went out for a ride the other dayyyyyyy.

Today we went into the Whitefish Range to teach a motorized level 1 avalanche class. 

• We found 2 wet loose avalanches that likely happened on Dec 2nd from warm temperatures and solar radiation. They were small (D1) in size.
• We dug a snowpit at ~5600 ft on a NNW aspect and found good stability and good structure. All ECTs revealed non propagating results with hard force. 
• The most worrisome characteristic of the snowpack that we found is the current surface. Near surface facets and surface hoar blanket the snowpack in locations that are protected from the sun and wind. 

Overall we felt good about the current stability of the snowpack in the area we traveled. We stuck to mellow terrain where the likelihood of breaking something on the machines was low... there are still sharks in them hills.