ Brett Kobernick's nickname may be "Kowboy," but he's actually something of a Leonardo da Vinci of the snow. A garage tinkerer who builds the tools he needs to better understand winter conditions, he's also an early adopter of the snow bike, and he helped invent the split-board. True story. Kowboy joins us to talk about all of that, as well as the science, the excitement, and the tragedy of… [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/utavy/uac_s8e3.mp3?dest-id=617803) ## [Dave Garcia on Having and Having Not Loads of Info](https://utavy.libsyn.com/dave-garcia-on-having-and-having-not-loads-of-info) _2025-01-24 · Utah Avalanche Center Podcast_ If you were looking to move somewhere because you love to ski, Moab, Utah likely wouldn't be anywhere near the top of that list. Dave Garcia loves to ski. It's why he came to Utah in 2002. He spent 12 seasons skiing the Wasatch, then he moved to Moab, and not for the snow. But the thing is, there's actually some pretty good skiing in the mountains that loom over the deserts of southeastern Utah—if… [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/utavy/UAC_s8e2.mp3?dest-id=617803)