Trapline Chores

[dboles]

If trapping isnt for you read no further
In the last lttle while I have quit trapping land animals for this season.
Doesnt mean that a trappers chores are done.Theres always something to do out there-fixing the cabins,brushing trail,bridging little creeks.
What has been hanging over my head lately is having to shovel my cabins and out buildings.I had it done 2 weeks ago,since then we have had literally feet of snow.
For the last couple days been breaking trail out to one of my camps.Today I tackled the task of shovelling a trail across 2 avalanches that have come down across the old logging road I use.
Heres the back of the pickup theres a sled under there
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In order to keep a snow trail working we are constantly widening the exsisting one.Here I managed to get off the trail and stuck.
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The sled back on the trail after much shovelling.Notice all the avalanche paths in the background
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The foreman taking 5 on a snow slide
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Avalanches do not always cascade down the mountain with soft billowing snow.At an earlier time this winter we had a thaw.When the snow is damp or wet it forms balls of ice.Here you can see the balls of ice,they are like cement and would/do grind anything in its path to pulp
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Steep is hard to capture in photos.Heading out for home bit to the right and its a wild ride to the river a hundred and fifty feet or so

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The truck
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Tomorrow I will be back at it breaking trail out to the cabin,should be a few more av's to cross and couple creeks-hope the bridges are still in place.
Be sure to take pictures for you all
Dan'l

[rarms]

Thanks for the pictures, looks like fun!

[Lumalee]

Once again Dan'l a picture paints a thousand words, great photos and interesting account of a few days hard work. What a stunning place to live and work.

[Chui]

Great stuff, Dan'l - thanks again for sharing - so good to see the BIG outdoors like this, in reality, and relative to one of our own members.

[echobelly]

As always....amazing!

[MeetTheGeeks]

You are a lucky person working and living with a view like that. Such a thoughtful foreman to hand as well :) Very nice pics and views

[nickd]

Many thnaks once again for posting these accounts. I've been showing the kids to help them understand that there are many other realities than their own.

nick

[fluffy]

"Africa is far too hot,
and Canada's too cold"

is how Randy Newman put it.

You must admit he had a point :)

[mrcharly]

You must have balls the size of coconuts to run a snowmobile across a slope that steep. Do you have to flatten out a trail to start with?

[cappaletti]

Great stuff...thanks !!!

[dboles]

Yesterday was a huge day.Luckily for me 2 friends volunteered to go out and help me shovel.I was sure glad to have them along.When we finally broke trail into the cabin there was so much snow on the roof that the door wouldnt open.I keep a ladder inside. How to get on the roof? I tried to use a piece of wire to flip the lock on a window while the others took a rope and sawed off a corner.Once the corner fell off I was able to dig myself a perch on the edge of the roof.I think there was between 8-9 feet of snow on all buildings.
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Yours truly
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My help are tall men 6'4.Im a shorty 6' compared to them http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r235/dboles/marthafire048.jpg
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Once some snow was off a fire was lit and the soup pail put on to simmer.
I can usually do a little shovelling and get the roof to slide.We had to shovel it all the -10c temp kept the snow solid.
The cabin was built steep to shed snow its 16 feet tall from floor to roof tip
The woodshed cabin and outhouse where all cleaned off
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Woke up this morning to a snowfall warning of over 16 inches (40cm)expected
Dan'l

[RoyalM]

Great pics, looks like every day is an adventure. Can't imagine what would happen in the UK if we had snow fall like that.

[2Tim215]

I am so glad I live in sunny South Africa. The closest I've come to snow is a snow flake ice cream. How you guys ever get anything done with all the work involved in just surviving is beyond me.

[Nightfly]

An obviously well constructed roof ;)
Such untamed scenery I can only dream of... A joy to watch, thanks.