Jay Hill

Jay lives in Park City, Utah. He’s a cartographer for the Utah Geological Survey and he also makes maps for a few local recreational organizations. He’s passionate about recreating outside, science and his family. For background in snow science, he holds an Avalanche Level 1. Every day he practices gratefulness and tries to remind himself about how lucky he is. Also important, he says, is to “never take anything too seriously”. As a guy who works and loves making maps, he thinks it would be really cool to have a dynamic larger resolution dataset of snow depth across the mountains. He adds “The impact it could have on forecasting is immense.”

What is community science? Why join CSO?

According to Jay [community science] represents a person who is scientifically curious to contribute data to a greater project. To the question why others should join CSO this winter, he says “If we are already out in the snow taking observations for our selfish pursuits why not contribute to an awesome project to benefit all?”