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The California Backcountry Report is a weekly podcast run throughout the wintertime that tracks weather, snowpack, avalanche activity, and the backcountry community.

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    • Mar 4, 2022 LATEST EPISODE
    • monthly NEW EPISODES
    • 30m AVG DURATION
    • 55 EPISODES


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    Latest episodes from California Backcountry Report

    At Least It's Snowing

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2022 36:33


    The gents talk small amounts of precip and fret over what could amount to a lack luster year in total snow fall for the Sierra. Then, they dive into a fatal avalanche review. Small avalanches have big consequences.

    A Likely Chance of Uncertainty

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2022 29:49


    The Fellas review the weather and a deadly avalanche in Montana.

    Mountain Warfare

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2022 45:40


    The lads sit down with Gunnery Sergeant Travis Romenesko and Staff Sergeant Jessie Perkins of the Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center to talk warfare in the mountains.

    Pause

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2022 0:26


    Look at these quitters! They'll be back to jawing next week. Go have some fun in the sun.

    It's Damn Hot

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2022 8:44


    Winter is Summer and 2 + 2 = 5

    High Pressure Forever ... Again

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2022 11:22


    More higher. More pressure.JB and Matt decide to take up trail running. The Utah backcountry community suffers a hard loss and the Reno area gets set to break a record.

    High Pressure Forever... and Ever

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2022 30:27


    These two goons evaluate a deadly avalanche near Breckenridge, CO. They lament the warm weather and cross their fingers in hopes that the Reno area doesn't break a weather record.

    Mea Culpa

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 8, 2022 23:18


    The boys engage in self flagellation for wrongs done on the last episode. Then, they review and assess two non-fatal, inbounds avalanches at Jackson Hole Mountain Resort.  JB fleshes out advice given for mid slope assistance thanks to listener questions.

    Not So Plowed

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 29, 2021 36:02


    The lads recap a record setting snow fall and review a preliminary avalanche report from Montana.

    Snow Plowed

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 17, 2021 24:55


    The fellas talk weather, snow, access, and review the nations first fatal avalanche of the season.

    Sierra Snow Inbound

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2021 38:03


    Whatever will happen as new snow arrives on an aged weak layer??

    We Heart Big Dumps

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2021 21:24


    The fellas risk an over stoker on an October atmospheric river.

    We Heart Big Dumps

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2021 21:24


    The fellas risk an over stoker on an early season atmospheric river!

    Until Next Year

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2021 20:21


    Until Next Year

    CBR - HOT LAP 05

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2021 34:06


    Picking Partners Online Listener Response

    Frog Lake Cliffs Avalanche

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2021 51:31


    Frog Lake Cliffs Avalanche

    CBR - HOT LAP 04

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2021 29:39


    CBR - HOT LAP 04

    An Interview with Tasha Thomas

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2021 43:12


    An Interview with Tasha Thomas

    Practice Practice Practice

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2021 34:24


    Practice Practice Practice

    Mid-February Death Toll

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2021 57:48


    a Conversation with Holly Yokum

    First California Fatality

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2021 37:55


    an Interview with Caleb Burns

    CBR - HOT LAP 03

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2021 22:59


    More hotter. More Lapper.

    Atmospheric River 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2021 24:27


    More Atmosphere, More River… Again.

    CBR - HOT LAP 02

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 21, 2021 25:06


    CBR - HOT LAP 02

    Repeat Offender

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2021 41:48


    Repeat Offender

    Interview With Casey Glaubman

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 4, 2021 34:45


    Interview With Casey Glaubman

    December Avalanche Cycle

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 27, 2020 44:49


    December Avalanche Cycle

    CBR - HOT LAP

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2020 9:38


    CBR - HOT LAP

    Oh, No! Not La Nina. We're all going to die!

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2020 26:37


    Oh, No! Not La Nina. We're all going to die!

    Build Back Better

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2020 21:42


    Build Back Better

    A Storm is Brewing... Again

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2020 27:46


    A Storm is Brewing... Again

    A Storm is Brewing

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2020 27:45


    A Storm is Brewing

    Season's End

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2020 22:55


    This week the lads say goodbye to Winter with tips for equipment care for summer storage. They cover a preliminary report on an snowmachine triggered avalanche in Idaho. Until next season!

    Avalanches, Snow, and Weather! Oh, my!

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2020 34:04


    In an all new and exciting episode of the California Backcountry Report the lads are left speechless by current events.  JB and Matt review the Pebble Creek Avalanche as well as two local avalanche incidents.  JB covers inbound weather.   There's a little more snow on the way, Kids!  Then, JB tries to throw in the towel on next week's episode, (read: our final episode for the season).

    My Corona

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2020 30:19


    This week, the lads pay penance for their previous predictions.  JB laments the arrival of a seasons worth of snow that he can't ski and talks inbound low pressure systems.  Of course, the boys get around to the CORVID 19 pandemic and they shed some light on the specific ramifications the Tahoe area grapples with given the dump of fresh pow.

