Sunset landscape of Buffalo Mountain in the winter.

Speaker Series: Joel Gratz

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KSS Speaker Series:

AI Innovations for Weather, Snow, and Avalanche Risk

November 18th, 2025

FREE Event but please RSVP below!
  • 5:00pm – Doors open
  • 5:30pm – Presentation by Joel Gratz
  • 6:30pm – Q&A

Join us on Tuesday, November 18th for an evening presentation about winter weather by meteorologist Joel Gratz at OpenSnow. Learn about four new AI-based technologies that OpenSnow has created during the past year and that will be live for the upcoming winter season. Joel will also discuss the forecast for the season and attempt to answer (or get roasted by) your questions about mountain weather.

Joel Gratz from OpenSnow skiing in deep powder

About Joel


Joel Gratz is the founding meteorologist and Colorado forecaster for OpenSnow, a mobile app and website that provides snow forecasts, travel advice, and year-round weather data to millions of skiers, snowboarders, and adventurers every year. Joel has a meteorology degree from Penn State, a Masters and MBA from the University of Colorado, and has been a die-hard skier and weather nerd since elementary school.

Tieken Place office building in the snow on campus.