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Hans Geier and his wife Roberta have great views of the slopes of Steamboat Resort from the deck of their home in Steamboat Springs. Geier was president of Steamboat Ski & Resort Corp. from 1981 to 1990 and was inducted into the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame in 2013. (Photo by John F. Russell)
Hans Geier speaks with a soft voice. His face blushes when asked about his life accomplishments. When asked what his role at Steamboat Resort once was, he quietly utters, “President.”
One wouldn’t know it based on talking to Geier, but he is responsible for much of the growth and progress at Steamboat Resort.
Local nonprofit expands fire mitigation role
Rocky Mountain Youth Corps’ Fire Crew last season included (front row) Mackenzie Goltz, Quentin Pearson, Santiago Escobar, Jordan Wilson (Crew Leader), and (back row) Griffin Steele, Liana McClintock, Sean Dulock, Luka Summers, Rose Salerno, Randi Fitzsimmons. The majority of last year’s crew members have moved on to professional firefighting jobs. (Photo courtesy RMYC)
The active northern Colorado wildfires of 2020 turned out to be an important part of the training season for the young adult fire crew at nonprofit Rocky Mountain Youth Corps.
After almost six months of strenuous and challenging work, including camping out at least five nights per week and working 21 days straight on the Middle Fork Fire, eight of the 10 members of last year’s fire crew have already found work in professional firefighting positions across the country.
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University of Colorado hydrology students dig a snow pit in front of Storm Peak Lab in March 2013. The lab hosts research groups and students from around the world to study atmospheric and snow science. (Courtesy photo by Gannet Hallar)
The first automated dust-on-snow monitoring technology in the mountains of northwest Colorado is expected to be installed this fall to study the impact of dust from arid landscapes on downwind mountain ecosystems in the state and in Utah.
McKenzie Skiles, who is a hydrologist and a University of Utah assistant professor, will use close to $10,000 from a National Science Foundation grant to purchase four pyranometers, which measure solar radiation landing on, and reflected by, snow.
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