Sunday, February 7, 2010
1 km detour around the Canyon
Been really busy this last week and too tired to turn on the computor at night.... making about 400 metre a day of new trail . Canyon Creek (our name for it....as it is no named) cuts across Walker's valley we are travelling. It is 100 to 150 ft deep and 100 feet wide and cuts across the whole valley from the Glaciers which feed it to the other steep cliffs about 2 km away. We had to go way up the Canyon till it smoothed out enough for a crossing. So it is 1 km up and 1 km down and we will be heading south again on the 70 km loop we hope to have one day. Lots of marten and especially Wolverine. This Canyon Creek valley heads up into another big Mountain Goat herd (not the ones we see on Centre Mountain (our name...as it is unnamed and sits in the centre of the loop and is the one we look at from our cabin). The Wolverine and Wolves are constantly checking the herds to see if one is feeble or has fallen. We can see their tracks heading way up the alpine with binoculars. Photos tomorrow maybe... too tired now.
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Hi Bryan&Vikki
ReplyDeleteThats some good progress on your new trail.
How do you plan out these trails,do you check for sign
and then decide ?
:)Brian(:
sounds like tough work, especially considering the snow and weather to contend with. can you pass the same way during the summer. i know some areas can be boggy in the warmer weather. also do you trap during that time of the year as well? ken
ReplyDeletedo you have trapping rights to government land?
ReplyDeleteHi Brian.... our trail is made were we can make a trail on this rugged land. Bryan will scout ahead for 200 metres to 1/2 km on snowshoe making sure there is not a steep incline or rock wall. We have 1 in 20,000 maps which he studies each evening trying to find the best route. Yesterday we were able to cover over a 1 1/2km section of new route because of the trees being so widely spared and realitively flat land. We deserve some good going along with all the terrible going.
ReplyDeleteHi Art and Ken....All Canada was divided up into large trapline areas which individual trappers applied for back in the early 1920's. That original owner either sold that area or gave it to his son/daughter. Yearly fees are sent to the Provincial Government but to get a trapline now you have to purchase it from a Trapline Owner. Even in a Provincial Park the trapper whos area is there can still trap. In the US a trapper can trap anywhere except parks, I beleive....sometimes 15 trappers in a small area (so there can be over harvesting). In Canada a trapper can decide when his area needs trapping and when it does not. Also if there is an infraction of the trapping Laws the Minister of the Environment know who has commited the offence. Each fur bearer has a specific time slote for harvesting depending of the primeness of it's fur. Here A Marten Nov 1 to Feb 28. In southern BC the season is shorter because the fur is not prime then.
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ReplyDeleteHi Art....it is called Crown Land here and is owned by all Canadians and governed. Trappers are allowed to make trail using common sense. Not disturb march land etc. Trappers are allowed small cabin /sheds and up to 10 Line cabins on a large trapline. They do not own the land or the cabins. The cabins are registered and given a number and are part of the Trapline when it is sold.
ReplyDeleteHi Bryan and Vikki, I am friends with Doc and Betty in Beaverdell and he always keeps me posted on your ventures and events up there.I am absolutely amazed by the experiences you encounter. The pictures are outstanding. I have been following your blog since they came to visit you. Next time I am coming along...ha! Thanks for sharing!!! Happy Valentines and it's +6 today in Kelowna.
ReplyDeleteCheers, Jackie Durant (Kelowna)
Hi Jackie....you'd be more than welcome anytime.
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