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Meet the Snow Guardian, a Hermit Who Has Tracked Snowfall for 40 Years

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Meet the Snow Guardian, a Hermit Who Has Tracked Snowfall for 40 Years

billy barr (that’s how he writes it) lives in a small house he helped build in one of the coldest places in the US—Gothic, Colorado. According to billy, “the main thing I interacted with was the weather and the animals, so I started recording things just cause it was something to do.” The data he collected became essential for scientists studying climate change, and this short film tells his story.

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