there is tons of these moss covered rocky plateaus, perfect for camping....
everywhere you look is spruce and pine, GREEN GREEN GREEN!!! (and tons of dead trees too, lots of firewood!)
starting hitting the snow line, lost traction backed down the road and gunned er again. This spot does'nt look steep....it is.....
BUG!!!! (on a milage marker)
looking back after one of the curves:
a early 60's BC Mineral Title claim marker. I should have grabbed this when i left, these are rare and VERY collectible. These red tags are the predecessors to the bigger steel signs and then the aluminum claim signs. Nowadays every thing is done online. Its a shame, it used to be quite the honor and ceremony to "stake" a claim and post your claim tags - good for FIFTY years. ..... (this particular claim has lapsed, as the owner is now deceased.)
I kept on driving up the increasingly rough and hard to drive road. The water bars were getting deeper and deeper. At one point i high centered the truck and was able to pivot it with my hand on the hood.......Had to jack up all four corners and place flat rocks underneath the tires. then i spent an hour digging out the "hump" with the pickaxe. Pushed the truck off the rocks, jumped in and gunned it out the water ravine.
got to this point and that was it, could'nt go anymore in the truck. This riprap water bar was about 3 feet deep and 3 feet wide.
DEER track in the snow!
the snow patches seemed to come and go. Here the road keeps on going. i have GOT to get an ATV for these roads! This section i could have driven on, but the truck was on the other side of the riprap water bar
road getting steeper:
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walked on further, checking my six for animals (bears, cougars etc). paused to fill up my freezer bag with icy cold stream water, mmmmmm.
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Kept on walking. Got to a spot overgrown with alders (i think). Perfect time to make a video of the BK9 and the GB axe chopping!
VIDEOS LOADING STILL! !
FYI, these trees grow like WEEDS here, chopping two down is not an issue, because a gazillion more will pop up next year...besides, there is a stream that needed a foot bridge.
Found some scat, looks like cougar.
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Then i found bear scat.
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Not good. I pulled out my bear banger kit and pocketed a few rounds. One in the chamber , so to speak....i threaded a round into the launcher. Pre-emptive strike, i fired off a few rounds, the BOOOOOMS echoing thruout the little valley and off the rock bluffs.
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VIDEO LOADING!
I spotted a brown bear sniffig the air (yeah i was pretty stinky, sweating hard! ) high up on the bluffs, he skedaddled when the bangers went off. I still kept one loaded and two more ready....
passed by a rock bluff with a old stump, bleached from the sun, yet home to a few birds!
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more rock bluffs and trees
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