<p>I figured this would be something that would interest some students looking to go into science. I graduated from Boise State University (and now work with them too) and they run this program called Beyond the Blue that spotlights various academics from the school. </p>
<p>Currently, they're featuring a professor who is in the field of snow science, such as when and where it falls, how it melts, and the benefits and dangers that it presents. If you're interested, you should scope it out: Researching</a> Snow: More Than Just Hitting the Slopes | Beyond the Blue</p>
<p>Boise State is in the right part of the country for Snow science.</p>
<p>Montana State has a snow science option in their Earth Sciences major [Snow</a> Science](<a href=“http://www.montana.edu/wwwes/programs/snow.htm]Snow”>http://www.montana.edu/wwwes/programs/snow.htm)
and the National Snow & Ice Data Center has an affiliation with U Colorado
[National</a> Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC)](<a href=“http://nsidc.org/]National”>http://nsidc.org/)</p>
<p>And if you’re interested in nucleation and growth processes in far from equilibrium system you can take a look at Ken Libbrecht over at Caltech where he investigates those systems by looking at snowflakes. [Kenneth</a> Libbrecht @ Caltech](<a href=“http://www.its.caltech.edu/~atomic/]Kenneth”>Kenneth Libbrecht, Caltech)</p>