    Mini Miracle

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2020


    This week the lads cover an inbound storm cycle and answer a question on the avalanche danger scale.

    Avalanche Course Breakdown

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2020


    This week CBR reviews a preliminary report of a fatal avalanche in Alaska and JB covers all the avalanche courses and their intended audiences.  Thinking of taking a course? Not sure which one is right for you? Start here. Yes, of course the lads talk inbound weather and they jones for snow.

    It's Gonna Take a Miracle

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2020 17:13


    JB calls in from Jackson Hole to talk low snow and upcoming weather along the Sierra crest.

    Europe, Cancer, and Women in the Backcountry; an Interview with Holly Yocum

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2020 57:38


    This week we had the pleasure of being joined by Holly Yocum for a good in-depth conversation.  Holly is a fixture in the Tahoe backcountry community as she was born and raised in the area and has served as the former President of the Sierra Avalanche Center.   Nowadays, when Holly isn't skiing, she is focused on getting women in the backcountry and getting them outside safely. Holly breaks down her experiences backcountry skiing in Tahoe and around the World.  We learn about skiing in Europe, a ski accident that very well could have killed her and how she fought breast cancer and won. Then, we wrap up with the snow report.  While snow is starting to get desperate in some places around the state, we break down some places that still have the goods.  From the Eastern Sierra to Shasta we discuss what we are finding including surprising powder stashes and at least one surprising avalanche.  What do these conditions mean and what we are expecting in the weather looking forward?

    Back to the Basics

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2020 32:10


    With insignificant weather forecast and low tide conditions, CBR goes back to basics.  In this episode the boys talk Red Flags and the importance of aspect.

    Interview With A Forecaster: Andy Anderson

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2020 46:32


    We got the opportunity to sit down with Sierra Avalanche Center Forecaster Andy Anderson.  It was a good time learning a little more about the person who makes our forecast.  Then we dove into how the avalanche forecast is made and some of the challenges to forecasting in the Central Sierra. Then we break down what's going on with this high pressure and what our chances are for getting snow.  Hint:  its not all doom and gloom.

    Cornuary

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2020 49:04


    CBR sits down with SWS Mountain Guides COO, David Cressman.  JB and Dave talk guiding, and skiing.  JB provides a weather report on a fast moving storm and the lads lament the lack of weather and snow.  Get psyched for corn skiing in January.

    Small Avalanches; Big Consequences

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2020 38:15


    In this episode JB and Matt breakdown three different avalanche fatalities in three different parts of the country that all have one thing in common:  Terrain that was a consequence multiplier. We also talk about the weather ahead and where you can find the best snow in the state.

    Feet of Snow

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2020 32:39


    The storms last week were a dud but this week a new low-pressure system is moving into the area and may prove to be a stud.  As a couple of feet of snow come into Northern California we know it will make for good skiing.  The real question is what will this new snow mean for the current weak layers in the snowpack. As JB and Matt learn some new details about the fatality avalanche in Northern Idaho.  What was the weak layer in question and what can we take away from the incident. Finally, we hit up the mailbag, and help with decision making and margin for error.

    New Snow and Possible Problems Ahead

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2020 31:52


    A jammed pack episode.  As the jet stream shifts to a more favorable position as a series of storms are bearing down the Sierra and Southern Cascades.  Matt and JB breakdown what some of the snow totals might look like as well as what this means for avalanche problems ahead. Also, JB and Matt take a quick overview of three recent avalanches from out of state with updates on the fatalities in Idaho, and what can be learned from a near miss in Jackson Hole, Wy. Get the low down and more.

    Interview with IFMGA Guide Ryan Hütter

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 2020 24:59


    Interview with IFMGA Guide Ryan Hütter

    Merry Christmas

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 25, 2019 12:09


    This week is a short episode due to the Christmas Holiday.  Get a breakdown of the snow conditions for the week ahead and what to expect for Christmas and the New Year.  Listen and learn.

    Avalanche Breakdown #2

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2019 31:59


    Utah has its first avalanche fatality of the year and there are some valuable lessons to be learned. We break down the next round of weather coming in.  Who will get the most snow, and how to approach some of the persistent weak layers in the snow.  This episode contains a lot of information on a variety of topics.  Listen and learn.

    Avalanche Breakdown #1

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2019 17:52


    Our first Avalanche Breakdown of the season.  JB breaks down two avalanche burials, one in Colorado, and one in the Tahoe area.

    Atmospheric River Inbound

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2019 21:03


    In this episode JB discusses the Atmospheric River forecast Friday 12/06 - Sunday 12/08.

    BOMB CYCLONE - 8 Feet Of Snow

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 26, 2019 21:47


    JB breaks down the weather phenomenon known as the Bomb Cyclone (actually known as Bombogenesis Cyclone) and why we will be receiving so much snow.  Then, a quick overview of the potential of the next storm and what that means for the start of the avalanche season. Get the details of the next two snowstorms and why conservatively parts of California should be receiving more than 8 feet of snow.

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