Wind Chill and Whirl Winds.....Yuk

 Grouse fly into the snow and settle out of the storm.  The top patch is where they come out of the snow.  There were two Grouse, one on each side of the trail.  Sometimes they stay under the snow too long and the top will crust over and they have a hard time of getting out.
 The day started out sunny and -21 cel.  We had heard other trappers on the SBX radio talking about terrible wind storms and side ways snow but we thought we had been missed.  Out we went to start taking down the Marten , Wolverine traps.  Picked up a few and another weasel.  Stopped at the Walkers Line cabin to start a fire and had a coffee, then went down towards Snake Lake and pushed the trail alittle

 further.  Saw tracks of a big pack of wolves that must have come thru last week.  You can see by the hillside the old fire. 

The First Pussy Willows!!!!

 Pocket Lake is just to the right of the hill in front of us.  About 1/2 km away.

On the way back at 5pm the storm hit us.  Wind Chill big time and big whirl winds of snowy ice.  Crossing the Snake Swam froze Vikki's cheeks and she stopped to get better covered.  By the time she got her snowshoes off she couldn't fasten then in the back of her skidoo.....  Bryan took over while Vikki tried to get her hands warm around the muffler of the 800 Scandic Super wide track.  One of her mitts got alittle burnt.  Bryan was going to start a fire but we got warm enough to travel and made it to the line cabin.  Spent half an hour there warming up and then fled to base camp.  When we arrived there there were shovels, boxes etc all over the ground.  Terrible winds here.  All night long it roared and roared.  Luckily all the big trees that used to hang over the cabin are down now.  Today we are heading out to take down the Bucket Trail.
Notes...... Art.... if you need a cat .... do yourself a favour and get a Japanese Bobtail   That is what Bee is and she talks to us and is totally people oriented.
Scott.  I believe you have to live in BC for 6 months before you can get a Trapper s License after taking the BC Trappers Course (3 day) You should also subscribe to the BC Trapper Mag.  Trap Lines show up there.  You can also contact the regional Representatives..... they are listed at the back of the BC Trapper Mag.  You don't own the land, you have the right to trap the Line you buy.  The price you pay depends on the cabin, equipment and line cabins.  I will email you about what we are looking for as far as radio goes.