Don’t Eat the Red Snow

20th July 2023

Last modified on July 23rd, 2023

We all know that eating yellow snow is not a good idea, now Park City in Utah are advising people away from the red variety.

The US ski resort has a a type of algae that thrives in cold temperatures moving  to the surface of the snowpack to bloom and divide.

This typically happens in snow patches at high elevations during the summer.

The specific type of algae that creates watermelon snow is called Chlamydomonas nivalis.