Director News – Sunny and Dry
I arrived today back in Wallowa County to beautiful cobalt blue skies with barely a distant promise from forecasters for a flurry or two of snow for the next 5 days. Hmmmm. Well, the Wasatch range of Utah is getting no better promises for snow either.
I have heard that our beacon practice day up at Salt Creek Summit was packed with good stuff. A little indoor seminar for 45 minutes then all headed outside where the rubber meets the road. First was a single burial situation near the parking lot. Then after lunch was a hike to the bottom of Baird’s Run for a multiple burial scenario that was set up on Saturday. Ken even buried an extra pack without a beacon in case they had time to do a probe line. “We had plenty of time for that and a debrief on the hill. It was a good educational day for all of us”, said Ken Bronec who lead the event.
Many thanks to Jerry Hustafa and Paul Arentsen for giving of their time for helping out in this field day practice session.
This weeks summary will include some fun research stuff I’m working on and learning about from the masters at the Utah Avalanche Center.
Enjoy the week and keep looking for the POW!
Keith
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