Our Team

Kennedy Janssen

    Kennedy is a second-year atmospheric sciences student at the University of Utah. She’s fascinated by severe weather, but at the end of the day, forecasting Wasatch snowfall has a special place in her heart. In her free time, she likes to read, tinker with Legos, and spend time on singletrack trails, vertical rock faces, and snowy ski slopes.

Nic Hofmann 

    An alumni and graduate student here at the U, Nic is studying atmospheric science. The only thing that gets Nic as excited to ski as skiing itself is watching the weather that brings the white gold we all cherish so much. In his free time Nic is the smelliest telemark skier in the Wasatch. You can find him at Alta skiing skis older than you with a smile glued to his face or in the backcountry with that same smile. In his non-skiing free time, Nic likes to bike, boat, and get out however he can. Some other hobbies of his include dancing with his friends, playing cornhole, and scrubbing the toilets at Alta (Utah may have the greatest snow but Alta has the cleanest toilets).

Peter Gombert

    Peter is a first year graduate student studying Atmospheric Science at the U. Originally hailing from Idaho, Peter found a passion for skiing powder which brought him to Utah. You can find him skiing in the backcountry all throughout the Wasatch or in the resort at Alta. When the snow isn't falling Peter enjoys time spent whitewater kayaking all over the country.

Colin Johnson

    Colin is a Research Associate at the University of Utah with a background in engineering, instrumentation and weather operations. He brings the cold smoke from Canada and is responsible for the Arctic Air Outbursts that venture south. You’ll find him setting proper skin tracks, digging pits, and converting metric units to feet, miles and Fahrenheit on this blog. “Greatest Snow On Earth”? To be determined…

Johnathan Stoddard

    Johnathan is a senior at the University of Utah studying atmospheric sciences and a research assistant to Dr. Zhaoxia Pu. He brought his surfing skills all the way from California to carve out the mountains of Utah with style. Keep your eye out at Solitude’s annual pond skim this year where he will be shredding his way to victory with Wallie the inflatable sloth.

Michael Wasserstein

    

    Michael Wasserstein is a first-year PhD student in the Atmospheric Science Department at the University of Utah. His skiing has gotten progressively better. After growing up skiing ~500’ hills in Connecticut, he attended Middlebury College and skied Vermont’s Green Mountains. He was then lured to the powder of the Wasatch, and can often be found in the range’s backcountry.