Tim Garrett

...and we remain committed to capturing their glory. But alas we didn't make our goal. Thank you for your pledge of support for the Alta Project. If you would still like to contribute to our resear...

Fluffy aggregates falling at Alta today, with lots of air pockets inside. This is what makes for famous Alta powder.

There's a new article on the MASC in weather.comAnd our MASC is now fixed (and improved) thanks to a tremendous effort by Cale Fallgatter! We now flash the LEDs for only 50 milliseconds, rather tha...

While the MASC is down for repairs, this is what it looks like inside. The three red boxes are the cameras, which are flanked by the infrared motion sensors. Snowflakes falling through the center r...

Last weekend was hard. We had redesigned the LED driver in the MASC, a piece of hardware that controls the flash that illuminates the snowflakes. Late Saturday night, the new driver failed after tw...

From just an hour ago. Notice the trailing mass behind a perfect snowflake. This is the early stage of riming build-up. As the snowflake falls, it collects tiny droplets that freeze to its surface....

Here's a triplet from the latest storm: the same snowflake viewed from three different angles.But most of what fell in the last storm was very small "graupel" pellets however. The next storm comes ...

Some bizarre shapes falling at Alta today . It will be interesting to see how these shapes evolve as the storm progresses.

Today we installed the Multi-Angle Snowflake Camera at Alta Ski Area. It's all hooked up and ready to go. Snow comes Monday afternoon, so keep an eye on the Snowflake Showcase. And I'll be on the l...