A day skiing can easily cost a couple hundred bucks. For some, the backcountry is an alternative to avoid the lift ticket and crowds that resorts attract. But the danger of avalanches is real - and some guides would argue inevitable. Jack Dolan is an investigative reporter for the LA Times and shared his reporting about the rise of backcountry skiers in recent years, and the real risks that these untouched mountains pose.

Kathy Kasic is a director, cinematographer and Associate Professor at Sac State. She joins Insight about her latest documentary The Memory of Darkness, Light, and Ice about the melting Greenland Ice Sheet (GrIS) and the future of sea level rise across the globe. The film will be available via streaming later this year. In the meantime, you can watch it at the California Capital International Documentary Film Festival in Rancho Cordova on Saturday, March 8.

Park Winters Flower Farm offers a unique experience for those looking to escape the city. At Park Winters you can enjoy a garden tour, a floral arranging class and even pick your own bouquets. It’s also become a popular dining destination that showcases food grown and raised in the Capay Valley. Rafael Galiano is the co-owner of Park Winters Flower Farm and he’s here today to tell us where the seed of this idea came from and how he made it grow.