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This week on the Regional Roundup, we hear from Colorado State University professor Michael Childers about how ski resorts may need to adapt to increasingly dry winters. We visit Salida, to hear about Monarch Mountain ski resort’s expansion during a historically dry season. Then we travel to the small mountain town of Nederland, where a low-snow winter is raising climate concerns among residents and local businesses. We hear the latest on avalanche danger in the backcountry, and we round out the show with a conversation with Park City, Utah, resident Tom Bickner, father of Team USA ski jumper Kevin Bickner, about what it takes to be an Olympic ski jumper.

• A two way with CSU professor Michael Childers about how ski resorts need to adapt to drier winters. (RMCR)
• A feature on the expansion of Monarch ski resort in Salida, Colorado, in an historically dry winter. (KHEN)
• A feature on the small mountain town of Nederland, Colorado, which is experiencing a warmer winter with less snow, raising concerns among residents about climate change and its effects on daily life and the local economy. (KGNU)
• A two way on avalanche danger. (KOTO)
• A two way with Tom Bickner, from Park City, Utah, father of TEAM USA ski jumper Kevin Bickner, on what makes a good ski jumper. (KDNK)