Chilkat Pass BC
I spent two years at remote Chilkat Pass on the Yukon/BC border, studying winter migration and predation of willow ptarmigan. I used radiotags to find the animals through the winter. This little-known corner of BC has some magnificent scenery. Some of the area is now protected by Tashenshini Provincial Park.
The first year I lived in a small shack in the middle of the pass, perfectly in line with a highway of storms rolling in from the Pacific. The second year, I graduated to a much nicer log cabin with wind and solar power on the Yukon/BC border, in present-day Tatshenshini Provincial Park.
June 9, 2007 21:00
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By Rick McCharles, June 10, 2007 @ 6:00
Fantastic.
What an experience.
Especially the “hovel”. I can imagine what it was like with a big storm trying to blow the roof in.
By Rogier, June 10, 2007 @ 10:00
The storm-issue solved itself: with the first major storm, the entire shack got snowed in. We built a bit of a hallway with some ice walls and a roof of plywood. A ladder and a trapdoor got us outside. Result: a cozy little cave under the snow. Kind of like the ptarmigan we were chasing – they sleep in snow caves as well. See http://www.bluepeak.net/pictures/canada/chilkatpass/shack-winter.jpg.html .