I had to point out that we have not really had snow all winter; what they were calling snow is really something known as rime ice. Rime ice? Wait, wait! Is this a Lowenfels nerd column about what ...

The landscapes within the laboratory closely mirror the nature. The entire route starts from Tianchi Lake of Changbai ...

A photo shows the landscape of the indoor rime ice laboratory at the Jilin Beishan Four Seasons Cross-country Ski Park in Jilin city, Jilin province. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] As ...

I wondered what kind of winter we'd have in late December when Adam and I hiked the Franconia Ridge Loop in New Hampshire.

The “Alpine Start” is a revered tradition in hiking circles. Hiking guides, outdoor forums and trail reviews ooze with the same advice – arrive early, and have your boots on the trail by sunup.

Puffy to wispy, barely there or dark and menacing, clouds come in many shapes and sizes. Each tells a story about what’s ...

Be extremely careful walking or driving whenever freezing rain is in the forecast. Finally, rime ice can build up on structures whenever supercooled water droplets come into play. Supercooled ...

Aircraft flying into weather that is producing snow showers will often report rime ice accretion. Normally the most significant accretion isn’t from the clouds producing the snow, but those ...

Then, there are things like waterproof outerwear, a good helmet and goggles that you could technically ski without, but if ...

When this occurs, we call it fog. In temperatures below freezing, fog can actually deposit ice onto objects at or near the ground, called rime ice. When clouds form thick layers, we add the word ...