huckleberries

[chimpac]

Went to Westcastle ski hill for their huckleberry days, Saturday parking lot was full. Walked up the hill under the chair (rides $15.00) only found enough to fill a tight packed litre sealer 3/4 full.
New bridge over creek at ski hill to South Kootenay pass is only wide enough for quads so I rode my bike all the way in, and brought out a 4 litre bucket full.
Lots of nice berries so I packed up my bike for an over night stay. I just started, when a Van went by me loaded with Hutterites, so I went back and found where they crossed the creek and got my little tercel across and went up grabbing and scratching up the rough steep road.
I filled 11, 1 litre sealers and picked 2 more 4 litre buckets full by Wednesday evening. I used my homemade one bottle steamer on my little summer size wood burning cook stove under a tarp. I could pick the junk out of a bottle full of tight packed berries and keep shoving wood in fire while one bottle was in the canner for 15 minutes.

[spirit4u]

I thought they were closing that area/trail to motorized traffic?

[vinny]

Originally Posted by chimpac

Went to Westcastle ski hill for their huckleberry days, Saturday parking lot was full. Walked up the hill under the chair (rides $15.00) only found enough to fill a tight packed litre sealer 3/4 full.
New bridge over creek at ski hill to South Kootenay pass is only wide enough for quads so I rode my bike all the way in, and brought out a 4 litre bucket full.
Lots of nice berries so I packed up my bike for an over night stay. I just started, when a Van went by me loaded with Hutterites, so I went back and found where they crossed the creek and got my little tercel across and went up grabbing and scratching up the rough steep road.
I filled 11, 1 litre sealers and picked 2 more 4 litre buckets full by Wednesday evening. I used my homemade one bottle steamer on my little summer size wood burning cook stove under a tarp. I could pick the junk out of a bottle full of tight packed berries and keep shoving wood in fire while one bottle was in the canner for 15 minutes.

You may want to be a little cautious posting about driving your car across the creek......if I read that correctly.

[chimpac]

Originally Posted by vinny

You may want to be a little cautious posting about driving your car across the creek......if I read that correctly.

It is a designated motorized summer use trail for truck, side by side, quad, motorcycle. To use it the creek has to be crossed. Big map and all regulations are available by the trail at the ski hill.

[vinny]

Originally Posted by chimpac

It is a designated motorized summer use trail for truck, side by side, quad, motorcycle. To use it the creek has to be crossed. Big map and all regulations are available by the trail at the ski hill.

No worries. Wasn't preaching. I use the same type trails. I just know how some people get their panties in a bunch when they read that stuff. Been a crazy year for berries. We were at Christina Lake and the bushes were touching the ground from all the berries.