SnowSchool Stories

SnowSchool Mid-Winter Field Update 2025

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Check out photos and updates from across the snow globe this season!

SnowSchool Reaches Rural Communities

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SnowSchool is making winter learning come alive for rural students! See how Basin Elementary in Idaho is using snowshoe adventures, citizen science, and a new outdoor yurt to bring hands-on STEM education to life.

Which Way To Snowplay?

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Snowplay areas provide a gateway to winter fun for families and help connect communities to wild snowscapes.

SnowSchool Grows Up!

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Discover how SnowSchool has inspired students like Koson Verkler and Lily Murnane to pursue careers, passions, and stewardship in the natural world.

Indigenous Wisdom and the World Under the Snow

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Bazile Minogiizhigaabo Panek provides Snowschool with an overview of Traditional Ecological Knowledge and insights into the Ojibwe understandings of anaamaagon, the world under the snow. 

Weak Winter or Feeling Snow-ptimistic? Seasonal Predictions from SnowSchool

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Whatever amount of snowfall Old Man Winter (or in this case La Niña) decides to bring forth this season, we are keeping our mittens crossed for deep snow!

BCFF 2024-25: Mammoth Lakes & Bishop, CA

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Tickets on sale for Mammoth Lakes, CA and Bishop, CA!

Trail Break Radio: Inside SnowSchool with Kerry McClay

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Kerry is on the podcast! How do we break down barriers to winter access and inspire the next generation of outdoor stewards? What does it take to connect 35,000 kids annually to snow, science, and conservation?

Celebrating SnowSchool’s Milestone Year Reaching Half a Million Students

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This winter SnowSchool engaged over 35,000 youth and K-12 participants across 72 active program sites nationally. Over 68% were first time snowshoers!