Patrick Armstrong has three grown children and lives with his wife Merry in Bishop California. He was on the U.S. Biathlon team in 1972, and has enjoyed skiing his entire life. H...view morePatrick Armstrong has three grown children and lives with his wife Merry in Bishop California. He was on the U.S. Biathlon team in 1972, and has enjoyed skiing his entire life. He has been a chemistry and electronics instructor at the College of Idaho; a wilderness supervisor for the Forest Service, a trail building contractor, an Alaska commercial fisherman, and a rancher in Idaho. He began doing snow surveys in 1972.view less