Meteorology 3000- Mountain Weather and Climate

Assignment 0.2. Extra Credit

  • Where is this picture taken? It is in the vicinity of Alta.
  • It is publicly accessible and does not require going onto private property.
  • Once you find it, then get a picture of you standing beside the plaque
  • Find a resource that describes the early research in avalanches and briefly summarize some of the work that has been done.
  • The maximum extra credit is 1% of the final grade (which is equivalent to 4 points on the final).
  • You may not get the max if you simply find where the plaque is and don't do a little digging on who/what/when/where/why people were involved with avalanche research in the 1950's and 1960's.
  • Due no later than November 23.