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Notes from the Field

Arrival

I departed DC for Steamboat, still not knowing when things will arrive. While switching flights in Denver, I receive the shipping info: it’s supposed to arrive today!

Storm Peak summit in the clouds

The top of Storm Peak (where we’ll be working) is hidden in the clouds.

The radiometer has arrived.

All the equipment arrived!

Snow cat and crew.

Our loading problem is solved by chance: Storm Peak Laboratory just got their brand new mini-snow cat the day before. It’s not as high off the ground as the big cats. We’ll be the first users of SPL’s mini-snow cat. Here is the snow cat and crew, Ian McCubbin (left) and Ty Atkins (right).

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We used a forklift to put the big crate on the cat, and then off we go; the driver drives with a joystick.

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We have to go after the skiers are done for the day, so we go at night.

At the top, there is no forklift… guess we’ll have to unload the old-fashioned way. We finish up at 11pm — it’s been a 20-hour day, but now the radiometer has made it to SPL.