wed jan 7

Today the section of the class that didn't go to red mountain met at the top of lift nine at 10:00.When we all met up, there was a ski patrol/avolanche specialist meeting with us. He told us a little bit about his job and what he does. He then took us over to the weather station where the ski patrol measures all the snow on our moutain. They measure the new snow and the base. He then showed us around the ski patrol hut. We then went to look for hidden beakers that were coverd by snow to simulate an avalanche. Later in the day we went into Prospect to dig a snow pit. The ski patrol man then showed us how to look at if the snow is safe by performing different tests on it. At the end of the day we all walked away with much greater knowledge of avalanches and the ski mountain.