slf We are happy to announce that registration for the 6th Snow Science Winter School is now open. It will take place on 16-22 February 2020, at Col du Lautaret, French Alps. Any graduate student or post-doc working on snow or in some snow related field is welcome to participate. The course corresponds to 3 ECTS-Points. Application is open until October, 20th, 2019. Find information and application foms here.

The Snow Science Winter School aims to teach modern techniques of snow measurements, based on a field training and theoretical lessons. It includes field work with state-of-the-art instruments (specific surface area by reflection and spectroscopy, near-infrared photography, high-resolution penetrometry, micro-tomography, etc). For the 2020 edition, a special focus will be on snow in a changing climate, impact on human and nature.