Sometime in late June a big landslide went into the Fraser River upstream of the Big Bar ferry. The area is so remote and the river seldom traveled so the exact date is unknown. Interesting to compare the views with what we paddled on our Chilko Lake to Lillooet river trip in 2007. The rapid that was created by the slide would have been a bit of a surprise!
The rapid was big enough to stop the upstream progress of the salmon runs. Various measures of mitigation were employed by the BC government. Although I didn't visit the grizzlies at Chilko Lake in September my photo-friends reported that the bears found enough salmon for their winter preparations.
Friday, June 28, 2019
Spring Mushrooms (and Alpine Flowers)
Found my first morel! Unfortunately only one. But I dressed for the occasion; the print on the T-shirt reads: I hunt mushrooms because I have no morels!
While the driving/mushroom ratio was rather dismal for the morel (well, we have to add a beautiful hike and alpine meadows full of western pasque flowers and glacier lilies to this equation); there was no driving involved to find the other 'new to me' mushrooms. Cutting back some of the ever-growing ivy in our garden I discovered two beautiful Prince (Agaricus Augustus). Very tasty!
Tuesday, May 21, 2019
San Juan Foxes
Its time to visit the fox kits again. Just 5 red-colored kits not the 14 we saw last year in red, grey, sand, black coats. But got to see various behaviors, much better than last time. The kits were not into 'solid' food yet. The mums still nurse them (two mums nurse one litter - apparently not that uncommon) and regurgitate food. This kit-fox was only interested to play with a (dead) rabbit. Mum tries to teach a life lesson: don't play with your food... eat it! But playing is important too for learning hunting skills.
Monday, May 13, 2019
Joffre Slide, May 12
A massive rock slide happened on Joffre Peak. It covered the trail to a very popular hut. Luckily nobody got hit by it.
Pique report.
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