Getting your player ready...
Despite the oft-inane mix of “American Idol” wannabes, water-skiing squirrels and pixelated spring-break debauchery, it turns out YouTube can actually be educational.
Montana’s Gallatin National Forest Avalanche Center (GNFAC) is among the first in the outdoor world to put the website’s under- utilized edifying abilities to use with a series of informative video field reports illustrating the analysis of avalanche events and forecasts.
Although Colorado has yet to employ the technique, local backcountry enthusiasts can still learn a trick or two about evaluating snow stability by logging on to the free site.
Check it out: www.mtavalanche.com
