Dr. Jane Zelikova is a tropical ecologist living in the mountains of Wyoming and Colorado. She dreams of snow in the summer and tropical forests in the dead of winter. But her snow-capped Fourteeners are changing – no longer bringing the deep winter snowpack once promised. This is a future she and the people of the West can’t run from. What’s a wildly curious, adventurous girl to do? Embark on a journey into the mountains to find the tales of the past, present and future of snow. There will be adventure. Friendships will form. She will dig holes. She will fall down those holes. But like any good story, she will meet inspiring, quirky people and learn a lot along the way. *This film will also be narrated by Morgan Freeman* #notactuallynarratedbymorganfreeman #unlessmorgacaniswilling www.endofsnow.com www.facebook.com/endofsnow

Winter is not coming.
One scientist ventures into the wild to find Jon Snow.
Um...we mean snow.
This is her story.

#notgameofthrones #ENDOFSNOW #winterisnotcoming

Chapter 1.
THE ORACLE

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Jane hikes in the Snowy Range Mountains in Wyoming to visit paleoecologist Bryan Shuman. His work in high alpine lakes helps predict our future by deciphering the climate of our past.

Chapter 2.
THE SNOW GUARDIAN

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A backcountry ski adventure brings Jane to Gothic, CO, to visit billy barr. Living alone in this mountain ghost town, billy has measured snowpack in his backyard every winter for more than 40 years. His notebooks hold the answers to what is happening with our winters now.

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Chapter 3.
THE VISIONARY

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Jane visits the ranch of Freddie Botur in Big Piney, WY, where Freddie's innovative ideas for grazing cattle and managing rangelands foster a sustainable future.

For 40 years, billy barr has lived alone in small cabin in one of the coldest places in the United States – the ghost town of Gothic, CO. With no goals of proving anything, or even knowledge that the climate was changing, billy started collecting data about snowpack to pass the time in his isolated part of the world. When climate researchers at the Gothic-based Rocky Mountain Biological Lab discovered billy’s decades of detailed records, they uncovered clear and compelling evidence of climate change. As someone who has had to learn to survive in such a harsh environment, billy shares some advice about how to move forward on our changing planet. Featuring: billy barr Filmed on location in Gothic, CO

Climate Change: Fall on your butt, not your face.
A short film featuring "The Snow Guardian" took 2nd prize in the #film4climate competition.